Cassie’s POV
After a long time, the sun was shining with beautiful colors in our garden. Even the flowers were blooming, their petals well positioned to trap all the sunlight. Birds were tweeting in the garden behind my house, where Jaxon and Cathy were cultivating the flowers I had planted years back. I was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, trying to make pancakes. However, they kept burning. I almost gave up because the kitchen was starting to fill with smoke as the oil burned the flour.
My mind was elsewhere, thinking of ways to get Jaxon to forgive me for inviting his father. I had thought Jaxon would love my surprise, but instead, it pushed him away from me. Worse, I was the one who had lectured him about sharing things as partners, only to do the opposite.
When we were young, Ja
