FIFTY THREE

I spent the whole night with Hilden talking about any and everything. He is a great conversationalist. Which did nothing for the growing feelings l am developing. He allowed me to forget for a little while the unfortunate situation we were dealing with. Our daughters disappearance. Our daughter would take a while to get used to it.

" I hope you know that l won't take her from you. Keira entrusted you with her and l have no right to take her from you but l do want her in my life" l had been stressing myself all evening trying to figure out how to navigate the situation and how to go about having a conversation to discuss the way forward

" I was scared that you would do something drastic"