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Then he ran a hand through his hair and grabbed his jacket.
“I...I need more time,” he said, meeting Ward’s eyes finally.
When he smiled, Jacob strode from the room, yanked open the front door, climbed in his car, and with a turn of the key, put his foot on the gas.
Stupid gates.
But once he hit the road, he floored it. Then he drove and drove and drove and drove and drove.
For hours.
Trying not to think. Trying not to feel.
Trying to work out who the hell he was.
Later in the afternoon, Jacob found himself parked outside a house he never thought he’d visit again.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“Jesus, Mom, why didn’t you ring or message me?” Leilani cried.
And why won’t you stop fucking drinking?
She knew the answer. Her dad. Well, that her dad had died. But was that really a good enough reason?
Surely her mom could’ve just grieved and moved on.
Right?
She had a daughter to live for, after all. Was Leilani not important enough? Did her mom not realize that by letting herself die, she was leaving her alone in this world?
For the rest of her life.
To navigate being a woman.
Becoming a wife.
