A Missing Heart by Shari J. Ryan

Author:Shari J. Ryan [Ryan, Shari J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MadHat Books
Published: 2016-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

SO MANY WORDS have been exchanged over the last hour, and I’ve barely heard any of them. All I can do is watch the two of them together. Ever has Cammy’s mannerisms and a lot of her looks. I’m enamored with how amazing Cammy is with her. Regardless of the brick wall Ever has up in front of her, Cammy’s sweetness is something that even the angriest person can’t always reckon with.

I have been in this pizza shop a million times throughout my life, but none of them have felt like this. I will never look at this joint the same way again.

“I haven’t been here in years,” Cammy says, finally taking a minute to look around. “It hasn’t changed at all.”

Neither have you, Cam. “Cam—Cameron, do you remember that night we came here after junior prom?”

She tucks a loose strand of hair behind her shoulders and peers down to the table as she smiles shyly. “Yeah, I do,” she says, laughing with her breath.

“I have to use the bathroom,” Ever says, standing up and excusing herself from the table.

“Can she go by herself?” I ask Cammy, as if she’s suddenly an expert at raising a teenage girl.

They look at each other briefly, and Ever looks disturbed that I’d even suggested she couldn’t go to the restroom alone. “I think she’ll be okay,” Cammy says.

We watch Ever as she makes her way across the restaurant and into the bathroom. Once she’s inside, Cammy turns back to me and sighs heavily. “I know this is a lot right now,” she says.

“Cammy,” I pause, looking for the best way to say what I want to say.

“It’s Cameron,” she corrects me, quietly.

“I know what your name is,” I correct her. “It has been thirteen years; I’m just upset that I missed out on all of that time with her.”

“Me too,” she agrees.

“So now what?” It’s a broad question that will require a complicated answer. I’m not sure our situation could be any more challenging than it is, but it still needs a resolution.

“You know I’m a planner, AJ. I plan everything. But this, I didn’t plan for, and I feel so out of sorts right now.”

“I hear ya,” I tell her, scratching at my chin as I lean back into my seat and stretch my legs out under the table. I accidentally nudge my boot against her leg and she jumps and gasps from surprise. “Oh, I’m sorry!” I say, but I’m not really sorry. I shouldn’t want to touch her in any way I can right this second. I’m married.

“We have to make this work somehow,” she says. “Maybe we can move here for a while.” Maybe that could be the best thing ever—just a silly little dream come true that I’ve wished for throughout the years.

“Don’t you have a job and stuff?” I laugh.

“I run my own practice and hired Casper to be an associate.” I want to punch the air with my fist and tell her how fucking proud

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