Ray didn’t deny it. He’d taken Chloe to a diner last week. She’d noticed the bruise on his knuckles, the way he scanned every room for exits. She’d asked if he was a bouncer. He said yes. She laughed and said, “You’ve got sad eyes for a bouncer.”
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“Then why are you still here?”
“That’s your type,” Bruce said. “The ones who don’t ask. You know why? Because deep down, they already know. And they’re scared of the answer.” Ray didn’t deny it
“No. See, that’s the thing. In the dream, you turned to me and said, ‘I’ll see you in your dreams from now on. Because I’m not coming back after this.’ Then you walked into the trees and didn’t come out.” She’d asked if he was a bouncer
He thought of his daughter, Brittany, who’d stopped taking his calls. Of the blood he’d never fully wash from under his nails. Of the way his father had looked at him the last time they spoke — not with anger, but with a quiet, devastating pity.
“Yeah. I promise.”