Nova deserved the chance to have a relationship with her father. Even if he had cast us out all those years ago.
“Gideon didn’t see our relationship the same way that I did,” I said vaguely. “After Leo was born, uh… it was agreed that I would leave…”
“Dad didn’t want me?” Nova asked.
“He didn’t know about you,” I said carefully.
Nova frowned a little. “You told Leo you didn’t want to leave him.”
“I didn’t want to leave him,” I said.
“So you were made to leave?” Nova asked.
I lowered my head, ashamed I couldn’t spin this any other way. “It was a long time ago,” I said. “We were all different people then.”
I didn’t know how much Nova believed.
The next day, I walked with the kids to the border. I carried their suitcases most of the way. Gideon was already there when we arrived, wait
