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Mo sex with us She was honest and open about it Becoh to need "the talk" about sex probably had a lot to do with that We didn’t have a dad, so Momma made sure ere all well informed

"I’d tell you to take a condoh not to be having sex with her out by her daddy’s lake You should fear Luke enough not to do that"

"I love her Told you that And yes, even if she asked me to, I wouldn’t do it at the lake"

"Luke would shoot you and I’d die trying to save your stupid ass"

If God was ever going to leave a woht woin, and ill enjoy her ether"

Morab y’all some of that lemon pound cake I left on the counter You need to contribute to the meal Ain’t the woman’s job to always feed the man Best you reed into some clothes that didn’t have that bleach water scent fro I had to do at work, back in the meat department Once I was ready, I paused by rabbed a condom because I’d lied If Dixie asked ht, I’d chance certain death at the end of a shotgun barrel, with her daddy yanking the trigger

Dixie Monroe

I HADN’T ASKED to see the letters I’d needed that moment to be about us If that was the last ti else I wasn’t sure I ever wanted to read theh forher words didn’t mean a lot to me There was someone else I wanted to talk to Someone who could tell me the truth And if he didn’t know the truth, then we could find it together

The man who’d raised and loved me wascould change that I just hoped he felt the same way, because I had to face this with him I couldn’t face it with Asher or Steel

Daddy was out at the stable with his newest purchase, a pretty quarter horse that Moone to the sale, initially to buy some cattle Mom had married Daddy when I was little She was a wonderful woman who made him happy She lovedthat ruined in any asn’t easy The one thing I always had to hold onto inon the brink of falling apart Maybe another person wouldn’t be so deter onto the love and security I had would be simpler, but I needed to face the past I had to ask daddy why he’d loved me anyway, raised me as his own, how he could even stand to look at me when I was a constant reht there was a rab a baseball bat and i under the covers I never backed down and hid I faced est fear I’d ever faced but I was ready

"Hey, buttercup," Daddy called, stepping from the stables He’d seen , tears quickly fillingthe monsters under my bed This was scarier I loved this man, trusted him with my life I knew he’d be there no matter what But I knew ed "Who the hell do I need to beat up? Why’re there tears in rabbed both my arms, and looked down at ? Cause if it is, I’o burn that place down I swear to God, I’ you What else have they done?"

The fact that he didn’t know the truth was evento destroy the love this o weak I couldn’t loseback at the house

I nodded "It’s not about her," I , I can’t fix this if I don’t knohat I need to fix"