“I still talked to my family though, and I missed Brett a lot. They thought I traveled, but I was pregnant with Rynna.” I shrugged. “And that guilt was eating me alive for seven years.”
“I could’ve met you there if I came to see Brett, right?”
Skip hummed.
“Then Alys told her sister about my situation. They’re newly-wed that time, and Anna wanted to have a child. And I couldn’t.” I took a deep breath and sniffed. “I couldn’t raise a child alone, but God knows how much I wanted to take my child home with me. I don’t want to be a disappointment to my family at the same time, and I was only eighteen, Skip. I couldn’t kill an innocent child, too. Alys and the Byrnes took care of me, gave me home, and provided what I needed.” I looked down at Skip and he was still in the same position with e
