“I’m in love with Easton Crowne, Daddy, and I’m never going to fall out of love with him, and I t-think…” she hangs her head, her cries carrying over to me and breaking me down completely, piece by piece as does her next declaration. “I think it’s way too late. I think…I think I’ve lost him for good, but I’m going to try like hell to get him back, and if I do…I’m going to put him first.”
