Better (Stark Ink Book 2) by Dahlia West

Author:Dahlia West
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Cardinal Points Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

Back at the apartment, he settled Zoey into his bed for a nap. As much as he would have liked to head to the garage, he decided to stay a moment instead. He lowered himself onto the comforter and moved in close to her. She turned toward him in her sleep, her belly pressing against his side. Dalton reached out and rested his hand on it. He only had to wait a few seconds before he felt a kick. He rubbed at the spot reassuringly.

“Sorry you have a prick for a Dad,” he said quietly. “My dad’s one of the good ones, but he’s slipping away from us.”

Dalton was surprised at how much easier it was to talk about it. He seemed to be getting used to saying things out loud. It had started with his share at the meeting and he didn’t seem to be able to stop it these days. Zoey didn’t need to know about any of this, though. God knew she had enough things to worry about already. He supposed that it was alright to tell the baby, though. The baby certainly didn’t understand it, so Dalton wasn’t really adding to anyone’s burden.

“He was a good dad,” Dalton said quietly. “I mean he still is a good dad, but he was good when I was growing up, too. He was tough, but he was always around, you know? And he used to say all this random stuff, but it always stayed with me. Like, ‘If you take ten cents or ten dollars for a job, you do that job to the best of your ability.’ He was big on that kind of thing, making your own way, being honest. He used to say a man was only as good as the name he made for himself. I don’t know,” he mused. “My name’s lost most of its value these days, or at least it seems like it, but I’m working on it.”

He rubbed the curve of Zoey’s belly gently. “It’s hard to miss someone that’s still here. You see them, but you can’t really talk to them. They can’t be what you need anymore, but you still have to go on holding up your end. I guess your mom went through enough of that. You won’t remember, though. You’ll never have to know. You won’t even have your dad’s name. That’s probably a good thing. Maybe names aren’t all that important. I don’t know, really. I’ve only ever been a Stark. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.”

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