I slid my hand along his cheek and then rested it at the top of his chest. “What man were you with?” Jonas repeated, not feeling like a subject change. “You playing possum, Bub?” I asked on a grin, trying to change the subject. “What man were you with, Laurie?” Jonas whispered and out of the corner of my eye I saw Dad’s head jerk down to look at him but I kept my gaze on Jonas. “That’s the kind of man who’s good enough for my girl,” Dad concluded but I looked down to see Jonas looking up at me. “Dad, Jonas is –” I started, Jonas rolled to his back and Dad’s eyes went to Tate. “You or his boy, he’d lay his life down, wouldn’t blink, wouldn’t think.”

“Dad,” I said urgently as I felt Jonas’s body get even tighter.ĭad talked over me. “He’d die before he let anything hurt you,” Dad continued.

“He’s a good man, I can tell, it’s stamped all over him but the best part is the way he looks at you and his boy.” “Daddy,” I whispered again but said no more because Jonas’s body moved, like a flinch, and I knew he wasn’t asleep.īefore I could say anything to Jonas, Dad, who obviously hadn’t felt Jonas move, kept talking. “Can’t tell you, Lauren.” His voice got lower and thicker, his eyes slid toward Tate before coming back to me, “Can’t say… beside myself knowin’ I can quit worryin’ about my girl.” Never thought he’d look after you, keep you safe. Never trusted him to take care of my girl. Brought you all the way to Indiana, laid it out for that idiot ex of yours,” Dad went on. “Said he took care of you when you found out about me bein’ sick. “Yes?” I asked softly back, my fingers moving again through Jonas’s hair. “Your Mom told me about him,” Dad said softly, “Tate.”

“Your Mom keeps at it, my body’ll forget what cholesterol is,” Dad muttered, I grinned and looked down at Jonas’s head on my thigh as my fingers slid through his hair.

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