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January 22 - January 30, 2020
A bride walks out of a bar…
“My band broke up. My bass player got arrested. My drummer broke his arm. And it was all my backup singer’s fault.”
“You did something, and now he doesn’t want to be my dad anymore. This is all your fault.”
“You ruin everything. You ruined being married to Dad, you ruined our family, and you ruined marrying Roger.”
something magical happened over the next forty-five minutes. It was like there’d been a Hailey-shaped spot on that stage made just for her. For the span of time she blended her voice with his, the leash that tethered her to this small-minded town unraveled, and she was free.
The bar, Derek, her dad, the town’s opinions of her, all her cares fell away, and she found her home.
“You’ve been nominated for the New Artist of the Year, by the Country Music Association,”
“Too bad no one will ever forgive her for what she did to poor Derek and this town.”
“But as long as she thinks she can redeem herself, we can get some good work out of her.” They all laughed.
she knew she loved Beau Callen.
“Instead of blaming a scared, pregnant sixteen-year-old for causing the hometown football star to lose the game, you might want to ask why your star player was so weak-minded he couldn’t handle his life.” She looked Derek up and down. “I know I have.”
“Hailey, I’ve been dreaming of laying you out on a bed and making love to you right and proper since the first time I touched you. This isn’t boring, it’s all my fantasies come true.”
he’s not a very good dad.”
he and Ariel are always talking about something called paternity. I don’t know what it means, but when I hear them talking about it, it makes my stomach hurt.”
“Lottie, I’m so sorry. I’m not going to try to tell you that your dad does like you, cause your feelings are real to you and grown-ups can be messed up. Half the time, we don’t know what we’re feeling, so how can we expect a kid to understand?”
He wasn’t a loner. He did need family. And this woman and her child were his family. He was capable of falling in love because he’d fallen in love with her.
I’ve never loved like this before, and I never will again. You’re it for me, darlin’, beginning and end. Tell me I’m not alone, that you know it too. I want a thousand tomorrows, forever with you.
“You’re the best part of everything. Thank you for not taking my crap and for believing in me.”
“Dad’s not a very good dad. And it makes my stomach hurt when I have to go see him, and if he doesn’t live here, then I don’t have to have a stomach ache.”
