Colin digested that, wondering if he’d heard wrong, but everyone in the backyard had gone still with surprise. Everyone but Sarah and Kenzie, who exchanged conspiring glances. “When did this come about?” Ian’s question wasn’t quite steady, and the wariness in his words showed he might not have been okay with the announcement either. “I met Sarah last week for a drink. We talked about a lot of stuff, and in the end, I’m choosing forgiveness.” Sarah paused. “She made a mistake, no one’s going to deny it—” “No one,” Colin agreed grimly. Sarah glanced at him, her brows drawn together. “But we’re all guilty of making mistakes in life, and Hailey was a close friend of ours.” Aye, maybe so, but had Hailey really changed? Maybe not. He’d seen proof of that by the scumbag ex of hers who kept coming around. Whom she’d let come around. And another reminder of where she came from had been in the form of responding to a recent noise complaint at her mother’s house.
