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Neither of us spoke again for a long while as we sat there,Raven had just said while she seeh our clasped hands

After a while our tears dried and Max started to whine He was hungry and needed a new diaper Raven took hi hi a few minutes to myself, I remained in my chair at the kitchen table

Up until ht that I wasn’t needed in anyone’s life Now I could look back on it all through her eyes and see that I’d been wrong I’d just been too hurt—and yes, angry—to see that I had an entire faic loss that had nearly crippled me mentally and emotionally

I hated that

I had hurt Raven and the others when I’d left, but I couldn’t really regret running away I’d found the peace that I’d been aching for as well as new friends that would always hold a place in one on a few crazy adventures with a farown to consider my own

I griht of Emmie and her family I still hadn’t talked to her I honestly didn’t knohat to say She’d called my cellphone at least a hundred ti myself to answer The voice better The Feds still had no clue who had tried to take Mia and shot Gabriella Moreitti At least Mia was doing better now, though, putting the night behind her Maybe she wouldn’t even reot older Maybe Gabriella was doing well too, now that she was able to move around more

In Emmie’s last voicemail she’d said thatwith us, Felicity,” had been the last thing she had whispered before she’d ended the call three days before

I wasn’t as torn up about not going hootten back to Creswell Springs, after Jet had black

The phone on the counter started ringing and I pushed away froet up and answer it “Hello?”

“Hey, love” Instantly rew damp and my heart twisted in my chest at the sound of Jet’s deep voice “Are you busy?”

“N-no,” Imy suddenly dry lips “What’s up?”

“I’ht?”

So about his voice melted me and I couldn’t understand it He sounded als? Maybe tender a few tio out before either Maybe he figured I’d turn him down “What did you have in mind?”

His laugh was deep and deliciously sexy, hs together as I leaned back against the counter “It’s a surprise, but I promise you’ll enjoy every minute of it”

Damn it When he used that tone I couldn’t resist him It was softer than his norentle It erously false state of o, to let him do whatever he had planned I knew that I was already in the red danger zone where h I’d triedthe last several weeks The problem was I just couldn’t help myself