Reasons to Stay

~VALERIE'S POV~

I couldn't sleep.

Leo's small body was curled up next to me in his tiny bed, but even in sleep, he wasn't at peace. He kept tossing and turning, mumbling words that made my heart ache.

"Daddy Donovan... don't go... play chess..."

Each whispered word was like a knife twisting in my chest. I smoothed his dark curls away from his forehead, the same way I had done every night for three