Chapter 13 - Lily Asks Why She Was Chosen
A child therapist helped Lily understand what happened without burdening
her with adult details.
Still, Lily had one question.
“Why was I the one who had to stay?”
David sat beside her.
“Because some adults were making bad decisions about things that belong
to you.”
“My toys?”
He almost smiled.
“Something bigger.”
“Did Mommy leave it?”
“Yes.”
Lily remembered Emily mostly through photographs.
“Did Mommy want me to have it?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did Rachel want it?”
David chose carefully.
“She wanted something that depended on decisions about it.”
Lily frowned.
“That’s confusing.”
“It is.”
Then she asked the real question.
“Was it because Rachel loves Noah more?”
David’s heart broke.
“No.”
“But she was taking him.”
“That was about her choices, not your value.”
Lily leaned against him.
“Can Noah still be my brother?”
David kissed her hair.
“Ask Noah.”
From the doorway, Noah answered:
May you like
“Obviously.”
Lily smiled for the first time that day.
