“I tell my dad as he stands there, looking at me then down at Breaker’s body. “I was a bitch, and I’m sorry. I should have tried harder. I should have taken the calls, but I was so mad you left us. So damn mad.”
“Shaina, it takes a strong woman to apologize. Do I wish we had more time together? Yeah. But that time isn’t right now. As much as I want you, I want you there more. You have a choice here, and I’m not sure why, because I sure as shit didn’t have one. But you and Breaker were givin’ some kind of escape choice. I’d choose really wisely here, girl. You won’t get this again.”
“It hurts,” I tell him. I feel it in my gut that it does, but the pain part of it doesn’t come.
“Yeah, and down there, you’re hurt pretty bad.”
I look down at my body and see Breaker turn to me, worry carved all over his face. He grips my hand and squeezes, and I feel the pressure.
“Shaina, come back to me,” he says in a broken voice.
I look back at my dad, the man I missed out on my entire life.
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