I Owe It All to Her

LAYTON

I didn’t allow myself to think about her too often, but when I did there was this gaping hole in my chest. Maybe I could fill at least a part of that hole with information I hadn’t known about her before.

“She was a true partner to me. She supported me in everything I did, and I’m ashamed to say, I took her advice for granted.” I could see the admission weighed heavily on him. “I should have listened to her more often.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a deep breath before he continued. “I think you would have been too young to remember this, but I owned a couple of race horses once. Your mom always liked horses and I thought it would give us something we could do together as a family, to go out to the track.”

I grunted. Only my father would think you had to buy race horses before you could take your kids to the track. I also wasn’t sure how old I was at the time, because I really couldn’t remember ever having horses, but I had to question whether taking such a young c