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"It will be Christmas we can make a ham My h to get it before things fell apart" Rhonda gave him a side smile
"You’re better than they could ever be"
Another smile "Thank you You’re not so bad yourself" She surprised hi her head on his shoulder "How are you doing, son?"
Son That wordin his throat He al he could find a way to breathe around it That would be better than the feeling going away
"Could be better It’s just things were good, so fuckin’ good, and I knew they wouldn’t last"
"The three of you?"
"Nah" Mateo shook his head "We’re good I just spent soto, but I don’t know if that will ever happen" Because now he owed favors again Because now he had a gun that would get hiht "If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you can’t outrun your proble to trip you up"
"Then what do I do?" he asked
"You face it the best way you kno That’s all I can tell you Me? The way I live? That’s not facingto live like that, ether at her use of the Spanish tered "I looked up soht be nice if I learned so to try and fit one into my schedule" She winked at him
Dios, she was an incredible woman She did this for him To connect with hih about that Finish what you were saying" Rhonda nudged hiain "Things I’ve done, they’ve hurt a shitload of people They hurt Jay With Tristan losing his job, and everything that’s goin’ on now Most of it ties back to me in one way or another"
"Tristan didn’t lose his job He walked away from it There’s a difference We always have a choice in life Even e don’t think so, there is always a choice, Mateo I don’t know if the situation at Tristan’s job had anything to do with you, but if it did, he had a hand in it as well, and he chose you and Josiah That’s what matters Just like you have choices to make, and you will always choose the that beautiful"
Mateo cocked his head and looked at her She had sohim feel important, when only the two men in the other room had been able to do that for him before She made him feel like he had family, even in a way Tristan and Josiah couldn’t "Tu eres como una madre para mi en maneras mi madre no lo fue Gracias You are a mother to me in ways my own mom wasn’t Gracias"