Chapter 15

HUNT

"I hate hunting like this," Kyler said as we loaded the hunting rifles into the back of the jeep before we headed back into town for a drink at the local pub called Dixies.

It was getting dark fast, the sky was a hazy blue with the thunder rumbling in the sky. A storm was coming. We'd just have one or two drinks before heading back up into the mountains.

"Me too," I agreed. "But for now, we'll just have to endure it."

Rubbing my hands together we stepped inside the toasty pub filled with people. Alcohol was flowing to no end. It instantly transported me back to the past when I used to party a lot and sneak into town to go to the cinema and pub after. It was one of my fondest memories with Hailey. But I needed to forget those memories. I promised Della that I loved her and only her and that I would be better for her. I knew what I was doing when I married her.

I'd been through a lot in my past. Della was my chance to turn a new chapter in my book and sta