"I'm fine, daddy. And now that you're back, I'll be much better," she said, with that tenderness she reserves only for him.
Ryan looks up at me and smiles.
I returned the smile calmly.
There are no more secrets between us. Resentment never even touched my heart. And that, in itself, brought me peace. Now I can say with certainty, we are at peace.
I have only one sincere wish for him: that someday he finds the woman who can truly make him happy. Because no matter how hard I tried, it was always evident that that woman... was not me.
Ryan stays a few minutes hugging Candace, as if by holding her, time could stop. As if, at that moment, nothing else mattered. I watch them in silence, giving them that moment that belongs only to them. I know how much they needed each other. How much they
