In one of the photos, a teenage Liam stood with his arm wrapped around Laura in front of a pier. They were both smiling openly, effortlessly.

In another, Liam stood beside his grandfather holding a nautical trophy. There was pride in their expressions—but also complicity, the kind Liam never showed anyone.

Without realizing it, Olivia touched the glass of a third picture.

Liam surfing an enormous wave, his body cut by the golden light of late afternoon. He looked free.

Wild.

Real.

But it was th