Kindness Goes Unpunished (Walt Longmire, #3)

by Craig Johnson

I worried about her walking home at night, but I worried about her brushing her teeth and breathing. Like most parents, I just worried.

“When they’re little, you wonder what they’re going to be, and when they grow up you just want them to be happy.”

I listened to my boot steps echoing off the tall buildings and gathered wool on the directions our lives take, on the intersections that allowed no U-turn and committed you to your fate. I thought about how I wished there was somewhere I could go and just pay the fine and take my daughter home.