CHAPTER 241 — Where Love Becomes a Decision

Ayden hung up the phone and stared at the screen for several seconds, as if another question might still pop up… or perhaps an answer that would give him a certainty that hadn’t come in the form of words, but rather as a weight in his chest.

He set the phone down on the table, almost without realizing he’d moved it. Only then did he feel the true silence of the room.

Like when life stops talking for a moment to listen to your thoughts.

His mother’s q