Chapter Thirty-One
SLOANE
This day marks the fifth year since I ran away from Josiah, from the contract he promised me, and saved myself from the miserable marriage we could have involved ourselves in.
And just like what I told him, I didn't need him. I never did.
"Mama!" Sophia, my four-year-old daughter screamed in happiness when she saw me waiting outside the daycare and ran.
I opened my arms to catch her and spun her around while showering her face with kisses. "Hello, my baby, mama misses you."
Sophia giggled. "But you saw me two hours ago, mama."
"I don't care. I will miss you even if you're only gone for a minute!" I kissed her neck and she burst into a fit of laughter.
Sophia is my treasure, and my everything. Five years ago, I wasn't sure how or where I would start. I
