Benjamin's POV
Sylvia showed up at my apartment at seven in the morning, pounding on the door like the world was ending.
I opened it to find her standing there in yesterday's clothes, mascara smudged, hair a mess.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
I stepped aside and she walked past me into the living room.
"Coffee?" I offered.
"Please."
I made two cups and sat across from her on the couch. She wrapped her hands around the mug but did not drink.
"I owe you an apology," she said finally.
"For what?"
"For everything. For the way I treated you when you left. For the things I said about Evelyn. For being a terrible sister."
I set down my coffee. "You were not a terrible sister. You were just loyal to Richard."
"Blind loyalty is not loyalty. It is cowardice." She finally looked at me. "Mo
