He pulls back. “Forever?”
I look back at my dad’s grave. He truly can’t get to me anymore and that’s all thanks to Luke. He did what he set out to do: to protect me at all costs.
And Jonah? He’s serving his life sentence in a prison on the other side of the state. That one is all thanks to my dad and his jealousy though.
Turning to face Luke, I take a breath, my first truly free breath I’ve taken since that day.
“Forever.”