If He's Still With Me

by updatesmayvary

If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin sequel 1 / It's hard, living life without any sort of father figure. But August Smith-Davis makes it work. Raised by his mother and two grandmothers, he's learning to live in the shadow of his father.

4. chapter three

~chapter three~

august

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I stay up late, waiting for her to come home. She works from 1 to 8 on weekends at some bistro in the city. She usually gets home around 9.

9:05 comes and goes.

Then 9:10.

9:12.

I call her at 9:14.

She doesn't pick up.