Chapter 142. We Shouldn’t Hope

Wren POV

The breath leaves my lungs as I watch the tear that rolls down Pete’s face. 

I’ve been crying since I saw Ezra break down like a baby, apologizing over and over again for the accident.

I can’t begin to imagine the guilt he feels. I’ve had to plant my feet to the ground to give the three of them their moment.

“Are you having big feelings, Mr Pete?” Hannah questions. Then, she does something that shocks us all.

She wipes his tears—with MaryAnne’s towel, but that’s okay—and the drool at the corner of his lips. “It’s okay to have big feelings, I had big feelings too when aunt Wren read my real mommy’s letter.”

We all just stare at her, speechless, enamored by this sweet little girl. And when my eyes cut to huge, macho, Mitch, he doesn’t look