Chapter 41

• Chapter Forty One
• “You blame Miguel for what Ricky did to you, don’t you?” He asked, unconsciously. He couldn’t help but feel the compulsion to defend her father, but he didn’t want Maria to feel like she didn’t have someone to support her. But Miguel was trying, risking his freedom to come back, why, Dave wasn’t sure.
• Maria pulled her hand out of Dave’s hair and stuck it in hers, “Yes and no.” she pulled her lips in a quick tight smile, “It hurt me that he didn’t come back to see me and how I was doing. Sometimes I think if he had, he would have been like all dads and just kept me away from Ricky when I thought I was in love with him, or forcefully pulled me out of the relationship when he first hit me.” she chuckled nervously, “I was really hoping he would come back and just shoot Ricky, which I bet, wouldn’t have been much of a problem for him.”