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“Don’t say it.”
“You need to give her time. But if you have lost Amelia, you must let her go,” she said, and Jack dropped his head between his legs, holding the phone to his ear as he ran his hand over his hair.
No, he couldn’t accept that.
He was a fighter.
A winner.
Jack hadn’t achieved his status or goals in life by walking away from the hard stuff. But there was a chance his mom was right.
“Come home, darling. Take some time off to get your head back on track and then get focused on everything you’ve been through,” she said.
“Yeah,” Jack drawled in acknowledgment. Glancing around the beach, he drew in a deep breath. “Yeah, that is probably a good idea.”
After a long walk along the beach after ending their call, Jack headed back to his room and grabbed an ice-cold bottle of water out of the fridge. Sitting out on his lanai, he propped his Gucci sandals up on the table and stared out across Waikiki Beach.
He hadn’t spent much time on the islands, but there was something about the energies here. They cut to the heart of who you were and forced you to face the truth.
Healing, yet painful.
Jack knew he had two decisions. Fight and push Amelia away even further. Or let her have space to decide if he was worth risking her heart for.
Resigned to the fact he had to walk away, Jack messaged his pilot to arrange the jet for tomorrow morning.
It was time to go home.
The ball was in Amelia’s court.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Amelia slid into thewhite leather seat and handed Blake an energy drink.
“This one?” she asked.
“Any. I don’t care. I just need to replenish,” Blake replied, grabbing it from her and twisting the top off.
