Chapter 70
The clock on the wall chimed dolefully as he finally sat down to a hot meal and a steaming cup of coffee. It seemed like forever since he'd had the stomach for more than a few mouthfuls of food and had to wonder if it was because deep down he'd known he was being unfair. So she'd run from him – from them – after all that had happened. He had to remember that she was a lot closer to her mom than he'd been to his dad. Certainly closer than he was to his own mother.
She'd been scared. Feeling like they'd done something terrible, when the truth was, it only seemed that way because of her assumptions of how her mom would react. Sure, she might have been shocked and disgusted at first, but with time she would have accepted it. He was sure of that. As for his father, he'd tol
