April 2, 2014
So Small—Carrie Underwood (3:44)
Eureka
Jack and Zoe
She was asleep. Finally. He thought she'd never drift off.
Asleep she looked so much younger. So much more like the tiny little girl that had grinned at him when he'd come home. When she slept she didn't mouth off with smart ass remarks that cut him deeply no matter how he hid the pain.
When Zoe slept he could forget that she hated him. Forget that his daughter had become a delinquent to punish him. When she slept he didn't have to be hard on her or disappointed with her choices. He could just be a dad again.
He knew this peace was fragile. They'd soon be back in L.A. and she'd be back to the smart mouthed teenager that hated him. He'd have to go back to being the hard assed U.S. Marshall that worked too much.
But damn he loved the girl. He wished things were different for her sake. That he was someone different. Someone that didn't care if anyone else needed his help. Someone who only cared about his family.
He glanced at her sleeping form in the rearview mirror and sighed. She was his only child and he loved her dearly. He just wished he could make her believe him.