Pap hadn’t been the easiest man to love because Mother said he was hardheaded. Funny, ’cause Pap said the same of her. He reckoned he’d come by some of it himself. What they’d had was what he wanted. Someone by his side, who loved him despite himself. He wanted stability, to know how each day would end, and to share it with one person. He hadn’t been sure of this until Rae Lynn Cobb. The biggest question about his future rested on her, and she didn’t even know it.
