Chapter 219

• Kris’s steps felt heavier with each one he took up the stairs to Tessa’s room. His heart pounded painfully in his chest.
• What was he supposed to feel when he saw her now? What would he say? He didn’t even know if he could face her, not after what he had just learned.
• Memories started flooding back. Holding Tessa in his arms for the first time—so small, so fragile, and so full of life. He could still remember the sound of her first cry. It had been one of the sweetest sounds he’d ever heard.