CHAPTER 10
Maine watched Orchid walk away from him, his heart sinking all the way to the ground. “i***t,” he said to himself, torn between running after her and starting the fire. He knew she wanted to dry off. She wanted to eat. He wanted both of those things too.
And maybe, just maybe, he’d been fantasizing about holding her by the fire as the stars came out tonight. Whispering his dreams of owning an ice cream shop with football-themed flavors to her. Finding out more about her and her daughter.
But now, he’d told her he just went wherever the money was. As if he needed money. He didn’t. Not really.
So what do you need? he asked himself as Orchid’s blonde head disappeared along the horizon. He worried about her, because she went through periods of instability. But she was strong and
