A New Landscape of Trust
Her bond with her family had reshaped itself in the aftermath of truth. That final dinner—raw and irreversible—had forged something stronger than comfort ever could. Even the wound involving Kelsey had settled into scar tissue: no longer tender, no longer defining.
Leigh no longer feared what she did not know. She had traded the comfortable lie for the uncomfortable truth—and the exchange had rebuilt her from the inside out.