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“I haven’t told Grandma yet. I know it will break her heart, but I can’t stay.”
“Fiona will be devastated, but she’ll understand.”
“I’m going to call the bar I worked at and see if they have an opening.”
Scarlett shook her head. “I hate it, but I totally understand. I thought of leaving here, too, when Noah and I were having problems. So, I get it. I hate it, but I understand.”
“Two weeks then.”
“Yes. A lot can happen in two weeks, Siobhan.”
Siobhan shook her head. “Nothing will happen in this case. I’d better get back out there before the natives get restless.”
“Yeah, me too.”
Siobhan nodded, stood, and walked from the office with Scarlett behind her. They worked until closing, then Siobhan drove home.
It would be another long night, but she would leave Clifton, Montana, and Liam Flynn. It was all she could do.
The next day, she entered her grandmother’s shop to see her talking with a customer, so Siobhan waited. She hated to tell her she was leaving.
Once the customer left, Fiona walked to her and stared at her.
“Siobhan? What’s wrong?”
She sighed. “Grandma, I’m moving back to Denver.”
Fiona gasped, and Siobhan’s heart ached, knowing she was hurting her grandmother.
“I thought you were happy here, honey.”
“I was…” She shook her head and bit her lip to keep from crying.
“But you aren’t now?”
“No,” she said in a choked voice and burst into tears.
Her grandmother’s arms went around her, and she cried on her shoulder.
“Please stop crying. You’re going to make yourself sick, Siobhan.”
Siobhan nodded, stepped away, and told her grandmother why she was leaving.
“I’m so sorry to hear that. You seemed happy being with Liam.”
“I love him, Grandma, but it doesn’t do me any good.”
“Siobhan, if you love him, you take him as he is. You know how hard he works. That’s Liam. You don’t want to change him, do you?”
“I just want to spend time with him.”
Fiona grasped her arms. “Then tell him that. Siobhan, he has to know you’re willing to be with him in any way you can. One day a week or even a month. At least you’d spend time together. I told you I did it. You can too.”
“Knowing Liam, he won’t even take that one day.”
“Honey, please give this some thought before you decide. I don’t want you to leave. I love having you here.”
“I love being here with you. Clifton has grown on me, but I can’t stay. I don’t want to see Liam.”
