MY MOTHER-IN-LAW DESTROYED MY 3-YEAR-OLD’S BIRTHDAY CAKE BECAUSE SHE WANTED A GRANDSON—THEN MY HUSBAND SHOWED ME WHOSE SIDE HE WAS REALLY ON.
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Chapter 12 - NOAH SPEAKS
Noah Mercer surprised everyone.
At seventeen, he had heard enough.
He asked Rachel if they could talk.
“I don’t want Emma thinking I took something from her.”
Rachel said:
“You didn’t.”
“My grandma keeps acting like I’m the real heir.”
“She’s not your grandma.”
“Feels like everybody’s grandma at this point.”
Rachel laughed despite herself.
Then Noah said:
“I like farming. Maybe I’ll work there. But I don’t want to be picked because I’m a boy.”
That sentence reached Mark.
Because Noah said it to him too.
May you like
Mark listened.
For once.
