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The girl was devastation wrapped in a black, seductive bow. Ebony hair and eyes the color of a toiling sea. The darkest, deepest blue. An abyss where it’d be so easy to get lost. That soaked white tee stuck to the contours of her curvy, pin-up body. She wasn’t exactly tall, but with those heels, she looked like a force. A motherfuckin’ knockout.
“What’s your name, darlin’?” She hesitated a beat before she whispered, “Salem.” A disbelieving chuckle got loose without my permission. Yeah. Black-fuckin’-magic.
“Because I’m your world, right, Mommy?” I held my five-year-old close. My life. My source.
“The only thing you can do is live in the here and now, Jud. The past never has anything to offer but chains…chains and regrets and hard lessons. And yes, we can learn from them, but we can’t remain captive to them. You have to live each day for what it has to offer. You don’t have to be alone, either, Jud, I’m right here.”
“Next time you get scared? Next time you want to run? Promise me you’ll run to me.”
Our wicked, beautiful savior.
She might not have been born of my blood, but to me, she was my daughter in every way. Wholly. Truly.
