Chapter 264

What greeted him when he went downstairs was something he'd dreamed about for a long time. Drew couldn't even count the amount of times he'd wondered what it would be like to wake up to Charity in his home. That had been an ongoing wish he'd had—late at night when no one was around—when he'd been drinking a little too much. This was what he'd thought of.

Hell, back when he was a younger guy, he would dream of it. In those unguarded moments, he would let his mind go to the fantasy of what his life would be like. He'd lived thirteen years watching his mom do things by herself, watching her struggle, but when Liam had come into their lives, things had gotten easier. That wasn't to say things had been completely perfect as soon as they'd moved into his house, but even at that young age—he'd seen how much responsibility Liam had taken on. He'd seen how amazing it was for his mom to have help, and between the two of them he'd learned what it was to count on another person. Everything about