Chapter 170. Cruel Summer

Savannah’s POV

Several Days Later

My dad used to always say, “Everything happens for a reason.”

We may not understand it as it’s happening, but trust that there’s something to be gained in every season. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together…

I remember him telling me that when I was little and my mother passed away in that accident. I was standing next to him as we watched my mother’s coffin in front of us. My mom laid there, and she was beautiful, but pale and lifeless.

“Dad, I don’t understand what’s happening…” Little 6 year old me said to him.

“Me either, sweetheart, but we have to stay strong,” he said as he bent down to look at me, wiping my tears away. “Mom’s gonna be watching over us from now on.”

I close my eyes a