HIS EX WIFE CAME BACK
ter
my fathe
ca's
p breath, gripping the handle of my suitcase. It had been years since I walked through these doors. Years since
walked in, my heels clicking against the marble driveway. The house hadn't changed. The grand
pped
t I did,
ther. The most powe
ed onto me. His face was unreadable, but I could feel the weigh
bags and fell
ered, my voice sh
le
lms against the cold floor. My
have never hidden from you. I should have never-"
ords filled the va
d as he descended the stair
a," he said, his v
my head
anger, not with hatred-but with
was quiet, but it carried the force of a storm. "Do you know h
eyes. "I thought I was
s gaze soften
rd. "Now I kno
owly. "You'v
ken laugh. "You
moment. Then, he did so
down in f
caught in
id. "And I have always been
scaped
g to him like I was a little girl a
time in year
ng away. His eyes, now filled with some
e said. "You are a Reed. And it's time you
iffe
re my last name didn't define me. I wanted lo
t, her
if I'm ready
aintly. "Yo
sn't the same woman who begged Johnny Ry
ost eve
as time t
-
ting long shadows across the room. He sat on the edge of
ans
ai
, tossing the phone
he hell
cked h
as sh
when he handed her those divorce papers. Instead, sh
n that
ore than most peo
exhaled
ng wasn
again and dialed. The
t to vo
ip tig
ell was s
nly feel like he nev
's study, staring out at the city
ny.
t it
out the trut
w, I let h