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And it was the one thing that still haunted him

The attack on Seth and his parents

In the days after T’s abduction of Henry, I’dme he didn’t trust me had hurt more than if he’d told h to have th to put things into motion after Seth had coet custody of Henry, but three days after I’d said et for more than a year

Amani is awake

Even now, the doctor’s words caused otten everything else as I’d raced to the rehab center When I’d run into Amani’s roo out theand she’d smiled at me

Just smiled

Because she hadn’t been able to talk then The doctors had reassured ain her speech, but that she would need time and lots of therapy Her hter’s hand as the doctors had explained it would take s like talk, walk and eat again But I hadn’t cared because as I’d sat there, she’d held my hand Not briefly as part of a reflexive movement But really held it

I’d been a mess for days after that

Crying almost constantly every time Amani woke up from a nap and looked at me I’d been terrified that she’d close her eyes and when she’d open theetative state, so every time she’d looked atthat first ain

Seth, Tristan and the rest of the family had come to visit me in the days that followed, but they hadn’t been who I’d needed

That role had been reserved for one iven ot my child back

We hadn’t talked that night about what had happened between us, but I’d known it was co When Tristan and Seth had coet cleaned up, Levi had coht it up as soon as alked in the door, he’d kissed me and said that it didn’tforward and that was it