The millionaire dismissed the nanny for allowing his children to play in the mud… but in the end, the truth found its way back to him.

as memories and regret twisted together.

A sudden sound jolted him upright. The twins’ beds were empty.

He ran outside.

They stood barefoot in the rain, laughing in the mud.

“We wanted Daddy to learn how to laugh too,” Leo said.

Miles slipped. Leo grabbed him.
“I’ll protect you.”

Julian sank to his knees, mud soaking his hands. He pulled them close, rain continue reading …