Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 28083 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 140(@200wpm)___ 112(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28083 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 140(@200wpm)___ 112(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
And Daddy called his bluff. Put a revolver on the ground between them and said if his little brother was man enough, he’d make a move for it. But he’d better not miss.
The revolver stayed where it was, because without his men around him, Hoover’s nothing. He’s a coward, and I think Mom started to see that.
Not that she’s left him. She wouldn’t. But I’ve heard things aren’t so rosy in that garden.
But that’s her problem, not mine. That’s something I’ve learned since I came here. It was hard to come to terms that my mother is imperfect and will likely never change. But Sebastian helped me to understand, family doesn’t mean we suffer for their deficiencies.
He’s my family now. Stern, of course, but I’ve grown more, never felt more secure and proud of myself, because of what I’ve achieved under his structure and love.
“That one?” he asks as we stop at the window display of another art store.
I pull my lips to one side. “Let’s see what else they have inside?”
He nods. “Good girl.”