Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 81581 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81581 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
“How’d you do it?”
I kneel beside him and run my finger along the jagged hole. “I shot him at his favorite hunting site on some land upstate he owned.”
I eliminated my target.
“He deserved it,” he assures me, clutching my shoulder. For once in what feels like years, I’m connecting with my son again. It’s like he’s found a way out of his darkness and discovered me.
We’re the same.
We’re special.
“I’ll never tell a soul,” he vows, his gaze serious. He knows how important it is to keep the secret from his grandma, his aunt Gwen, and his mother. “But, Dad?”
“Yeah, buddy?”
He beams at me—a smile that reminds me exactly of Violet. “Will you teach me how to shoot?”
I grin back as I close the chest. “You want to be a sniper one day?”
“Maybe,” he says as he hooks the lock into place and snaps it closed. “But mostly, I just want to be like you.”
The End