that was an issue,
right from the start.
Messes with your head.
When we went to jail
for trafficking, we had
no choice but to do
time, crashing hard.
I was glad to be clean
when they let us go.
Especially when I found
out she was pregnant
with you. I proposed
right away, and you
could have knocked
me over with a burp
when she said yes.
It was the happiest
time of my life. When
you were born, I thought
nothing could tear us
apart. And then we let
the monster back in.
Part of me was so
scared for you. More
of me wasn’t scared
of a goddamn thing.
And Kristina? She had
more balls than any guy
I’ve ever known. What
she didn’t ever have