Eleven
Jamison
I’m not sure I understood what I’d feel when I saw Palmer the first time. Would I have immediate love for my daughter, or would she feel like a stranger? But the minute I saw her, I fell in love with her and felt even more regret for missing her first eighteen months of life. So as I transfer her sleeping body to Kingston, the urge to erase that pain with alcohol is a sharp reminder of why I lost it all.
After the rest of the Baileys leave the hospital, Phoenix lingers. I bet she stays with Sedona for all three nights. She’s going to be my biggest roadblock to winning over Sedona.
“Please feel free to go on with your life now,” she snips.
“I was going to stay and keep her company,” I say.
She rolls her eyes and huffs. “Yeah, sorry, buddy, that’s my job now.”
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