章 24: Chapter 24: The Pattern of Love.

*Lena*

I felt the weight of everything that had happened settle in the pit of my stomach as I walked into my house.

Eason knew… he knew!

Five years of protecting this secret and the world had to strike me in the face with this horrible turn of events. I cried for myself, the part of me I’d lost. I cried for Eason, for what I’d brought into his life.

My hands trembled as I sat on the couch and hugged my knees to my chest, replaying the conversation in my head. I couldn’t move, couldn’t stop crying. My heart hurt so much that I wished I could take it out and hold it until it stopped aching.

I stood slowly, the warm morning air hitting me as I made my decision. If I sat here and waited, I’d drive myself crazy with worry. I needed to see him, even if he didn’t want to see me.

I knew he would be craving home, something safe to ground him to reality. But Mariposa wasn’t his home. Eason only had one home.