The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1)

by Matthew FitzSimmons

“I’m afraid this history between you . . . that it’s blinding you. You think he’s going to be grateful for this chance you’re giving him. I know you believe you’re cleaning the slate, and I respect that, but he’s not the type. He’s never going to forgive anyone anything, because it’s all someone else’s fault.”

Hope is a cancer. One of two things happens. Either you never learn the truth, in which case it gnaws down to the bone until there’s nothing left, or worse, you do, and you go through that windshield at ninety because hope told you it was okay to make the drive without a seat belt.”