Chapter 13

• I barely had a second to react before Caleb’s words cut through me like a blade.
• “You’re really going to abandon your own son just to play stepmother to someone else?” Vanessa’s voice dripped with disbelief.
• The moment those words left her lips, I saw the shift in Caleb’s face. His confusion turned into something far more dangerous—rage. His young eyes, so much like his father’s, darkened with betrayal, bloodshot with unshed tears.