“Unfortunately, my blood legacy is not the legacy I want defining my life. I missed that opportunity when Randy gave up everything and ran off to Wyoming. But you know something, Lyle? Maybe my legacy won’t come from blood. There’s something in you that I never saw in him. I wanted to.” She laughed, shook her head, and took a sip from her glass. “Sometimes I even lied and told myself I could see it. That he’d come around if I gave him some time. That he’d be everything I thought he was, and everything I knew he could be. I was wrong. I’ve lost him.”
“Randy loves you very much—”
“And what is love? Can you tell me of a single instance where love has made anyone truly happy?” Mary shook her head slowly, answering on Lyle’s behalf. “Love is what made me lose him. To that damn Wolf.”
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