Chapter 3

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"Do you think she forgot she wants to kill me yet she's been up there for hours?" Ryan asked while looking up the stairs. Everyone shrugged in reply and he turned and Ryan started up the stairs.
"Dude what are you doing!?" Carlos asked concerned for his safety.
"I'm going to apologize to her it's the right thing to do." He answered as he continued up the stairs. He looked from room to room till he opened the door and there she was with a guitar.
(Open song and skip to about 44 second mark)
🎶She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)🎶

"That was beautiful, who knew you had it in you to be be sentimental." Ryan said with a smirk.
Olivia stood up and turned around surprised to see him up in her room. "What are you doing in my room?"
"I came to apologize for my behavior downstairs earlier. So I'm sorry Liv is it?"
"Olivia... But Liv is fine." She sat back down on the bed and began tuning the guitar.
Ryan wasn't sure if she had forgiven him or not but at least she wasn't going to kill him. He went to leave when she started to talk again, "I guess I'm sorry to... My parents are just a touchy subject." He closed the door and walked back towards her. She took a deep breath and continued, "You have no idea how many times I'd wish my dad was never around at all. It was all I ever thought about. The day he died... I didn't expect them all to mourn him. I always thought he never loved us. Apparently he did he just had a hard time showing it." She began to cry but she continued to talk. "It was hardest on my mom for 5 years she never once showed it but I could tell. It was like dad no one else saw it coming... except me."
"I'm sorry..." Ryan was cut off as his daughter came in rubbing her eyes.
"Daddy can we go home now?" She asked as he walked over to her and picked her up. She feel sound asleep on his shoulder and he grabbed a piece of paper out of his pocket.
"If you ever need me just call." Olivia's heart skipped a beat, did he like her?

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