Chapter 17
“The most difficult thing about past pain is, even though you might have healed, your mind still remembers exactly how the pain felt. Sometimes, the memory of the pain is worse than the actual pain because it’s easy to let that past pain dictate your future choices.” ~Sally
Titus climbed up into his bed and Costin sat down next to it, pulling the blanket up over the boy’s little form. Sally walked around to the other side of the bed and sat down.
“Daddy,” Titus said, looking up at Costin with wide, innocent eyes.
“Yeah, bud?”
“We’re going to be okay.”
Costin felt his gut clench at his son’s words. “Did the angel tell you that?”
Titus shrugged. “She says a lot of things. She said we would face some scary stuff, and I asked her if it was scary stuff like when I open the bat
