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“Damn, that sucks, man.”

“Yeah, it does. At some point, though, I’m enough or I’m not, and that’s all there is to it. I’m not begging anymore. I’m not running after her.”

“You didn’t run after her. You gave her plenty of leeway so she didn’t have to see you.”

“Until this time. I’m sure Daddy told you what happened.”

“Yeah. I was hoping the instincts would bring it together.”

“I was an idiot to think it might.”

“What’d she say?”

“Just that it wasn’t all my fault. She knows she could have done things differently, too.”

“You believe that?”

“That she said it, or that she means it?”

“Either.”

“I believe both. Doesn’t much matter anymore, though.”

“Because you’re enough or you’re not.”

“Exactly.”

“You letting go?”

“Never. Can’t. But I can set it aside, and that’s what I have to do.”

“Want me to come over?”

“Nah, we alright. We’re just sitting here hanging out together. We watching Frozen. Again.”

Ronan laughed. “Again?”

“Yep. It’s Harley’s go to movie.

“She’s upset, huh?”

“Yeah, she wanted ‘Lise to take her to go feed the birds at Kaid’s house. But she’s leaving so it’s best if…” Havoc caught himself before he said too much more.

“I got you. Alright. Well, tell you what. Like you said, we’ll go commiserate over a burger and beer tomorrow.”

“Sounds like a plan to me. Let me know what time.”

“I will.”

Chapter 22

“I appreciate you coming over to watch Harley, Mom,” Havoc said.

“Are you kidding me? I’ve waited all my life for grandkids to spoil. This is my dream! And now that you’ll be back here, I’ll be here all the time. You’ll have to send me home.”

Havoc chuckled. “Naw, you’re welcome any time.”

“How are you, Havoc? I’ve tried to keep out of things, I figured with your dad always doing his part to fix things the last thing you needed was two of us meddling.”