(Dane)
A few months changed everything.
The room Cassidy had once stood in worrying over was no longer empty. There were toys, clothes, books, and a small bed waiting for the little boy we'd spent the last several weeks getting to know. Today, three year old Eli was finally coming home with us.
We'd kept his first name.
It belonged to him, and neither of us had ever considered changing it. There had already been enough changes in his life without us taking away something that had always been his. His last name was different now.
Eli Mercer.
I had looked at that name more times than I wanted to admit. Seeing Mercer after his first name did something to me every damn time. Cassidy had caught me staring at the paperwork more than once.
Now I was sitting beside her while Melissa went th
