And when Curtis had gotten married, Ashley had treated Carmen like a sister.

She was proud, but she was a good girl around Ashley and Curtis, never once being rude or overstepping.

She worshiped both of them, but was also codependent on them. As the couple were both prodigies in their own right, she was convinced that they would take good care of her for her whole life… only for them to die young.

The Wade family fell and never rose again ever since, and Jeremiah had been too busy mourning to