Chapter 107 - The Envelope

KNOX

I've been spending as much time with Melody as possible during Aria's absence. At first, I told her mother that she was visiting friends, and then next, Aria had come down with the flu. I came clean when we realized it would be longer than we thought to get my wife back. That was about eight days into the search. We cried together for a long time, and I made a promise to Melody that I would bring her daughter home.

We console each other every day. I was worried she would have a setback, but it's been the opposite; she seems to get stronger each day. With the warm weather, we spend a lot of time sitting on her patio just outside her room. When I'm not out looking for Aria, myself, we sit outside and play cards or whatever game we are in the mood to play while my men continue the search. She's gotten to know Merrick and Jory better during this time as well, and we feel like one big happy family, only we are missing the most important one of all.

Now that it's been conf