Page 210 of The Woman Left Behind

With my whole soul.

Though I knew someone else saved me that day.

My dad.

If he hadn’t put in that door, those bullets would have hit me.

So I treasured that moment, as crazy as it sounded.

And that door.

Harry had wanted to switch it out.

I refused.

Since it still would (Harry’s words) “stop a tank,” he left it.

And Dad left something else behind. Something he was always so good at.

His protection.

What didn’t change was that work was work, and Harry’s work was a lot.

Along with the day-to-day grind, he still had eleven more cases he and his team had to look into.

But those were other stories.

Maybe.

Though lots of other stuff changed.

Sherise introduced her man to all of us, and although Ronnie never gave up, they got married and lived their child-free lives saying yes to every adventure that came their way.

Not long later, the love bug hit Shane too.

And Ronnie got her grandbabies.

But just to say, those also came from Harry and me.

However, I’m getting ahead of myself.

Let’s go back.

And I’ll let Harry finish the tale.

Oh!

One last thing.

Harry did give boba a try.

We also finished We Are Lady Parts.

And just like me, he loved them both.

Epilogue

JUST RIGHT

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