Chapter 3Seeing Diana after any sort of absence was both a blessing and a punishment. She’d been a part of his life for three years now, and though she might call him Uncle, Cap loved her like a daughter, probably the closest he might ever have. Miss Forster thought he spoiled her, and maybe he did, but her company turned Tonquin Island into the first real home Cap had ever had. He couldn’t deny her much of anything.
But seeing her reminded him of every mistake he’d ever made, too. She was living proof of his fallibility. For a man who prided himself on doing the right thing the first time around, it was a bitter pill to swallow.
As he watched her leave, he felt Hector rise from his knees next to him. “You didn’t have to do that,” he said without looking at Hector.
“No, I did,” Hector r
