Page 24 (1/2)

“You want to knohy I left thiswith et pissed at s were left What you did…”

He swore because the anger inside hi hotter and hotter, and he wasn’t used to not being in control “I thought you were the one Christ, I was going to propose that week—“

“What?”

Her head jerked up, her botto, whether from cold or nerves he didn’t know Her hair was a slick river of blonde that fell around her shoulders in wet tangles, and those eyes, they looked haunted

“What did you just say?” she asked again

Jack could back away, or he could finally face this demon

“I wanted to spend the rest ofand see your face Your s under his breath and she winced at the savage tone of his voice

“I wanted to have kids with you I wanted a little girl with the sun in her hair and sky in her eyes I wanted the white picket fence The whole nine yards I had the ring picked out, and I was going to propose but then we had that fight” His shoulders bunched, the ht about nohich makes this even more pathetic than it already is”

“Derek,” she said her voice tremulous, barely above a whisper

“What?”

“Derek was always around and I…he…never ht about Derek”

Right Stupidest fight ever Funny that Derek

was the one to hand Jack the bad news “When I caone, and he had your letter”

Jack still had it, but that was so she didn’t need to know

He watched her intently, trying to figure her out Wondering what the hell was going on inside her head She shuddered and made a small sound and only then did he realize his hand was still on her ar