Page 68 of Blackout: Book Two

“Thank you.”

“Man, stop thanking me,” he growls.

“I don’t know if that will ever happen,” I admit. “Can I ask one more favor?”

“Gonna start charging you.”

“I’m good for it,” I reply.

“You sure about that? I know what you’re paying that fucking lawyer…”

“I’m not hurting, Jack.”

“The favor?”

“As soon as you know something, will you call here?”

“Give him my number,” Sunny offers, pulling out her phone. She turns the screen to me, and I recite the number to Jack. He vows to call tomorrow with an update and before we end the call, he calls my name one more time.

“I’m sorry you didn’t get the chance to make amends with her. For what it’s worth, I know for a fact her heart forgives you.”

I know that too.

I also know I’ve got forever to make her mind forgive me as well.

“I’ve got forever to make amends with her,” I reply. “Besides, it’s not the words that she needs. It’s the actions.”

Sunny smiles.

“You do listen when I talk.”

Sometimes.

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