HE TRAVELED TO FLORIDA TO ESCAPE THE WOMAN WHO SHATTERED HIS HEART—THEN FOUND HIS EX ON THE SHORE WITH TWINS WHO SHARED HIS EYES

were alone again, silence stretched between them like a bridge neither one trusted enough to cross.

“I told them the truth this morning,” Marin said. “As much as they can understand. That you’re their father. That you didn’t know. That grown-ups sometimes have complicated things to figure out.”

“What did they say?”

“Noah asked where you live, what you continue reading …