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“You are many things, August Ryder, and some of those things aren’t great, I’ll be honest,” I said. “But a bad father isn’t one of them.”
But as I was walking out, I heard Teddy say, “So when’s the last time you were arrested?” “Never?” Riley said. “Well, tomorrow you’re going to say yesterday,” Teddy said. “Lucky you’re mom’s a lawyer.” Jesus Christ, what had I done?
“What’s your favorite?” “School of Rock,” she said with no hesitation. I actually did laugh this time. “That wasn’t what I was expecting, but okay. School of Rock it is.” I turned on the TV and bought it online. That way Teddy could watch it again here if she wanted to.
I wondered whether I could taste the sun on her skin. Jesus, Gus. Do you think you’re a poet? Check yourself.
And the truth was, I’d rather fight with Teddy than be happy with anyone else.
Teddy Andersen was coming home with me tonight. I was going to make sure of it. So who cared if someone else picked up her drinks?
“Don’t you dare open that door on your own, Theodora.”
Plus, if things went my way, she’d be spending the rest of her life with Riley.
And then Riley shouted, loud enough for all of Meadowlark to hear: “It’s rock fucking jasmine!” And I had no one to blame but myself for her impeccable use of the F word.
“I want to sit on this porch with you thirty years from now and look up at the sky and wonder what I did to deserve a life this good.
She tried to put it on her middle finger at first, but it didn’t fit. After she’d tried her pointer finger, I took the ring from her, got down on one knee, and proposed to her with it on the spot.
