“My family is facing private matters that require my full attention. Bellamy Holdings will cooperate with all lawful inquiries. No institution is more important than the people it is meant to serve.”
His mother saw the clip from her attorney’s office and reportedly turned it off halfway through.
Megan saw it from the cottage sofa with Noah asleep on her lap and Ellis chewing Rowan’s finger beside her.
“You look terrible on camera,” she said.
Rowan glanced over. “That was your takeaway?”
“You blink when you’re trying not to cry.”
“I was not trying not to cry.”
“You absolutely were.”
Ellis squealed, as if agreeing.
Rowan looked at the baby. “Et tu?”
Megan laughed.
It was the first easy laugh he had heard from her in over a year.
He did not try to hold it. He simply let it exist.
By autumn, Lily’s transition had begun.
