MYLES POV There's a loud systematic beeping in my head. I blinked, it was too bright. I shut back my eyes tightly, swallowing down to ease my dry throat. "He had no right to be with her. He signed the Goddamn papers." I know that voice very well and it sounded irate as I've always known it to be. "He can make his choices." Mom sounded defensive against what Nelson was implying. "He shouldn't have breached the contract." "When will you ever change? Why is there a contract in the first place?" Mom defended me. "For business. I don't suppose you understand that language." Nelson was riled, his voice was getting louder with every word he sputtered. "Do you have to manipulate him for the rest of his life because he has nobody?" "Nobody? Seriously, for goodness sake?" There was

