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And there it was The thing that she could never get away from The ‘C’ word Sabrina’s heart twisted Her children had heard and seen so s they could never un-see or un-hear

Their father weak fro in a bohile they watched television

An aard silence fell between thean’s arer Mania and then she said we could watch a movie before bed Like the whole ”

Morgan skipped toward Sabrina, the sweetest smile on her face when she looked over her shoulder at thethem in silence

“Goodbye Tigger,” she squealed, running after her brother

Sabrina cleared her throat and turned the cart to follow her kids up to the cashier “I’m sorry, she’s full of beans”

His eyes were dark and direct and the gold flecksshe recognized and she sed, m

outh suddenly dry She was filled with the urge to run which was ridiculous Sabrina was an adult But Teague Simon was much too intense and she ay too tired to deal with him

“I was an asshole this ”

Sabrina took athe front of her T-shirt and clearing her throat She didn’t look up because she couldn’t Because she didn’t want to

“Yeah You were” She said noelse, and headed to the front of the store with her kids

Hours later, she stood alone in the dark, eyes on the water It was quiet with only a few stars to light the night sky, and she shivered, cold from the damp She couldn’t shake the heaviness inside her, and dahed a lot It wrapped around her shoulders and settled in like an old friend

ItAnd sometimes it made her tired of life If it wasn’t for her kids…

Sabrina gave herself athat ran the length of her deck She couldn’t go down that road again Not now She knew that if she did, she would lose herself Hell, she’d barely made it back the last time

Instead she turned, but paused, catching the scent of tobacco—a cigar if she wasn’t low froar and the silhouette of a man