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That had been my last thought before all our friends filed in cooing and talking baby gibberish as they fawned over little Denver.
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The room wasdark and quiet, both mother and son asleep.
Everyone had finally left and although Teal had told me to go home and get some rest too, I hadn’t been able to pull myself away. My mind kept swirling in circles, going over everything she told me and mixing with my own past.
We certainly both had things to work through, but I wanted us to do that together. I hoped she would feel the same way at some point.
“You never told me what you were thinking earlier that had you upset,” I heard her say softly as to not wake the baby.
Her sugary-sweet voice sent tingles through my body. Everything about Teal called out to me in a way I never expected after Bridgette. It not only called out to me but touched my soul in a way that Bridgette never had. I cared about my ex at one point in my life, and even thought I had loved her, but I was beginning to think I never really knew what that was.
Because every time I looked at Teal, heard her angelic voice, or I glanced into her compelling teal green-blue eyes that were such a mystery of emotions, I saw my future.
A future I didn’t think I would ever have until she walked into my life.
“Earth to Kace,” she called out to me in a teasing tone.
Needing to be closer to her, I walked over to the bedside so I could see her better, the only light coming from the bathroom, lightly illuminating her beautiful face as I approached. Her eyes met mine and I immediately sank in their depths, never wanting to break the surface again.
“Tell me,” she whispered.
Knowing she wanted me to share as she had done with me and also was generally concerned, I knew if I wanted that future I thought of seconds before that giving her all of myself, the good, the bad, and the ugly, was key.
Sitting down next to her bedside as I had earlier, my head bowing down toward the mattress, I let the words come that I feared to say out loud. For if I did, then they would be real, and I would need to do something about them.
“I miss my parents.” The words felt bitter in my mouth because I was also still so angry. “But how do I forgive them when I am still so mad and hurt?” I was looking for an answer and hoped she would have it.
When I felt her small hand gently brush across my head and tenderly make soft soothing motions, I almost crumbled. It felt so good to have her comforting touch. I brought my head up and stared into her captivating eyes.
“I know what it is like for a parent to betray you and not take care of you the way they should,” she started.
I had to stop her, I felt like a total douche after finding out what she had been through. I was whining about them not telling me something and here she’d been getting abused by her father when she needed him the most. Another wave of anger rushed through me at the thought.
“Teal, I’m sorry. That was insensitive of me to carry on about my parents after everything you have been through.”
Those beautiful eyes of hers changed in a heartbeat. She lookedpissed.
“Kace Denver Anderson, don’t you ever discount your feelings because of what I or someone else has gone through.” She had removed her hand from my head and was now shaking it around as she spoke. “You have the right to be upset, do you hear me?”
She looked so damn cute I chuckled hard. Her eyes narrowed and I laughed some more. It was awesome that she felt comfortable enough to let me have it. I had to fight back what a turn-on it was, becausedamn.
“Don’t you dare laugh at me!”
“Honey,” I said, putting both hands up in a pleading gesture. “You are adorable when you are mad.”
Once again those expressive eyes changed right in front of me once again. Unless I was imagining things I would say they were filled with a touch of desire. I had to get back to the serious talk before I had to walk out of the room to cool down.
“I won’t discount my feelings,” I told her. “Now do you think you can rub my head some more?” I asked her with a smirk.
That got a smile out of her. “You’re a nut.”
Then, she placed her tiny, soft hand on my cheek. “Kace, I’d give anything to have my mother back and even my dad. The dad he was before my mother died. Losing them hurt so bad. If you miss your parents, maybe you should talk to them and find a way to forgive them?”
We both sighed in sync with one another.
“I understand you being mad but maybe forgiving them is another step in moving forward. You said yourself that it started after Bridgette showed up. Maybe your parents are the other piece of the puzzle in allowing you to heal?”
