EMMY sat in silence, listening to the words her father and Tommy struggled to say. She thought she had moved on from this—long ago. She had made a life for herself, a good life. She had Gage, her loving husband, and their two sons. That was her world now. She had thought the past no longer had any hold over her. For years, she told herself that she had healed, that what happened didn't matter anymore. It was a part of her past, something she'd buried deep and moved away from.