At thirty-one years old, Noah Carter believed he still had plenty of time to figure out his life. He had a steady job, a few dreams he hoped to pursue someday, and a future that seemed wide open. He imagined traveling to places he had only seen in photographs, buying a house of his own, and eventually building a family when the time felt right.
Then one phone call changed everything.
His older sister, Emily, had been killed in a car accident alongside her husband. Their three infant daughters had survived, but they were suddenly left without the two people who should have been there to raise them.
Emma, Lily, and Grace were too young to understand what had happened. They couldn’t ask why their parents weren’t coming home. They couldn’t comprehend why the familiar voices that had surrounded them were suddenly gone.
All they knew was that they needed someone.
And Noah knew, before anyone had to ask him, what he was going to do.