“You can’t just leave her here. She’s your daughter. I can’t raise her for you. I don’t need that kind of responsibility.”
“You’re the best person to raise her. The truth is, Sheridan and I were planning to divorce. Terra would have ended up here with you anyway. Do this for your daughter and your granddaughter.”
“You leave, and you’ll break her heart. She doesn’t need it broken over and over again. If you leave now, don’t ever come back.”
Pain and anger edged his voice.
Terra rushed in and hugged her father, sobbing, hanging on to him. In the end, she wasn’t able to stop him from leaving, and he crushed her.
Alex and Erin were her lifelines not only because of the bond they shared after losing a loved one in that avalanche, but also because Terra had lost so much more. She felt unwanted by her father and her grandfather. But she knew Gramps loved her.
Then she made the mistake of falling for Jack, who left her too.
She’d lost people she loved—by their own choices or by the hand of the mountain.
Either way, why did people keep leaving her?