I watched her chest rise and fall for a little while, and the pain receded. I took a deep breath. I’ve fallen apart before. I’ve let the madness have me. But I was a father now. I no longer had that luxury. Thank God. Nothing you ever do can change the past. Can’t live your life looking backwards or you’ll spend it walking in circles. That little girl was the future. I nodded. And then I went back to the bicycle.
