Authors: Vicki Grant
Tags: #JUV000000, #Fiction, #Fathers and Daughters, #Fraud, #Rumors, #Brothers and Sisters, #Airplane Accidents, #Dysfunctional Families, #Divorce, #Family Problems, #Suspense Fiction; Canadian, #Runaways, #Parent and Child, #Automobile Travel, #High Interest-Low Vocabulary Books, #Suspense Stories; Canadian, #Missing Persons, #Teenage Fiction; Canadian, #Children of Divorced Parents, #Seventeen-Year-Old Girls, #Teenage Girls
Comeback (8 page)
What am I thinking? I couldn't explain anything to him. I don't
understand
anything. Part of me knows my father is a bad man. But another part of me still loves him, still even believes him, despite all the evidence against him.
And what difference does the evidence make any way? Dad may have done all those terrible things, but he turned himself in when he heard Elliot and I were missing, when he thought he could help get us back.
That must be worth something.
I just don't know how much.
Colin says, “No. No butter, thanks. I'm not playing hockey anymore, so I got to watch the calories.”
He pats his perfectly flat stomach. I hand him the muffin in a little paper bag.
We're careful not to touch each other.
He puts five dollars on the counter.
“That's too much,” I say. “It's only a dollar fifteen.”
Colin shrugs. There's still a bit of sparkle in his eyes, even for me. “That's okay. Buy Elliot a treat.”
He almost smiles. Then he walks out the door. I watch him disappear around the corner.
“Come back,” I sayâbut I know by now he's too far gone.
Vicki Grant left her career in advertising and television to write her first novel in 2004. Vicki's books have gone on to win many awards, including the prestigious Arthur Ellis Award in 2006. Vicki lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband and three children.
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