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I wrapfor love when he sat down across froo Even when I tried to push hiive up He’s become dear to me
And Ro My sweet, funny, sassy best friend I don’t want to lose her
I don’t want to lose any of the people I love Not my brothers or my mom, Maverick or Ro It would devastate me if any of them were murdered or sent to prison And if I feel that way about them, they probably feel the same way about me
My plan was to get off this bench, walk around to the alley and knock on the door To be the badass daughter Frank Ford raised, who doesn’t look for a fight but also doesn’t walk away fro FinallyWill Roan answer forthat it’s stopped feeling like so I needed to do This plan for revenge has taken over my life and made me a different person
Maverick is right, though—this is not who I want to be My vision blurs as tears pool in my eyes
Why can’t I just have my dad back? Even after all this time, I miss him so badly I’m afraid that if the ache ever dulls, it will be because my memories of him have faded
I never want to forget hia and a declaration that he’d had a lucky night His evenings off, which we spent watching sunsets froers he’d grill me, which he declared his “top secret recipe” I saw hiround beef, fresh ground pepper, garlic and a generous pour of steak sauce I’ve never tasted anything better, though, than those burgers ht
Tears trail downWill Roan would bring my dad back, I’d do it in a heartbeat To hell with the consequences
He’s gone forever, though And instead of living with eance, I have to find a way to live with the memories
I want to text Maverick, to tell hih I’ll try to make amends with him later
Getting up from the bench, I wipe the tears fro over my shoulder What I need to do now is make my way to a little town near the coast of California I’ll be crossing the country once again, but this tiht choice
It’s tiravesite for the first time He was buried where he wanted to be, in his hospot I kneould hurt like hell And it will, but it’s time
I’oodbye to my father
Chapter Twenty-Three
Maverick