I figured you’d be too stubborn to quit your job no matter how much I begged. So, I wanted you to have someplace special you could go that didn’t seem a part of the prison,” he said. Some men were good with fancy words, telling you how much they loved you and such. Words didn’t come easy to Roscoe, so he’d made this house a declaration of his devotion. She’d never be loved by someone as much as she was by Roscoe in this very moment, and the realization made her sad as well as happy.
