JANICE'S POV
Every answer creates another question, but the strange thing is that Eden doesn't leave after the photograph or after Amara's visit.
He stays, and somehow that's the part I still haven't learned how to handle because every morning he walks into the kitchen like he's always belonged there, every evening Jack falls asleep halfway through telling him dinosaur facts, and every ordinary moment makes my heart more dangerous than any secret ever did.
Saturday begins with a loud knock on my bedroom door.
"Mom! Dad! Wake up before I become an adult!"
I blink at the ceiling.
"Jack...... it's seven-thirty."
"Exactly."
"Exactly what?"
"Half the day is already gone."
A laugh escapes before I can stop it.
When I step into the hallway, Jack is already wearing a tiny backpack almo
