Daniel felt the way her head turned, only slightly, leaning it then against his chest. It told him to keep going, keep telling her how it all happened.“My sentence was an odd one and I feel worse now about being a little punk back then and not totally hearing Isabelle and her instructions back then. But the woman was more family to me than anyone else really had been and we weren’t even related.”
Olivia stayed where she was with nearly no movements to look at him in response but it was fine. She didn’t know Isabelle. She didn’t know their connection…
“I was a jackass back then. Never innately rude to her, just… I didn’t feel connected to it in the beginning. I mean, I was some kid she didn’t know, given a chance in the least manly places… a candle shop? Literally anyone, hell, animals
