The three words I said were simple, yet they held the weight of an entire world within them: “It’s over. Leave.”
For a moment, my son and his wife stood frozen, as if time had stopped and they couldn’t quite process what they had heard. Everly’s eyes widened in disbelief, while Samuel’s face morphed from confusion to a pale resignation.
“Dad, wait, what do you mean?” Samuel stammered, his voice tinged with a hint of desperation. “You can’t just kick us out.”
