Chapter 111

Walker

"You got some mail today."

I never get mail. Only if it's my birthday or Christmas, so I'm super excited to know who I got it from. "Yeah? Where is it?" I ask my dad as I throw my bag in my room. He's sitting on the couch in his dorm.

"Right here." He holds it up, waving it around.

Snatching it is easy, probably because he let me, and when I look down, my stomach gets a queasy feeling inside it.

It's from my mom.

I haven't spoken to her since she had to go into the hospital.

But she wrote Dad a letter, and I've been waiting for mine ever since.

"Do you want to read it by yourself?" he asks softly.

I nod, going into my room and closing the door. I'd thought a week ago that the two of them would be getting a divorce, but the dinner I'd had with Dad had settled my fears.

"She's getting the help she needs, Walker. I know it's hard to understand for you. Hell, it's hard to understand even for me, but I promise she's going to come back to us."

I grab a piece o