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If I just lay here.
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don’t quite know how to say, how I feel.
Those three words are said too much.
They’re not enough.
Slowly pushing off the wall, I listened as her words seeped into my soul, awakening something that had long been dead for years. The feel of her in my arms, her body close to mine, her soft lips touching mine, rushed into my head. It was the perfect moment in time. And I ruined it with my hateful words.
She was never going to forgive me.
I hurt her badly this time.
I couldn’t even forgive myself.
I wanted so much to walk over to her and make her pain disappear, but I couldn’t get my legs to move. In the end, I stayed where I was.
“Follow me. Now,” King growled lowly.
Nodding, I took one more look at the woman who had awakened something inside me and wondered if I would ever see those brilliant colors again.
Following King into church along with everyone else, he said nothing until the door was closed. The second I heard the click I knew King was about to rip into me.
And he did.
“You want to tell me what the fuck happened tonight?”
“Nothing happened.”
“Bullshit,” Scribe growled. “Something happened.”
“I agree,” Priest yawned. “I don’t know much about music, but that girl just sang from her heart, and she directed that song at someone particular.”
“They’re right, Chase,” Sarah added, curling up to Gunner, who also yawned.
“What the hell happened tonight?” King asked again. “Because when the both of you got back, Sky was upset, and you were angry. So, what the fuck happened? Did you two fight again?”
“No,” I growled, not wanting to talk about this shit.
Nothing happened as far as I was concerned.
“Damn it Chase,” King growled. “Don’t give me that bullshit. Since you brought her here, you’ve been a bastard where she is concerned. You are fucking mean as hell to her. She’s done nothing to you. Not one damn thing and you treat her like fucking trash. I won’t stand for it anymore.”
“I kissed her, okay?!” I shouted. “Is that what you want to hear? We were out at the damn lake. I thought she’d like to see where other kids hang out, thinking she could make some friends and leave me the hell alone. Only she didn’t give a damn about any of that. She talked about finding love and becoming a mom. She talked about her parents and Ellie. She wouldn’t stop talking about Ellie. Before I knew it, we were kissing. Then she had to ruin it with her dreams and shit. I got angry with her and told her I didn’t want her. That I only loved my wife.”
“You stupid fucking idiot,” Bailey sneered, shaking her head as she got off King’s lap and walked over to me. “You can’t be that fucking dumb. We all see how she looks at you. That girl is in love with you and you shit on her. I ought to kick your fucking ass.”
“Bailey’s right, Chase,” Sarah muttered as she rubbed her growing belly. “All of us have known from the moment she arrived. Why do you think she volunteered to spend time with you at the construction site? She isn’t there to learn a trade. She’s there because she wants to be close to you. To know you.”
I shook my head.
“I’m a grown ass man. Old enough to be her father. She needs to be with someone her own age.”
Bailey and Sarah laughed.
“Is that what you think when you look at me and King?” Gunner challenged.
