“I meant what I said. I’m not the same after having you. But if it’s too much, I’ll understand. I have two amazing kids. And apparently, animals now,” he says jokingly. “A wise-ass grandfather. Brothers who I wouldn’t have survived without. A town that thinks we’re cursed—which is another fucking hurdle that I’m not sure I’m entirely over. And a bourbon business that’s draining and so fucking hard sometimes . . . but it defines everything about me.”
