Chapter Twenty-Two
Ember
Although I’d stayed up the whole night, I drove home as soon as Roger got up and took over the last shift. I couldn’t wait to get the hell off of that rig. Plus, I couldn’t wait to see my daughter.
Madison had called and talked to me about some girl who was bullying her at school, which had bothered me. I didn’t like the idea of someone being mean to my kid. Thankfully, my mother went to the teacher, and things were resolved by the following day.
All I knew was that I wanted to spend the weekend spoiling my daughter. The guilt of having to leave her for such long periods was getting to me. I’d thought about calling Cohen every day since we’d left Austin.
Taking a job at the resort made perfect sense to me — even if my sister didn’t agree. The only thing that w
