“I just want to tell you something. All you know about me is I’m a cranky old man in this shitbag motel. Well, I wasn’t always this way. I was young once and I had chances and opportunities in my life. I made choices that put me here. I sure as hell would make different choices if I had it to do over. You think about that.”
Perry stomped off into the empty motel.
Holman stared after him, then heard a horn. He looked up the street. Pollard was a block away, but she had seen him. Holman raised his hand and saw Pollard smile.
Holman thought about what Perry said, but Perry didn’t understand-Holman was afraid. Katherine Pollard deserved a good man. Holman was trying hard to be better than he had ever been in his life, but he still had a long way to go. He wanted to earn Katherine Pollard. He wanted to deserve her. And he believed-one day he would.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Crais is the author of numerous New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and
