Owen took my hand and the two headed towards the water.
"Did you really have fun today?" Owen asked.
"Yeah, I really did. You didn't tell me you were born and raised here."
"Yeah, well." He shrugged. "I don't have the best reputation around here. I got into trouble a lot growing up and made some mistakes that I'm not proud of."
"Like what?"
"Like when I was fifteen I got a girl pregnant."
"You have a, what? Twelve year old?" I asked in disbelief.
"I do." He nodded. "His name is Alex, smart f*****g kid. He got that from his mama and looks a lot like me. The mistake was not being safe. He was the best thing to honestly ever happen to me."
"How often do you see him?"
"Not as often as I would like, I get him a couple of weeks during the summer and we alternate holidays. This
