Across Eternity (Parallel, #4)

by Elizabeth O'Roark

My mother’s necklace glimmers in the light, nestled against the collarbone of a girl who was almost mine.

But then he takes three large strides to where I sit, and he drops to his knees in front of me. His head falls to my lap, like a child’s might. His voice is strangled when he finally speaks. “Please don’t leave me. I will find a way to earn your forgiveness. Please, just give me a chance.”

Have faith, little thief. I have a feeling our story isn’t over just yet.”

But as I look at the two of them there, my daughter and this little boy, so spellbound by each other, I know what I’m seeing. Two of the first families in my daughter, and—I am guessing—the other two in him. Four pieces of the puzzle, in the same place at last.