Chapter 1 Emma Moretti had one final secret—she was dying. Stage 4 brain cancer. She had hidden it perfectly, shielding her husband, Jason Romano, from the inevitable pain of losing her. She thought, at the very least, he would grieve when she was gone. But on the day of her son Noah’s birthday, she watched her world collapse. Jason, the man she had loved and sacrificed everything for, was on one knee—proposing. To her sister, Lily. Her family clapped. Her mother smiled. Her father, Edward Moret