CALLIX
Don was going to rein a blow in but I held up a hand to stop him before the damage was done.
"No, let him talk," I granted. Yeah, he could say whatever s**t he wanted to say, hoping that it was going to hurt me to make me feel less of myself. Or less of a father that I could ever be. I've waited for Melissa to say s**t to my face but she kept her words down in her maw. I didn't know if she would ever tell me that I did her wrong.
But seeing as she had adapted to the current world and how she had survived against all odds, I had a feeling that she wasn't going to blame me for anything. No blame for letting her off at a very young age. For letting her stay on her own.
I knew that I was going to have to last laugh anyway. And that would happen when his mom finally arrived.
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