Chapter 13

Renegade

All night I’ve slept maybe three hours. I haven’t wanted to miss anything, because Whitney letting me in her bed to do this isn’t going to be a regular occurrence. With everything I have in me, I know that to be a fact. Last night, she’d been weak. She’d needed someone to take care of her, and she’d been strong enough to let me do it.

I have no doubt as soon as she wakes up and realizes I’m still in her bed, she’s gonna kick me out. Am I okay with that? Not really, but I’m not in any position to make demands. I want the two of us to have an amicable relationship. She holds all the power to let me see my child too, so I want to be the type of guy she can get along with and be proud to have in her corner.

Her ex-husband wasn’t like that, from everything I can gather. I want to be different, be a much better man than he ever thought he could be.