“I know.”
“Then tell me what happens tomorrow.”
I watched the road. “Tomorrow, I wake up in a house Ryan doesn’t control, and I start making choices before he makes them for me.”
“Then tell me what happens tomorrow.”
Shaun nodded. “Okay.”
“Don’t say okay unless you mean it.”
“I mean I’ll help you, sis. We’ll get the house safe for the babies.”
That loosened something in my chest.
***
At the first red light, my phone buzzed. Ryan had sent a picture of himself between Ian and Jason, raising a drink beside the water.
Shaun nodded.
“Finally getting the rest I earned.”
I saved it and showed it to Shaun.
Shaun glanced over. “Want me to say something?”
“No. I’m done explaining his behavior.”
***
When we reached the house I shared with Ryan, Mom was waiting beside the driveway. She touched each baby’s cheek, then faced me. Shaun had called her from the clinic when I was busy with the triplets.
“How was the checkup? Are they all right?”
“I’m done explaining his behavior.”
“They’re healthy.”
