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I knew he loved Mase The jury was still out on Nan But I also kneas trying to tell me that my mother was and would always be his heart
I stood up and walked over to him I wrapped my arms around his waist and laidI had no words
His arms slowly ca her frorown up now, but when I look at you I still see tails Every tih instead I wasn’t brave enough to hurt you I hope you can forgive reed with me that you didn’t need to know about your rown You were sick, baby, and I knew I couldn’t lose you, too That would have destroyed htened my hold on him and buried my face in his chest and sobbed quietly I couldn’t hate him for this It wasn’t fair, but I understood "I love you," I told him
"I love you, too And that woman in there adored you She never left your side when you were in the hospital She believed you were our special gift I remember the look on her face when you took your first step You were her angel from heaven, and when I lost her I knew I had to protect you"
I closed et control of ain When azed up at o back in there?"
He reached up and wiped my face then nodded "Of course"
Grant
Aphone call froates of Manor in the Hills I didn’t intend to go inside I just wanted to park and wait on Harlow to come outside She’d been here at least two hours by now I closed the car door and stepped around the front of the car so I could see the front doors When she came out, I would be here
If she didn’t want to see as But if she needed h to think that because I had gotten her to fuck iven I still had a lot to prove to her And if she would give me a chance I’d always be there when she needed it
I hadn’t been waiting but ten minutes when the door to the Manor opened and Harloalked out Fro I made my way toward her She didn’t noticedown the steps when I made it to the botto there This was it She was going to yell atto--
Harlow ran down the stairs and threw herself into htly and closed ht She needed me
I didn’t ask I just let her cry and held her Both her hands grabbed fistfuls of my T-shirt as her body shook My chest ached with each pitiful noise that cao inside and fix anything that upset her, but how the hell did I fix this? I couldn’t
"Hehe brushes her hair," she said as a sob racked her body again
He brushes her hair What? Was she talking about her dad? I didn’t ask I just let her talk
"She s about her dad I tried to i a woman’s hair, one who couldn’t speak or ether I couldn’t see Kiro brushing anyone’s hair but his own, and that was rare
"Oh, God, Grant, my heart hurts so bad He’s so sith her It’s like there’s thisI don’t even know if she even understands what he’s saying, but he talks to her like she understands everything He still loves her Colanced up at the ine what she was telling me, but I couldn’t I’d seen Kiro fuck a woman on his pool table who I was pretty sure was barely nineteen He was drinking vodka straight out of the bottle and s a joint at the same time as he did this It was forever burned in my thirteen-year-old brain
I held Harlow and ranto soothe her even if it was i eased off and she let go of my shirt and save a shit She could have the shirt if she wanted it
"You’re here," she finally said, looking up at ly beautiful How did she do that? Always so daht need soht"
I reached up and wiped away the tears still clinging to her cheeks with my thuhed and closed her eyes briefly "That doesn’t help," she said
"Why?" I thought having me at her beck and call would be pretty da sweet makes it hard"
So that’s what this was about Well, she hadn’t seen anything yet I was gonna otten rid of that ar in the bathrooet a real smile out of her