Chapter Thirty-One
Kali hauled Theo along beside her and gave him a slight tug as he turned to wave toward Marvin. Before they had even crossed the street her pace slowed, her anger fading. She shouldn't have yelled like that. It wasn't Marvin’s fault he was broken, wasn't his fault some part of his grandson was.
But Theo was different. Marvin was a grown man. Yes, s**t had happened. But s**t happened to Kali too. And she kept it together. Kali may not have lost her son, but she'd lost a father—been abandoned by a father—she'd lost her mom. She'd lost a spouse. Not in the way Marvin had, not at all. But the end result was the same.
And what if she just decided to give up? She couldn't. She didn't have that luxury. And Marvin shouldn't either.
Kali trudged up the stairs, yearning for th
