Avery's Point of View
The silence in the apartment after Rhett left was loud.
I stayed on the kitchen floor for a long time. My hands were still shaking. I hugged my knees to my chest, trying to slow my breathing.
He knew. Or, at least, he highly suspected it.
I had lied to his face, but Rhett was not stupid. He saw the resemblance. He saw his own eyes in Jasmine. It was only a matter of time before he stopped asking questions and started looking for real proof.
"Mommy?"
Jasmine’s soft voice broke through my panic. I looked up to see her standing at the edge of the hallway, holding her stuffed rabbit.
"Is the big hockey man gone?" she asked quietly.
I wiped my face quickly and forced a warm smile. I stood up and knelt down to her height, opening my arms. She ran into them, and I he
