“It is!” Sage's voice broke.
“I have my family here. Leah takes care of me. Declan sees me for who I am and doesn't treat me like some inconvenience he needs to hide. I'm really okay without you.”
Her mother flinched and Sage laughed through her tears. “Sometimes I wonder if you were even alive.”
“Sage!!” Her mother's voice dropped.
“How dare you speak to me that way?”
She moved toward her daughter, Sage didn't step back but Harper did.
Not because she wanted to get involved.
Because the moment Sage's mother took that step, Harper's body reacted before her brain could catch up.
One of the men behind Sage's mother had his hand resting suspiciously close to his jacket.
Harper's stomach tightened as she looked toward Boone.
He had noticed too. His shoulders had gone rigid, and his h
