"Richard made me fire him. He was afraid we were getting close."
Nostrils flaring, Julius said, "I know, kiddo."
I looked up in surprise. "He told you?"
My future father-in-law nodded. "I just wanted you to bring it up first, I know it's hard for you to talk about."
"Well, it is, but it's like—the further away from it I get, the less it means something bad and the more it just means he loves me."
"Love doesn't constrain, Delilah. It doesn't isolate. And it doesn't," he tapped my nose, "enable."
I grinned. "To you. But love is subjective."
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The Delilah 100
Mystery / ThrillerWhat would you do if you loved a killer? What would it take for you to get to a place of acceptance? You're meeting Richard week by week, but first, meet his Muse. Explore our ill-fated heroine in The Delilah 100: 100 words, 100 stories, 100 days. A...
