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She smiled. “I thought it was. I’ve been searching for a long time, and I realized that moving all the time? Even acting? Being someone else? It was a way for me to hide.” Lark’s voice wobbled. “But I don’t want to hide anymore. I want to be seen.”
Her eyes closed as fat tears tumbled down her cheeks. I brought her close and kissed the tears away. “I see you. Baby, I see you.”
* * *
I smiledat Lark over the top of her small gray car as I shoved the last duffel bag in the back. After my near miss at the airport and several autographs later, we had decided to go back to the apartment Lark was staying at. One look around the dingy apartment and it was settled.
Lark was coming home.
I held her hand in mine as we piled her stuff into the car and headed east. Lark held her phone and smiled at the screen. Someone had filmed the whole scene at the airport and offered to send it to Lark.
She had already watched it four times but still wore a goofy grin when she did.
I snagged the phone from her hands and frowned at her. “I think you like watching me look like an idiot.”
Her hand fluttered to her chest as she blinked. “Me? Enjoy watching grouchy, always-in-control Wyatt pour his heart out? Never.”
I tossed the phone into her lap. “You’re a shit.”
Her easy laugh filled the car, and I grinned beside her as I pointed the vehicle toward home.
37
LARK
“Five minutes!I swear I’ll be ready!” I swiped a light coat of tinted lip gloss across my lips and fluffed my hair in the bathroom mirror.
Wyatt’s chuckle sounded behind me as he leaned on the doorframe. “I don’t believe you.”
I shot him an annoyed look in the mirror and fixed the edge of my lip gloss with my finger.
Penny popped her head into his bedroom. “Dad, can Cheeto come with us?”
Wyatt sighed before looking over his shoulder. “Absolutely not.”
She grumbled and sulked away with her little hamster tucked into her hands. Wyatt crossed his arms and frowned.
I moved into his space and wrapped my arms around his middle. I leaned into the hard plane of muscle and listened to his heart thump against my ear. “Everything okay?”
His arms tightened around my shoulders. “Fine.”
I smiled against his chest. For all his bravado on the field and outward appearances, there were still parts of him that felt alone. For so long, it was easier for him to white-knuckle it through life. It was still new for him to be surrounded by people who loved him.
“You know, we don’t have to go if you’re not feeling up to it,” I offered.
His lips gently kissed my hair. “No, we should go. But let’s stop at the Sugar Bowl and pick something up before we head over.”
My heart soared for him. The Sullivans and all their heartache were slowly healing. Together.
* * *
“Did you see this?”I slanted my phone toward Wyatt as he pulled out of the driveway.
“Hmm?” he hummed.
“I texted the group to let them know we would be a few minutes late because we were stopping by the Sugar Bowl to grab a dessert... Duke said he already stopped there.”
Wyatt looked over, brows pinched. “Duke hates that place. He never goes unless he’s dropping off berries for Huck.”
