Page 24 of Tattered Souls

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No, he would have done what Garrick had done.

However, Lance was making it difficult.

And truthfully, I didn’t know how to end this.

I didn’t know how to end it with my dad either.

Garrick

‘With just one look, everything in my life started to make sense.’

Standing in my black button-down and dark-washed jeans, I tried.

Fuck me.

But I had tried.

Standing there, watching Tatum’s head thrown back in laughter as she danced with my dad at Carter and Harlee’s wedding, I tried.

But... when it came to Tatum Rogers, I couldn’t help myself.

Therefore, I moved in.

Tapped my dad on the shoulder and said, “Cutting in.”

He looked at me, winked, and then stepped to the side.

And this was why I had tried.

Tried like hell.

Because when I had her in my arms at Granger’s funeral, I hadn’t allowed my brain to wander.

Because I knew.

I knew the moment I had Tatum in my arms; nothing would ever feel the same way ever again.

And I had been right.

Because with her tiny body against mine, feeling her heat, I closed my eyes briefly, and savored the touch. And as the scents of caramel and vanilla floated up, I never wanted to smell anything else again.

Except for Tatum Leanne Rogers.

Her head twisted to the side, so it was underneath my chin, and with my arms around her tiny body, her hands gripping my biceps, we danced.

And we kept dancing as one song faded into the next.

Then, when an old song came on, one I knew, and true to the lyrics,From This Moment On.

That was when I knew.

I knew that I had found my person.

Unfortunately, she was claimed by someone else.

But with all things, I wasn’t going to let that stop me.

I’d find a way to get him out of her life, so I could take my shot.

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