TRAUMATIC INCIDENT.

I smiled. “She is doing well. Though I haven’t heard from her for a couple of months.’

He gave a slight frown. “But your daughter goes to her home all the time, right?’

“Most times.’ I responded. “But Carmine picks her up most of the time at her home.’

“Oh, I see,” he agreed. “But you guys are still best friends, right?’ he teased.

“We are still close, but Oceana is sort of shutting me out again, I think. I bet she still hasn’t forgiven me because of Carmine. She thinks I took advantage of Carmine’s dick and had his daughter. But I am to blame for everything.’

“Why do you keep talking about the past? It’s been five years, Jessie.’

As long as the past lives in our lives, we can never forget it.”

“They are best friends for sure,” he nodded. “Nolana and Chloe.’

“Yes, they are, and they get along so well.”

“Yeah, you are right,’ he agreed.

“Whenever I think of the past, I still feel sad and broken, Adolph. A lot of things happened on a whim and I couldn’t do anything to save Oceana fr