I guess it's true.She had gotten down onto the hood. I held out my arms, and she jumped into them. It was wonderful to hold her, but she cried out. I ...uess her ribs was still sore.While Cherry got dressed, I asked the kid where we could buy food."You don't need to buy it," he said. "My mom would be glad to fix you something. I live right up the road." You sure?" I asked.The kid nodded. "She likes to meet strangers. We don't get many."So the kid climbed into the truck and sat between us and. It was clear he had been gutshot and left to die in solitary agony. I felt a surge of hatred at Millie's father. As much as I loved her I had a killing anger towards him. I stood up, looking at Tom's horse, one he raised from a foal and was the one thing in life he'd ever truly cared for ... his leg crippled with a careless shot and left to die like his master. I slid the .44 slowly out of the holster, dreading the task, but knowing it was my job to do. I raised the gun carefully, lined it up. I got hit on every single day there but there was one dude who I was actually interested in physically. Literally my first thought when I saw him day one was "I would fuck the shit outta him" He was 7ft tall dark and gorgeous. His smile soaked my panties EVERY TIME. But I quickly learned that he had a "reputation" which actually didn't shock me I saw him with my own two eyes I could see how that was possible. Knowing that I (re)made up my mind that he was off limits. No way I was about to be. . we're going to have to see. But for now, I've told DJ that I won't let her raise our child alone. I'll be there for her. I'll be there for the baby. I can't NOT be there, you know?"Quietly, Dawn replied, "I know."I told her I sort of always knew this could happen, in the back of my mind. I never expected it to happen, and maybe I had been a blind idiot for not expecting so, given my rather sordid history. But the thought had crossed my mind a few times, along with wonderings about how I would.