CHAPTER TWENTY
Maybe it was the trip to the hospital today—a not-so-subtle reminder life was fleeting. Shoving myself into a box of solitude was not going to keep the demons away forever. Like the doc at the hospital said, “You can’t heal what you don’t feel.” The flashback fiends didn’t fade away because I ignored them.
What were the odds that, in spite of the efforts I made to shelter myself from the world, this attentive and kind man had somehow stumbled onto my property and captured my heart? Coincidence? I didn’t think so.
Even if it was only for one night or a few weeks until I retreated back to my isolated woods in the boondocks, I was going to allow myself to believe in this daddy tale. I was going for it and would consume him like cake.
“Please help me, Daddy.“ Uttering the wo
