Elwyn's POV
Mimi lowered her head, her small hands fiddling with the grass beneath her feet. I could see the sadness in her eyes, something I had never noticed before. "Because… when your mom remarries and has a baby, you get left out. They'll only love the baby. And… nothing stays peaceful anymore."
Mimi's words shocked me. Her mother, also a single mom like me, had remarried last year. I'd known this for a while, but I hadn't realized how much Mimi's life had changed because of it. Her feelings made sense now, but I couldn't have imagined that their home life had shifted so dramatically.
"Left out?" Dennis asked, confusion clear on his face. "But isn't your stepdad nice? He takes care of your mom, right?"
Mimi shook her head, her long hair swaying gently in the breeze. "It'
