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A hardness shadowed his features. “There is no place for love in my life.”
“Didn’t think there was in mine either,” I muttered.
“Do you plan to hide out in this coffee shop forever?”
“I needed some space to think.”
He sipped his coffee and appeared dissatisfied with the taste. “That should be easier now that my sister’s home is much less crowded.”
I drew my brows together. “How so?”
“Your family went back to Texas.”
I bolted to my feet. “When?”
He checked his watch. “About an hour ago. They waited as long as they could for you, but Miss Ruby said something about Sissy missing her coffee.”
Shit. I’d been so absorbed in my own problems I’d missed the chance to see my family off.
“That cow is the most spoiled animal on the farm.” I shoved the gift from Easton back into my purse.
“You should put it on.” Carlos flicked his head toward my bag. “An anchor makes it harder to run.”
I slung the straps on my shoulder. “Mind your own business.”
He caught my arm as I passed. “When you’ve been surrounded by people you love all your life it’s easy to take them for granted. But when they’re gone, they don’t come back.”
Chapter Thirty-Five
Easton
“I wonderedif I should call a search party when you didn’t come home.”
Drew kicked his feet up on the coffee table of our parents’ hotel suite.
“I should have,” I said, hanging up my coat.
“You should’ve talked to me before getting tangled up with her.”
I stilled. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I could’ve kept you from making that mistake.”
If one more person called our marriage a mistake, I wouldn’t be held responsible for what I did. I’d told Mulaney some mistakes were meant to be repeated, but mistake was her word, not mine.
I didn’t care to hear my brother’s view of my love life so I quickly changed the conversation. “Where’s Mom and Dad?”
“Just left to go to a doctor’s appointment. I tried to go with them, but they insisted I not go.”
“Is she feeling okay?” Worry rose above my irritation.
“Seemed fine. They were awfully whispery.” He shrugged. “I told them I’d hang around until they got back.”
“In other words, you’d take the opportunity to snoop.”
He pointed a finger gun at me and made a shooting noise. “Already found something interesting.”
I braced on the back of the sofa and glanced at his laptop screen. “Is that—”
