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If she’d been the mother we should’ve had, none of this life would’ve happened AJ would’ve been alive Andrea and I would have grown up knowing each other But then there was Carter

I glanced over ht not have known him No He was my soul, the other half of me I had to believe ould’ve found our way to each other, even if things had been different And gazing at him now, I knew that would’ve happened Somehow Some way At some point, ould’ve found each other

But life had turned out the way it had, bringing er who never should have been one

Carter had awakenedI needed to see I didn’t question hiot out of bed, dressed, and followed hiuys hadn’t come with us Michael, Peter, and Drake opted to spend time with their families, so they weren’t with us for the week Carter was really out of that life, so they weren’t needed as much as before For a few days alone, just Carter and et by just fine

"That’s my mother?" I asked now, but I knew I think I just needed to hear it affiruy notified rave?"

"I had her told"

"What?"

"She washoator research your sister fully, and he found your mother I meant to tell you earlier, but I needed to knohat she was like She abused you, Eain I didn’t talk to her, but I saw her My investigator talked to her He told her about AJ She asked about hiive her any information about you, but I told hilad he hadn’t told me "Why did you tell her about this?"

He looked atmine "Because AJ told ht in o he did He used to talk about your ht she was dead, so I never thought about what he was saying, but he said soain"

"What else did he say? If he ever ive her" Carter’s blue eyes darkened, and the sides of hisThat’s what he did when he was drunk If I’d thought your o for you"

"No" I reached for his hand Finding out about Andrea was enough, but this, but her--I didn’t want to know her now "It’s good that he would’ve forgiven her, but I’ out there"