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Teya acknowledged that she had screwed up, but if that was enough for Sora or if it was not, she couldn't say. No amount of acknowledging it or apologizing would root out the fear of abandonment that choked the heart of Teya's lake daughter. The source of it was Reyes, undeniably, but it was so much easier to point the finger at Teya moving on to another man, Teya moving on without her, and Bronco for existing at all.

You moved on without me, she quietly cried, ears flung tightly back against her skull and eyes to the ground. Bridget had told her to know what she deserved. She deserved a dad who didn't walk out on her. She deserved a mom who considered her before making huge, life-altering changes that affected her, too. She deserved happiness and security.

But she did not know how to put these things into words that didn't bite and scathe, and so she said nothing more.