CLAIMED BY THE DON
“I really do. I’m a mess, I know. I’m difficult as hell, I know. I just… don’t want to lose her memories. But you… I love you.”
A small chuckle escaped him, light and content, and then silence. His chest rose and fell steadily, he was finally out.
I stood there staring with the phone still in my hand as the video still rolled somehow. I ended it with shaking fingers. Love. He said he loved me. Part of my brain screamed it was just the whiskey talking, loosening his tongue on things he buried deep. But another part, the hopeful one, whispered the truth. Drunk words often carried sober thoughts he kept locked away.
Hot Chapters