him.
“Why are you still here?” I asked.
He looked at me.
“Because this is the first home I’ve had in decades where someone loved me for who I am instead of what I have.”
I sat beside him.
Then I gave him one condition.
“No more tests. No more secret plans. urm No more trying to prove whether I’m worthy of you.”
He agreed.
I gave his children a condition too.
“You don’t have to love me. But if I’m going to be part of your father’s life, you will never treat me like a thief again.”
Diane apologized first.
Then James.
Then Robert.
Afterward, William wanted us to move into his enormous house.
I refused.
“If you want to be with me, we’re spending half the week here.”
