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Chapter Six

Jaris clicked the re to keep his h he couldn’t see the television in the guest bedrooht the noise would help lull him to sleep

It hadn’t worked Neither had the bottle of wine he’d brought with hio, and still all he could think about was Kaylyn

He wanted her to be happy He wanted Chance to be happy They belonged together He knew it deep down in his heart, but that didn’t make it any easier for him

Leaning over the side of the bed, he rubbed Sugar on the head “You’re the only one for irl”

His eyes were open, but—like all his days and nights had been for over a year—there was only blackness

Some would look at his life and think it had all been blackness, but they’d be wrong

Sure, his mother had abandoned him when he was seven and it had been hard, but his dad had remained

Dad The man was his hero to this very day Like Jaris, his dad had been a cop with the Chicago PD They’d actually been on the force for a couple of years together, though Jaris had been a green rookie and his dad a seasoned cop

Jaris had been on patrol across tohen he’d learned about his dad’s heroism and death on the police radio His father’s partner had been hit and was on the ground They’d cos His dad had covered his partner with his own body, and ended up taking several shots His father’s partner had survived, though his dad had not

Losing his dad had been the worst day of his life

Everyone had known Peter Si Jaris needed a es ending in divorce after a couple of years or less

On Jaris’s sixteenth birthday, his dad asked hi, including a new mother “You’re the only parent I need, Dad”

His dad had given his and had choked back a few “uncommon for him” tears “Women don’t make it with old cops like your dad, son It’s a hard life Being a cop destroys relationships”