A lonely trucker almost passed the starving dog in the storm-then his headlights caught what the animal was hiding under its body…

killed you. He made himself breathe.

“What did you say?”

“I said shut up.” Luke’s voice was small. “Then I pushed him.”

Hank nodded once. “We’ll talk about the pushing.”

Luke looked at him then, furious and ashamed at the same time. “Why did they leave me there?”

It was not the first time Luke had asked about being adopted. Hank had never hidden the truth.continue reading …