(Scarlett’s POV)
As the applause fades, people file out around us, chattering about both speeches, but I can't move. Can't think past the words Jasper just spoke into that microphone for hundreds of people to hear.
She was my first love, my greatest love, and my biggest regret.
"Mama?" Lily's small voice cuts through the fog in my head. "Why are you sad?"
I look down at her, this perfect little girl who has no idea her world just shifted. "I'm not sad, habibti."
"But you're crying."
I wipe my cheeks with the back of my hand. When did I start crying again?
"Mama, did you see Daddy up there? He looked so handsome in his fancy clothes!" Lily bounces in my lap, her excitement bubbling over. "He talked about you, didn't he? I heard him say your name lots of times."
My throat closes up.
