Chapter 33 - MOTHER AND SON
Melissa spent months recovering.
Not physically.
Emotionally.
She had missed Noah's first words.
His first steps.
His first birthday.
Daniel knew she carried that pain.
One night, he found her sitting beside Noah's bed.
“He knows you're his mother.”
Melissa smiled through tears.
“I know.”
“He doesn't blame you.”
“I blame myself.”
Daniel sat beside her.
“You didn't choose this.”
“I should have fought harder.”
“You survived.”
Melissa looked at him.
“So did you.”
He took her hand.
“And Noah.”
She smiled.
The three of them had lost years.
May you like
But they still had a future.
That mattered.
