I see the six freckles that dotted her button nose. I see the blood that came through her missing front teeth, as she tried to breathe in my arms. Her eyes had auburn specks in them and they were so wide that night. She was afraid of me. She looked at me the same way you look at me now. I couldn’t save her. I couldn’t ‘un-pull’ the trigger. I’m a father. You don’t think I feel that shit? Why do you think Love died inside you? That wasn’t your fault, that was all me. That was karma.”
