“Until then, I don’t want any of that doubt talk.” From the back, her father gripped their seats. “You have to create your own certainty and hold on to it with everything you have. The slimmer the hope, the harder you have to hold on to it. It’s the only way to survive this planet. Every day was hell, but I knew I would come out on the other side.” He caught her gaze. “I had too much to live for.” The words nearly punched the breath from Ezren’s lungs. Because at some point, she had lost hope. She’d stopped looking for her father in the night sky, abandoning him on every level, while he, alone
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