Hannah had insisted that he tell me the truth before asking for anything.
“I don’t want Abby and Layla growing up believing that you stop speaking to people when you’ve hurt them,” she told me.
I looked at my granddaughters.
“I want to be part of their lives,” I said. “But I won’t pretend the last three years didn’t happen.”
Lucas nodded.
I explained that I would help with the babies’ immediate needs, but I wouldn’t simply hand him money without understanding what his family needed. He had two daughters now, and he needed to build a stable future for them.Shop Baby Gear
At first, he seemed disappointed.
He had hoped that my relief at finding him would erase the consequences of his disappearance.
But I needed time.
“I love you,” I told him. “I’m grateful you’re alive. But you have to understand that I spent three years blaming myself for losing you. I can’t rebuild my trust in a few weeks.”
