Liam looked at him for a long moment. Then he nodded slowly.
"All right."
They finished breakfast in silence, but something had shifted between them. The guilt and uncertainty were still there, but so was a new resolve.
They would find the truth.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL — MORNING
Miriam sat beside Ethan's bed, her hand wrapped around his. He was still unconscious, the monitors beeping steadily beside him, his face pale against the white pillow.
She had not slept. She had not eaten. She had barely moved from this chair since arriving back at the hospital.
The nurses had come and gone throughout the night, checking Ethan's vitals, adjusting his medication, speaking to her in soft, reassuring voices. But nothing they said could ease the fear that had settled deep in her chest.
Ethan was her son. Her child..
