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of his voice was still like an ocean of feeling crashing in on me all at once.
“Luca,” I breathed.
Dad turned in the doorway, his eyes on Luca.
“Luca…”
“A minute,” Luca snapped.
Dad sighed and backed away, raising his arms in defeat.
The moment he was out of the way, I was launching myself at Luca as if he held the secret to life.
He caught me with barely a sway in his step.
The moment he had me in his arms, I buried my face into his neck and burst into tears.
***
Ember
I was staring in sympathy at Coke.
“Well, that went about the opposite of how I expected it,” Coke admitted.
“I think that you’re probably expecting this to be a normal situation and it’s not,” Cora explained.
“I realize that you were pissed on my behalf, Coke, but shit. I can’t say what I would or wouldn’t do if this situation were reversed. You’re going to have to let them handle it the way they think it needs handled.”
That was my Cora. Always so wise.
And never bitter.
“Am I upset that I didn’t know days ago? Yes,” I admitted softly. “But, saying that, I’m just happy to know that he’s alive. Four days isn’t going to make a difference in the grand scheme of things.”
Coke scrubbed his face as if he was tired and couldn’t quite figure out how to fix it.
“I just… shit,” he said. “She’s never yelled at me before and really had a good reason for it.”
Cora snickered. “Your daughter’s not a baby anymore. She’s a grown adult with the ability to
make decisions on her own without you. It burns, doesn’t it?”
Gabe played his fingers through my hair and pressed a kiss to my forehead.
“When he called.” Gabe’s raspy voice made my heart ache sometimes. “I thought that I was
hallucinating.”
***
Coke
My belly clenched.
I couldn’t even imagine what they were feeling.
God.
