Never Truth by Jill Ramsower

Author:Jill Ramsower [Ramsower, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jill Ramsower, LLC

I couldn’t keep a goofy smile from my face the entire drive home from my first real date with Sofia. I knew we were young, and most adults wouldn’t understand, but she was it for me. She was the most generous, down-to-earth girl I knew—the most beautiful, the funniest, and the smartest person I’d ever met. I couldn’t imagine how anything could ever come between us. We would share all of our firsts and grow even closer together, just as we had from the time we were little.

I had no idea where my life would take me, but I had no doubt she would be there beside me, wherever that was. Our connection was like gravity—it simply was. You didn’t wonder if someday gravity wouldn’t be there anymore. It wasn’t even in the realm of possibilities, so it wasn’t worth thinking about.

Sofia would always be mine, and I would forever be hers.

Now that I had my driver’s license, we could be together like a real couple—not just texting and stolen kisses at school. I couldn’t wait to take her to the movies and Coney Island, or even just sit in my car so we could have time alone. I knew turning sixteen would be amazing, but the reality was even more invigorating than I had expected.

Of course, we still had school, which was the only reason I drove myself back home rather than cruise the streets, enjoying my newfound freedom. My family didn’t have a garage, so I found a spot on the street large enough to parallel park and cautiously maneuvered next to the curb. I walked with a bounce in my step to the front door, which I found unlocked. Inside, my father sat on the sofa with a man I’d seen in passing but didn’t know well.

“Nico, we was waitin’ for you,” my dad called out when I walked in.

A sudden sense of alarm made the hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention. When I was a boy, I’d adored my father—looked up to him in every way—however, as I matured and witnessed all the times he failed to come home or heard him explain that he’d been fired yet again, I started to realize that my dad wasn’t worthy of my respect. In fact, he was a worthless piece of shit. If my dad wanted something from me, it wasn’t going to be good.

“Got my license today and took Sofia out for a bit,” I explained cautiously.

My father’s friend stood and ambled closer. “You’re becoming quite the man, Nico. What do you weigh now, one eighty, one ninety?” I wasn’t sure how he knew me. He was well dressed in a long wool coat and shiny, pristine dress shoes—not the kind of person my father usually hung around. He exuded power, and I wasn’t about to piss him off.

“Two hundred, actually.” There was no boasting or pride in my voice. If anything, I sounded wary despite my attempt at being impassive.

“Beautiful—you’ve got the potential to be one hell of a fighter,” the man said, nodding approvingly at my father.

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