Paul’s POV

Madison looked up at me with tears in her eyes, and it broke my heart. How did she get to the point that she felt so unworthy of love? I thought that in the past three months of her being away from her father, it would repair some of her confidence, but I guess all the years of trauma need more time to heal. What I do know, though, is I’m not giving up on her. Not now, not ever.

While I was in the car on the way over, I called my parents. I told them the situation and said I wanted to video call them so...