-Ryland Grayson:
I don't think I had ever witnessed something this emotional before in my entire life.
The entire living room had gone completely silent around them, the kind of silence that didn't feel awkward or empty, but heavy. Full. Like everyone sitting there understood they were watching something incredibly important unfold right in front of them, and nobody wanted to interrupt it.
I sat back against the couch quietly, one arm resting behind Vaughn while I watched his family.
His family.
God, that still felt insane to think about.
A few hours ago, Ezra was just Julian's boyfriend. Quiet, shy, mysterious Ezra with no last name and no history. And now suddenly, a mother was sitting across from him, crying over baby pictures she had kept hidden for years because she thought she would never see her son again.
And honestly?
Seeing Vaughn sitting there watching all of this happen made something ache in my chest, too.
