"So when is my mother coming back from her..." She does air quotes. "Business trip?"

My fingers flex on the steering wheel. "About a month or so."

That's a lie. I doubt Sadie's mother is ever coming back.

The girl sitting in the passenger seat of my car is my sole priority now.

My sole...everything.

"How did my mother hook up with a cop? I can't wrap my head around it. She is just as resentful of authority as I am. Last time I saw her, she was trying to kick a coke habit and failing." Sadie gestures at me. "How did this happen?"

The truth?

I'd had a shitty...