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everything okay. The sound of her laughter. I would give up everything to hear that laugh one more time.
     
    “I saw her roommate a few days ago. She’s dating someone else,” I explained and felt sick to my stomach. Did he make her laugh? Did he know she liked to be kissed behind the ear?
     
    “So you thought the best way to win her back was by fucking two whores.”
     
    “She has moved on. There’s no winning her back.” It was the truth. If I had my choice, I would have never touched those women. I simply would have held Dylan. The first night she stayed with me and let me hold her, my heart sealed around hers from that day forward. No one would ever replace her.
     
    Charlie let out a sigh. “Hasn’t Dad taught you that nothing is over until you finally give up? Why are you giving up on her so easily? Either you’ll go find her or I will. Remember, I know what it’s like to lose someone you love. And it has took me over twenty years to finally have a reason to smile. I’ve never stop fighting to get my little girl back.”
     
    “Your daughter was kidnapped by the bitch you were married to. It wasn’t her choice to leave. Dylan left me. She chose to find happiness in the arms of another man. It’s a totally different situation. I’ve helped you look for your daughter countless times. I’d leave everything at a moment’s notice if I thought it would help bring her home. I was only seven, but I remember being woken up in the middle of the night with you crying when they left. I witnessed firsthand you going over the cliff of sanity. I’m fine. She moved on, and I’ll learn to live with that.” I walked over to the bar and poured a glass of Jack.
     
    “Sometimes life forces you to make choices you really don’t want to make. The only thing keeping you from her is your hard head and her past.” He stood over me. “Find her. Tell her how you feel. I guarantee she feels the same.”
     
    I gripped the edge of the bar. What if I did have a chance of being with her again? I wiped my arm across the bar, sending the glass bottles toppling to the floor. The shattering of broken glass pounded into my head. “I can’t take the chance of her hurting me again. I’m scared what that will do to me. She’s not my flesh and blood like Caroline is to you, but I don’t believe I could love anybody more.”
     
    Charlie frowned. “I wake up every morning and the first thought I have is of her. I wonder what she looks like now. She was twenty-four in January. I wonder if she ever wonders about her dad. If she’s happy and had a good life? Was she taken care of? It eats away at me. I haven’t even allowed myself to care about anybody because I didn’t want to hurt again. That was until Cherry. She kisses me and takes the demons away. I don’t want you to live a life in fear. Scared to move on because you’re terrified you’ll crumble in the pain. The only way to move on is to try. You can try to find love with someone else or you can try to win her back. It’s your choice.”
     
    I fell back in a chair. My lead heart grew harder. I couldn’t keep living like this. I didn’t have to keep hurting myself. I needed to sober up and think.
     
    “What if it’s too late? What if . . . I’m scared,” I stuttered, letting the reality I might see her again sink in.
     
    Charlie shook his head as if he didn’t understand me at all. “It’s okay to be scared. It means you’re human. I was scared to love again. But now, I thank God all the damn time he led Cherry to me.”
     
    I smirked. “I thought I led her to you.”
     
    “Nah, you just gave her a taste of the dashing Asher men. God showed her who the best Asher was.” He pointed to the ground and the shattered whiskey bottles. “Have that cleaned up before you leave for work.”
     
    For the first time since she left, I felt a tinge of hope.
     

Saturday, March 7, 2015
    Dylan
     
    Each tap of the keyboard cracked my heart wide open. I was doing