alone.
“Mia, you shouldn’t have to do this by yourself.”
Her shoulders immediately stiffened.
“Come home with me.”
“No.”
“You and your daughter can stay. No conditions.”
“You don’t understand.”
Mia stood.
“If Laura learns where I am, she’ll come here. And if she finds out where my daughter is—”
“She won’t hear it from me.”
Mia let out a bitter laugh.
“You’re her mother. Of course you’d say that.”
“Sophie’s mother.”
She looked directly at me.
“And you searched her things. You called the resort. You went to Laura.
