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Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Bending over, I place my hands on my knees and desperately suck in air.
“Let it out, son,” Dad murmurs.
I straighten up and wipe a hand over my face, a groan tearing from my chest.
I feel my father’s strong presence. “I’m here, Nikolai. It’s safe for you to break down.”
The blood on her face. The horrified daze she was caught in. The way she clung to me and cried as if her soul had died.
Remembering how I found her in the trainyard and her reactions, overwhelming pain rips through me like a destructive force.
The roar rumbling from my gut is filled with every ounce of rage I feel. Unable to bear my own weight, I drop to my knees.
Dad rushes to me, and kneeling beside me, his arms wrap like steel bands around me.
“I’ve got you, son.”
I grip his shoulder and break down, weeping that a carefree soul like Abigail suffered a fate worse than death.
And there’s nothing I can do to avenge her.
I can only support her and pray she heals enough to become carefree again.
Once I calm down, I pull back to look at my father. “I don’t know how to help her.”
“Just be whatever she needs.”
Christ, will that be enough?
“Come on. Get up.” We rise to our feet, and Dad grips hold of my shoulders, looking me dead in the eye. “You’re a Vetrov. You’re a force to be reckoned with.”
Inhaling deeply, I nod.
“Just love Abigail, son. That’s all you can do.”
I nod again, then admit, “Christ, Dad, I didn’t know it was possible to love someone so much.”
A smirk tugs at the corner of his mouth. “I told you they take over your entire world.”
Locking eyes with Dad, I say, “Thank you for being such an amazing father and man.”
He gives me a pat on my back, then nods toward the door. “Get back to your woman.”
When we exit the barn, Dad reminds me, “Don’t forget the barbeque at two. Your mother is excited.”
I’m sure she is.
Feeling a little better, I walk toward the woods and follow the path to my house.
I walk to the back so I can enter via the den, and when Abigail comes into view, her easel facing the trees, I see a soft smile playing around her lips.
I pause to stare at the vision and feel a moment of peace because she looks happy.
