You make me feel like a terrible mother, she said.
He understands that your job is important.
Your job is important, she’d countered. You keep this city just as safe, if not safer than I do. What would we do if we didn’t have you on the wires?
His smile tightened. We’re lucky, aren’t we?
Kaiden’s lucky, she said and placed a hand on the back of his neck. He’s got you.
When I think about the kids out there, he said, looking out their moonlit windows, the ones without water or shelter or anyone to look after them. And they’ve got no chance whatsoever to build a better life. When I think of them—
She’d tried to shush him then, the way she had Kaiden when his mind was overrun with thoughts.
It shouldn’t just be our child who has what he needs, Davion said, his eyes filled with liquid mo
