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He struggled to regain control.
“To her, now I’m the ass hole who ran her father out of town, the re
ason he abandoned her as a child.
“Damn,” Elaina breathed, still in disbelief.
“I used to have nightmares about that night. The night I… the night he…”
Elaina nodded. She understood the thought he couldn’t complete.
“But since she left, for the last week it’s a different nightmare.
She swallowed. “What is it now?”
“That I have to live the rest of my life without her. That I have to watch my son grow up apart from her. It’s a dark, enveloping void, looming inside me, and I can’t escape it.”
Elaina thought for a while when she looked back up at him. She had clarity in her eyes. “My brother died saving her?”
He nodded in defeat.
“Rogan… do you realize what this means?
He looked at her questioningly, awaiting her words of wisdom, praying she had some to give him.
“There is no such thing as coincidences. Craigan made a sacrifice that day. You made a sacrifice that day. You both chose to save that little girl from an evil man.”
She grabbed hold of his shoulders.
“Rogan, my brother died doing something he believed in, but there’s a reason that little girl got a second chance that day. She was better off without her father, and you know it.”
“But she doesn’t know that! All she knows is she’s been abandoned by everyone who’s ever meant anything to her, and part of her thinks that’s my fault while the other part thinks it’s only a matter of time before I abandon her, too.
His fevered words came out in a rush.
“So make her understand,” Elaina said, as if that were such as obvious answer.
“She won’t talk to me. She won’t take my calls, respond to my texts, she won’t even face me when I go to see my son. Our son.”
Elaina thought for a moment, staring at their abandoned game of pool. Finally, she shrugged, at a loss.
He hung his head in despair. He was supposed to be the man who made shit happen, never taking no for an answer. He was ruthless and direct, known for doing whatever it takes to reach a goal.
Why was it so different with Farren? How could one tiny little woman bring him to his knees like she’s conquering an empire?
His phone vibrated in his back pocket. He pulled it out to see what it was. The notification that the condo’s alarm system had been disarmed and the front door had been opened blinked across his screen.
“Fuck,” he cursed.
“What? What is it?” Elaina asked, worried.
“She’s at our place. She’s probably there to get the rest of her things. Fuck!” He ran a worried hand though his hair.
“What the hell are you sticking around here for? Go!” Elaina exclaimed, motioning for him to move.
He sprinted out of Elaina’s and tore off toward home.
TWENTY ONE
