She had carried Lily onto the plane.
She had kept going without knowing where the next safe place would be.
And when Trevor’s lies finally met something stronger than his confidence, they did not collapse because Brooke shouted louder.
They collapsed because the records remained after his explanations changed.
Brooke had spent years trying to convince Trevor that her feelings mattered.
In the end, she no longer needed his agreement.
She had the truth, a future she was rebuilding on her own terms, and a daughter who would never have to grow up believing that control was the same thing as love.
