Chapter 5
The sound of the phone ringing woke me up.
“Hello,” I mumbled, half asleep.
“You okay?” It’s Ned, his voice sounding concerned. “Damn, I shouldn’t have gone to work. I’m coming home.”
I shook my head. “I’m fine. I must have fallen asleep. It’s all good. I needed to wake up. Really, don’t worry.”
“You sure you don’t want me to come home?” I heard the faint sound of relief mixed with regret in his deep voice.
“Positive.” I looked over at the clock. He’d be home in a couple of hours and then it would only be a matter of time before I saw my daughter again.
“I’ll make a special dinner.” I heard the sounds of metal and imagined him at his table, the furrow in his brow.
“Okay, I’ll be here.”
“Pryor, it’s going to be okay.”
“I know.”
We hung up and somewhere inside me, I knew
