His eyes filled quickly. “I came a long way.”
Daniel crossed his arms. “No one asked you to.”
Ramon flinched. “I deserve that.”
Hope’s voice was cold. “You deserve more than that.”
Grace studied him quietly. Ruth said nothing at all. Elijah leaned against the porch post, watching the man who had left them with the curiosity of someone studying a broken machine.
Ramon looked at all five of you. “I know I made mistakes.”
Daniel laughed once, without humor. “Mistakes? You stole money from a woman who had just given birth to five babies.”
Ramon’s eyes dropped. “I was scared,” he said.
Hope stepped forward. “So was she. She stayed.”
That sentence hit harder than shouting.
