Lark turned on her stool as her dad approached and she let him draw her into a tight wordless hug. He held her as if he never wanted to let her go and she knew his conversation with her mom was hard and brutal despite the words she’d said to Santiago earlier.
When he pulled away, he kissed her forehead, tears in his eyes and he took the glass which sat in front of her and sipped it.
“Let me order you another drink.” She lovingly rubbed his cheek as Bobbie stepped into Max’s outstretched arm. Bobbie rubbed Grady’s shoulder and Lark appreciated the movement.
“Your mother is pissed.” Grady admitted after Lark ordered her father a drink.
“At you?”
“At the f*****g universe if I’m honest.” He gave Johan an appreciative smile as the man moved down one so he could sit next to Lark at the ba
