Epilogue

Tank had driven back with the team to get his car at my house while I drove to Aurora and stopped at Lucas’s house. I sat in the driveway for a while and when I looked up Lucas was standing on the patio looking at me.

“Hey Dad,” I said as he walked towards me and grabbed me into a hug.

“You can let go of it all now,” he said as tears made their way across my cheeks. I had no idea why I was crying, maybe because I could let go of the guilt or maybe because I felt relief, either way I had never cried like this before.

We stood like that for a while and he let go of me as I wiped my eyes dry. He led me into the quiet house and into the living room where he poured a drink for both of us.

“I’m glad you stopped here first,” he said as he emptied his glass.

“I’m not really sure why,” I said to him.

“Sometimes we just need to let go, there’s no shame in crying Ry, no shame at all,” he said as I took a sip from my glass.

“I’m going to ask Megan to marry me and before you ask no I won’t b