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“I suppose talking to a dog is a step up from talking to yourself,” Joel said startling her for the second time that day.
“What did you hear?”
“You asking that mutt of yours what to do…about what though I’m not sure, I’m a pretty good listener when you’re not yelling at me, if you want to give me a try.”
She laughed knowing what his answer would be. “I don’t think that’s wise.”
“When have we ever done the wise thing Paige? Come on try me…we talked about everything once.”
“But you never really listened Joel, if you had you never would have drove me away. I never wanted to workinthe mines. I wanted someone to see that I could understand it without actually being down there. Physics, geology, plain old science…I’m a stinkin’ genius in them but none of you bothered to check whatIwanted to do. You all assumed that I wanted to be down there so it’d be nice if you could at least hear me out now.”
“Then tell me. What did you want back then Paige and what do you want now?”
“Back then I wanted two things, for you, Dad, and Sam to get that I could help without being regulated to a secretarial position and you—permanently. Now, I want you all to respect my abilities. I’ve earned that respect.”
“You have. I notice you left out your fiancée in all of that though.”
“Aaron and I aren’t up for discussion.”
“Oh, there you are,” Kendra interrupted, “dinner’s almost ready. Are you staying Joel?”
“Yeah, I think it should be interesting,” he replied as Paige slipped past him and into the house. He caught sight of her bag as she went and wondered what she’d been up to. He dismissed it as Kendra motioned him inside, but he was going to figure out what Paige really wanted, and he hoped it was him.
Chapter 9
“Paige someone’s here to see you,” Kendra told her late Saturday afternoon. She and Sam had been over every night and Paige was getting annoyed seeing her. The last thing she wanted was to have her sister-in-law under her feet and watching her constantly.
“Who is it?” she called down the hallway from the library.
“Your fiancée,” Aaron stated heading towards her.
“What are you doing here?” she asked shutting the door behind him.
“I got things cleaned up at the lab and since I’ve been without my two favorite things for almost a week I decided to come get them.”
“Your car and your iPod? I found it under the middle console.”
“My car yes but you’re my other favorite thing…well other than work that is.”
“Well, I think you might have to hold off on that determination. Aaron there’s something I need to tell you,” she said working up her nerve to admit what she hadn’t before they moved forward with any additional plans.
“Oh, I almost forgot, I heard from the club, they should be reopened about six weeks after our initial date and they’re willing to give us any opening we want.”
“That’s great but I really have to tell you something before we go any further with this…”
“What is it love?”
“I don’t know how to tell you this without just coming right out and saying it.”
“Saying what Paige?” he questioned looking around the room.
“When I went up to the mountain to get Joel…”
“What Paige? You hurt yourself, didn’t you? I knew you shouldn’t be climbing again. Your arm isn’t the same as it was, is it? Your muscles didn’t heal because you wouldn’t let it rest.”
“I slept with Joel,” she blurted out silencing him.
“What? When?”
