Lit POV

"Yezrah, let's eat." I called Yezrah, who was sitting by the window of her room. She turned to me for a moment and then looked back at the window.

I took a deep breath before approaching her, and I sat on her bed not far from the chair she was sitting on.

"Baby, is there a problem?" I asked. She looked at me sadly.

"Mommy, what about Uncle Daddy Von?" "Who is he really in my life?" I smiled sadly at her; Von hadn't told her the truth yet. Maybe Von wanted me to tell Yezrah the truth so that it would come from me.

I held Yezrah's...