Chapter 237

GIDEON

I didn’t follow her.

That was the first fracture.

I stood there in the hallway, long after Sienna disappeared into the therapy room, long after the sound of Arthur’s laughter softened into the therapist’s calm cadence. Long after the door clicked shut and sealed me out of my own family.

I stood there because moving felt like choosing the wrong future.

My chest was tight in that way I r