THE MAFIA BOSS WALKED INTO THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS NEW LOVER-THEN FROZE WHEN HE SAW THE WOMAN HE ABANDONED DYING WITH HIS CHILD

was written across the front in Brin’s handwriting.

Simple. Strong. Honest.

He reached for it.

Althea pulled it away.

“No,” she said. “You don’t get to read it like a man who deserves forgiveness.”

“I need to know what it says.”

“You needed to answer your phone when she called. You needed to listen when she said she was scared. You needed to become a man continue reading …