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"What’s that?" she asked, sers

"For you I found it in the attic"

Her brows pulled in as slid it closer to her

"I never knew about hi up from the box to me in a panic "Why would you? You were a child"

"I’m so sorry" My heart broke for her

"So am I You deserved a better father"

We sat quietly for a few randmother’s letter to her and then pulled out the picture of my father and Nina

"I was blindsided when he left… especially with her She was barely an adult Her father was livid, to put itback in the box and closed the lid, looking up at me softly "It was…horrible A bad drea I never told you because it wasn’t my place If your father wanted you in his life, he could have visited you I never would have stopped hi now Wherever he is, I don’t need him, and neither do you," I told her as I reached across the table and took her hand

Givingwoman?"

"I have no clue," I teased, then drew in a breath "I take after ot to get to work before you having rabbed her purse and stood as I finished , and drive carefully Those roads are slick out there This winter doesn’t seem to want to let up"

I nodded and stood as she took the box

"Maybe we can double date sohtly

Double date withtoldforward to it," I said

Myshed and I watched her walk away, happy

The drive ho over the road, but Ia little and lounging around a lot Stir crazy--that’s how I felt I an

By four o’clock, I was showered, lotioned up, and throwing on an easy dress--easy for Logan to remove, anyway I pulled my hair into a loose bun and stared at reeted me was one I hadn’t seen in a couple of years--before the accident, and before Mark’s betrayal

I was deliriously happy, and I could’ve sworn I was actually glowing My phone chirped and I all but skipped over to it I hadn’t been able to control hout the day, and he hadn’t seehed at his reply to s most of the afternoon

Maybe

Liar And for the record…I et here

Butterflies roared to life inaround with anticipation as the phone sounded with his reply

Nothing could stop me