CHAPTER 29

  Ellen's POV

  "Can you both just shut the fuck up!" Thankfully, Liz intervened once more, silencing our squabbling with a stern glance.

  Turning to our parents, she urged us to focus on the matter at hand, our family's future hanging in the balance. "Please dad can you continue? We don't have all the time in the world."

  It was then that our mother finally spoke up, her voice calm and tired. "Ellen, you need to do whatever it takes to win Zeke back." She implored, her words tinged with desperation. "Our family's future depends on it. We need you to get him back no matter what it takes."

  "Do you think I'm not trying? Do you know what I have gone through in the past few months?" I struggled to articulate a response.

  "But news flash everyone, Ezekiel Reid fucking has Four damned kids!" The truth spilled from my lips like poison, staining the air with its bitter taste.