Page 226 of Mountain Daddy

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And it breaks my heart a little.

Then the voice on the phone asks a question.

I look away from Luther to unmute my call, and when I look back up, he’s gone.

Chapter 138

Kendra

The bedroom door swings open.

He’s here.

I watch as Luther steps into my room and closes the door behind him.

It should be comical, this man in his fifties, sneaking into my bedroom at night, hiding from my dad.

But all I can think about is how sweet it is.

How sweetheis.

How he fucked up. How he thought he was doing the right thing.

How it’s exactly what I did a decade ago.

I swallow as I think about his story.

About Ashley.

About his ex-wife.

About his own discovery.

I think about how he never told anyone.

I think about how much walking in on my spouse with someone else would ruin me.

I think about how Luther would never.

How he’d never cheat on me.

How he’s trying.

How he told me everything.

And as I watch him undress, I exhale.

I let it go.

I let the bad go.

I let the sad go.

I let the anger and the hurt and the doubt… I let it all fucking go.

“I don’t want to wait.” I say it as I think it.

Luther pauses, stopping at the foot of the bed.

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