I didn’t want him making this decision too.
I realized I did not need to decide everything that night. One coffee could simply be one coffee, not forgiveness or a promise of family.
So I sent her a message.
Would you like to have coffee again next week?
Her reply came a minute later.
That sounds lovely.
I still didn’t know whether Mallory would ever feel like family.
I put the phone down beside Warren’s letter.
I still didn’t know whether Mallory would ever feel like family.
Maybe she wouldn’t.
But Warren had decided how she entered my life.
What happened next was mine to decide.