CHAPTER 21 | Beau
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Adele and I make small talk until she has to leave for an appointment. I wouldn’t say we’re good, but we’re...better. We walk out to her car together, and as she drives away, she studies me through the window, lifting one hand in a wave. I wave back like everything’s fine and I’m not seething.
Parish and Dell Landers are going down. I’m going to make sure of it.
And realizing that? Committing to it? Suddenly the seething stands down. I feel more centered, more like myself.
Not sure what that says about me honestly. This is revenge. That’s what I’m talking about, isn’t it?
Pretty much, I think, turning for my truck. Ellie will be here any minute now to start the day and I don’t want to be here. I can’t watch her ride, not while I’m still sidelined. I ease in
