A Forever Kind of Love by Shiloh Walker

Author:Shiloh Walker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2011-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

She woke up to find Roger lying on his side, watching her.

There was a knee-jerk fear, one she couldn’t completely smash. More than two weeks had passed since the attack, but the bruises had yet to completely fade and she knew the memories, the nightmares, would take months—or longer—before they were gone completely.

But she didn’t let them show as she reached up and stroked a hand down his cheek.

He’d lost so much more weight. They probably weighed about the same now. It broke her heart just to look at him.

Forcing a smile, she cupped his cheek in her palm. “Hey.”

“Hey, yourself,” he murmured, his voice low and warm with sleep, and thankfully, free from pain.

“Why are you awake?”

“Because I’m not asleep,” he said easily. He caught her wrist and nuzzled her palm. “I’ve just been laying here a while, watching you sleep. You’re so damn beautiful, Zoe. Sometimes I still can’t believe I’ve had you for the past fifteen years. How did I get that lucky?”

Tears stung her eyes. “I’ve been the lucky one. I love you.” She stroked her thumb over his lower lip and said, “You’ve made my life so wonderful.”

“We’ve made our life wonderful.” He kissed her hand then twined their fingers together, resting their hands between them. “We did it, Zoe. You and me.”

“Yeah. You and me.” Her heart ached, because she knew soon the you and me would be over.

Roger was dying. They had a few weeks together at most, maybe just days. Their life was almost over.

As though he was reading her mind, he squeezed her hand. “Don’t stop living, baby. This part’s winding down, but it’s not done for you. You’ve got your whole life yet, and there’s so much left for you to do. I don’t want you to stop living just because I’m going to be gone.”

Tears blinded her. The knot in her throat was going to choke her. “I don’t want to talk about this,” she whispered. Squirming closer, she pressed her head against his chest. She remembered, just a few months ago, how strong, how solid that chest had felt. Now, there was just skin stretched over bone. Cancer was eating away at him, killing him all too quick…stealing him from her. Closing a hand into a fist, she said, “I can’t talk about this right now.”

“Then when, Zo? Another few days, a week or two, it’s going to be too late. I think hours might be too late. I’m running out of time and you know it. I can feel it.”

The tears burning her eyes broke free and began to roll out of her eyes. But she said nothing as he stroked the back of her head. “You’ve spent the past few years taking care of your mom, the past few months taking care of me and your mom. Setting yourself, what you want, what you need off to the side.”

“I’m doing what I want, what I need. I’m here with you,” she said, her voice thick with tears.

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