Page 61 of Rangers Mountain Rescue
I freeze.
“No.”
“He was trying to stop it.”
I shake my head.
“Joseph would have told me.”
Havoc doesn’t argue.
Because we both know the truth.
Men like Joseph didn’t always get to tell the people they loved everything.
“What does that mean for us?” I ask.
“I’m all they have,” I say quietly.
The words feel heavier out loud.
Like something fragile.
Something that could break if I’m not careful.
“My son…” I swallow. “He looks at me like I can fix everything.”
I shake my head slightly.
“But I don’t even know what I’m doing half the time.”
My voice cracks.
“I just… try not to let him see that.”
Havoc leans back slightly.
And the next words change everything.
“It means the people watching this house…”
“They’re not guessing.”
“They know he had this.”
My chest tightens.
“And now we have it.”
“Yes.”
Fear crawls up my spine.
For Dylan.
For Grandpa.
For everything we’ve just started to rebuild.
