Chapter 240: Elijah

Dammit! He hadn't meant to let that slip. Admitting to people that he couldn't even see his own daughter whenever he wanted to; that his ex-wife had that much control over his life...

It sucked ass.

And what sucked even more was the pity he saw in Hannah's eyes. He didn't want pity from her. He didn't want pity from anyone.

"Is Sarah fighting you in court over custody?" she asked quietly, her blue eyes distorted behind the thick lenses of her glasses.

He had a fleeting moment where he wondered what she'd look like without those damned glasses on, and then he shoved that thought away. Don't go there, Eli.

"Yeah," he admitted begrudgingly. "After her parents died in that car wreck outside of town, she's been using all of her inheritance to beat me in court. Sad to say, money usually wins."

Yeah, he was bitter. He wasn't afraid to admit it.

"So that's why you became the janitor here," Hannah said slowly, as if stating a simple fact out loud that solved a long-standing mystery.