“You’ve protected them from that for eight years.”
“I know.”
“But eventually protection can become deciding for them.”
I hated when my sister said intelligent things.
I told her so.
She said:
“You’re welcome.”
A few days later, I sat all four boys around the dining table.
Ethan immediately became suspicious.
Lucas brought a science book.
Noah had a hockey puck for reasons I never understood.
Miles sat closest to me.
“I need to talk to you about your father.”
All four became still.
Noah asked:
“Did he die?”
“No.”
“Okay.”
He returned the puck to the table.
“Continue.”
I almost smiled.
“He invited me to Christmas at Cedarcrest Estate.”
Lucas looked up.
“Does he know about us?”
“No.”
Miles’s expression changed.
“But you said you told him.”
“I did.”
Ethan glanced at his brothers.
I continued carefully.
“Before the divorce was finished, I told Adrian I was pregnant.”
