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“I think I need to do this myself. I’m still undecided.”
“Well, Linc, if you decide to trace your mother, please tell me. Don’t keep any secrets from me because I am always here for you, regardless of the outcome. If you want to have a relationship with her, then I will fully support you, and if the opposite of that transpires…” He doesn’t finish his sentence.
Yeah, I don’t want to think about that either. I do, however, have a big decision to make; do I want to find her?
“Thanks, Dad.”
“Whatever you decide to do, you have us. Eva, me, your brothers and sister, we will stand by you.”
My dad is a man of his word. I know they will.
“Do you need any information from me about your mom?”
I straighten my spine and take a deep breath in. “I have everything I need if I want to make a start and Violet found me an agency in the UK who finds lost relatives.”
“Did she?” He looks over at Violet. “She must really care about you.”
“She loves me.” Wow, saying that out loud freaks me out somewhat. “I’m very lovable,” I joke, brushing off how much those three little words have changed everything between us.
“It will all work out, Lincoln.”
“Will it though?”
“If it’s meant to be, it will.”
“And how do you know if it’s meant to be?” This is all new to me. I’ve never wanted to make it work with a girl before and now I have this incredible woman in my life and I don’t know what to do or how to solve our distance problem.
My dad clears his throat but doesn’t answer my question. “Can I ask you something? And you have to answer me honestly.” My dad takes a sip of his beer.
I bob my head.
He licks his lips. “Do you still want to work at the hotel? Is it what you want to do for the rest of your life?”
“What?” He should have slapped me across the face. I think that would have been less painful. “Yes. Always. Never ask me that again.”
He holds his hands up in surrender. “I just thought, maybe, if you wanted to move here, permanently…” His eyes focus intently on Violet across the rooftop terrace.
“Don’t say it,” I cut him off. Is he giving me an out?
“Then I wouldn’t stop you,” he finishes his sentence anyway.
“Seriously?” I’m angrier than I need to be. I feel like he’s pushing me away.
“Don’t be mad at me, Linc. I’m setting you free. That’s if you want to be. The hotel will be there for years to come. But she…” He looks at Violet again. “Won’t wait forever.” He stands from his chair and pats my shoulder. “Think about it.”
I don’t know how long I sit there, but Violet appears next to me and breaks my jumbled thoughts. “Everything okay?” The touch of her hand against mine soothes me.
“Yeah.” I pull her sideways onto my lap and loop my arms around her cinched waist.
I don’t mention what he said about me leaving the hotel, and instead I say, “I was asking if he was okay with me tracing my mom. He said he was.”
“Oh, that’s great, Lincoln.” She cradles my face in her hands. How did I get so lucky? She's so happy for me.
“I haven’t decided yet.”
“You don’t have to. Fate and destiny will do its job.”
“Like it did for us?”
