Page 113 of Wonder

“Yeah.” He half-smiles. “I’m glad I found them.”

It took him a few months, but he finally found the place where Myra and Erin were buried.

And as I set my flowers down an hour ago, my hand wrapped around his, I made them a promise.

I’m going to take care of him.

Hatter looks over to me. He does that, sometimes. Looks at me as if he can’t believe that I’m real. That he’s here, free of Red and her schemes.

And sometimes, he looks at me with an apology in his eyes that I don’t need.

Hatter didn’t kill my brother. Red did.

And he made his own choices. Something I’ve had to make my peace with.

Aiden calls over to Buck, waving a pool cue. Leaning back in my chair, I glance around with a smile.

It feels different here now.

Now I have my home back.

I have myfamilyback. All of us, together.

I wonder if Adam would be proud. Something tells me he would be.

BecauseI’mproud of me.