Jessica's POV
The morning after Abraham's announcement, I woke to Sophia bouncing on my bed.
"Mama! Uncle James has stopped replying to my messages."
I groaned, pulling the pillow over my head as I tried to process the information my daughter was giving me about the online friend that she was always talking about. My mind was still churning from last night's dinner. Abraham's announcement. The way everyone's eyes had swiveled between his two sons like they were gladiators entering an arena.
And underneath it all, the suffocating knowledge that Ethan was going to be back in a week and stay for three months.
"Soph, baby, it's six in the morning. Can Mommy sleep for ten more minutes?"
"But what if something happened to him?"
Alex's voice drifted from the hallway. "Sophi
