Redhawk Caldera If heaven is as heaven does then this is hell for sure

He, too, noticed that Towhee and Niamh had spent no time together since he had ousted Reyes. Towhee had her reasons, he was sure, and Niamh was still healing. All the whole, the double Phother tried to keep things together, assuring Niamh everything would be okay if she’d just wait a little longer. But eventually, that wasn’t enough. And what was he to do? What if he had never gotten rid of Reyes? Towhee did not fault him for doing so, and yet no matter what he would have done would have left somebody (or both of them) unhappy.

But I want you here, and they’re my kids, too, he said, feeling that it wouldn’t be enough. And she’ll come around, right? She’s had a rough go of it, and… but he stopped there, anticipating that any plea would just make it harder for whatever choice he had to make. Niamh had already made her choice.