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I wanted nothing to do with her

But then she caed

She was the single best thing that ever happened tootherwise The sacrifices I made for her suddenly felt easy My life becah and curiosity For the first time, I felt love…for this little person

But now she was gone

And if she was gone…so was I

Tihts were days, days were nights Bleu was there sohhe said

I knew I had to bury hter, but I just couldn’t do it

No father should ever have to bury his daughter

I’d failed as a father, so I failed as a man

I failed as a fucking hu

One moment he wasn’t there…and then he was

My mind was somewhere else, drowned out by scotch, constantly watered down to basic hulass between my hands, and then he was in the ar in front of the fire where he positioned the chair withouta sound

I looked into his brown eyes and saw no sign of pity

Nothing

I bowed o, Barthololass and sed the liquid I felt it burn my throat all the way down before it splashed into the bowl of scotch that already sat in lass was eo back”

He opened his knees wide apart with elbows resting on the fabric of the ar me doith his dark as chocolate eyes He was a stoic person, taking his poker face to untouchable heights “No”

My eyes glistened with tears that derived froer They weren’t from sorrow or despair It was pure frustration that er “You expect o? After what they did to…” I couldn’t continue the thought “I don’t care if I die in the attempt I need to kill Forneus and any other motherfucker that crosses my path in the process”

He never aze “No”