Chapter 272

Loretta’s face crumpled, her eyes glistening as if tears were fighting to escape. She turned back to the soup, stirring it with forced focus.

“Jared and his son left when I was in the hospital,” she said. “I lost the twins, and when I got home, Jared and his boy were gone. Back to his wife, I guess.”

Evie’s breath hitched, a wave of guilt crashing over her. Her mother had suffered a miscarriage al