Aden’s point of view from this point on.
I tried to get out of bed as subtly as possible. The last thing I wanted to do right now was wake either of them. Meredith hadn’t been asleep for more than two hours, and Alex, well, he had been asleep for less than one. I stared at them for a few minutes. It was hard. It felt like if I took my eyes off them, they might just disappear too. I thanked God like I did every morning that they weren’t in that car with Hannah that day. That they were here with me and that they were safe. I wish I had never let her borrow my car. I wouldn’t be standing here staring at my children with swollen red eyes from crying themselves to sleep. If I had just forced her to stay, she would still be alive, happy home and safe back in Denver. I wish for a lot of things,
