“I always knew who he was, but it wasn’t until my mom met my step-dad that I realized he wasn’t a piece of shit.” Huffing out a chuckle as Craig laughed hard, I let my hand fall to stare across the street. There was nothing but a brick wall there, but my thoughts didn’t need much to bounce off. “I used to think that Jared was the one that left us, but I slowly began to understand that my mom is a b***h. He was a saint compared to my step-dad.”
“No kidding…” The conversation tapered off at Craig’s mumble, and I slowly shook my head with a sigh. For a long moment, we stood in front of the bar in silence, but he exhaled heavily before continuing. “Come inside, and I’ll give you my number and stuff. You can call me whenever.”
“Yeah- okay. Thank you.” Laughter drowned out my appreciation when
