Sadie’s POV
"Then why are you here?"
He was quiet for a moment. The stars reflected in his eyes, and the gold in them seemed to deepen, as if the light were being absorbed rather than reflected.
"Because you told me not to contact you, and I haven't. But I needed you to know about Chloe, and I needed you to know that I'm handling it, and I needed—" He stopped. His jaw tightened.
"You needed what?"
"To see her."
The words were barely audible.
"Lily. I needed to see her. From a distance. Just to know she was... that she was real. That she exists. That she's eating and sleeping and planting flowers and being a child. I've spent four days knowing I have a daughter and not being able to see her, and it's been the longest four days of my life, and I know I don't have the right to feel tha
