Her Touch

with that. Maggie is a good kid, and from what I've learned she doesn't give her dad to

kay?"

in for yesterday. And then not tellin

. I thought about it last night. I lay in bed for a while contemp

t what y

ng girl being assaulted. A young girl who is the daughter of a man who has been like a father to me.

ore she understands what I'm s

y above a whisper,

reat women. And what happen

her mouth and closes her eyes. "

decide she needs a dose of reality. I pull my truck over onto th

innocent. How could a piece of shit like that guy put his hands on her? "You didn't do anything wrong. You understand? Men like him deserve

ied about what people will say

ody gives you any shit, you let me know. I'll take care of it." Suddenly I'm like a big b

break everyone's nose?" She smiles, even

ool and letting everyone see you've got back

r take a deep breath and smile. The cloud has passed,

the truck and go around

says, looking around to see i

u." I give her a wink, and she rolls her eyes, stomping away from my truck. "I'll pick y

had any family, I'm feeling pretty protective of her. Something about Maggie makes me want to walk

my therapy will take, and getting attached to a family that's not mine is a bad idea. I need to get along with them and

how much I

gg

ch. They push away the dread I had about going to school and facing Nick t

it felt like my stomach did a little flip. I bite my lip and turn around. I've been caught l

from people. I'm wondering if word about Nick has gotten out and what he might

their social circle, a place I didn't care to be in to begin with. I didn't fit with them, but maybe that was more because of me. Who knows? I'

ing dinner every night and helping out. We're a team. Always have been. Maybe that's why the moving never bothered me. As long as we were together, I didn't c