Page 33 of Worth the Fall

“The airport?”

“Blue Skies, the skydiving school.”

“You are?”

“Yep.” She turns her back to me and tosses over her shoulder, “Later, Phony Maloney.”

So she is sticking around. Permanently.

Huh.

I watch her walk across the tarmac until she disappears inside the door of Blue Skies. Then I climb in my truck and start the engine but don’t leave.

Fuck if I know why I’m working so hard for this woman.

But I am.

After a bit, I reverse, pull out of the parking lot, and smile.

She didn’t correct me when I called her Emmy.

I guess I’ll take any victory I can get, because I have a feeling when it comes to Emerson Reeves, they are hard fought and few and far between.

The question is, what the hell is the victory for?