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She took a seat in the chair behind the counter and pulled her Kindle from her purse. Before I was out the door, she was lost in her fictional world.
My dreams were crumbling to dust and I just . . . I didn’t have a fight. Not anymore.
She threatens to quit whenever I piss her off.”
Just the image of his hand on her back made my skin crawl. I wasn’t a violent person but I’d been seconds away from ripping that son of a bitch’s arm out of its socket.
“I was scared that if I was too busy falling in love with you, I wouldn’t fall in love with my son.” The world tilted. The anger vanished. He’d been falling in love with me. I hadn’t been alone in this. Somehow that was the realization that soothed the most.
“I want Kerrigan because I’m in love with her.” I whipped around at Pierce’s voice, stunned to see him striding down the hallway with Elias in the cradle of an arm. His gaze was locked on Dad as he came to stand by my side. “In your shoes, I’d be wary too. But I don’t need your approval because in time, I’ll earn it. Treat me however you like. That said, I’ve seen Kerrigan cry more tears tonight than she should have. So I’ll warn you, Colton, she doesn’t need me to defend her, but I will. Make no mistake about it, if you cause her any more pain, you’ll answer to me.”
He doesn’t wait for me to fail with an I told you so on the tip of his tongue. He’ll watch me jump off a cliff because he believes I’ll fly. And I will. I will fly. But you’re so busy standing at the bottom, waiting to pick up the pieces, that when you finally look up, I’ll have already flown away.”
“If by talk you mean apologize, then you’re welcome to come in. But if this talk doesn’t include a variation of I’m sorry, then have a safe drive home.”
