Page 46 of Raging Inferno

Biting the inside of my cheek, I process her words and force myself to look at her.

“I can’t speak for Melissa or tell you how she’s feeling right now. I know she’s hurt, and she feels betrayed, but I can speak for my son. Chris would want her to be happy. He’d want his son to have a good man in his life, someone he could look up to. Make it right, Jimmy. Find a way and make it right.”

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I nod.

“And stop kidding yourself,” she adds, brushing away a fallen tear. “It’s not always about luck. Sometimes, it’s just fate.”

The pessimist in me wants to tell her there is no such thing, but what if she’s right? Do things like this really happen? Does a man save another man only for him to die? Does he really meet his fiancée by chance and fall head over heels in love with her?

I don’t know.

All I know is that Bea is right about one thing.

I gotta make it right.

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