“It’s not courage when you’re not afraid. Courage is when you’re afraid, and you do it anyway.”
Millie turned enough to touch Darcy’s face with the back of her hand. “I know, dear. I don’t think you’re in any real danger or I wouldn’t ask you to do this.”
Darcy nodded. “I’ll be okay. I just had to wind up for it.” She smiled a big fake smile at me in the mirror, mussed up the back of my hair, and got out.
Millie and I went off to do battle with the rest of the family.
This is an excerpt from A Long, Hard Look. To read the whole story, get your copy at Amazon.