Lacey and I stand mute, as there are no words to describe what we’ve just heard.
Cayden interlaces his hands behind his neck, peering up at the ceiling. “I was curious about your mom. I wanted to meet the woman my father would mumble about late at night when he was near passed out from the bottle of whiskey he drank. I was curious, but I should have just stayed away.
“The moment I saw that lemon tree…well, you know the rest. And that, like so many other events, is the biggest regret of my life. If only I stayed away, none of this would have happened.”
I catalog over everything he shared. I knew I was missing the vital piece. I’m about to find out what.
“I tried to keep our relationship on the down low because, as you know, you’re the spitting image of her. But when my father saw you, h
