A Tender Touch: A Donnelley Brother's Novel (Logan Point Book 4) by Carbonneau Alannah

Author:Carbonneau, Alannah [Carbonneau, Alannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alannah Carbonneau
Published: 2015-01-06T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“You’re off to meet Luke for a ride once I leave, aren’t you?” My mom questioned as she pulled her suitcase from where she’d been storing it beneath my bed. While she’d been staying with me at the Ranch, she’d shared my bed. Although I loved my mother, I was eager to sleep the night alone.

“Yeah.” I nodded.

“Don’t forget to wear sunscreen.”

“There’s only one person on this Ranch who needs that lecture, and it isn’t me.” I grinned, remembering Kami’s horrible recounting of Hadley’s sunburn. “I always wear sunscreen, mom.”

She nodded. “I know.” She leaned in to kiss my cheek as she paused at the door of my bedroom in the cabin. “I’m going to miss you, my girl. Call me often.”

“I’ll be home in September.” I assured. “Less than too months and I’ll be back.”

She nodded. “Yes, well, I’m sort of enjoying having the house to myself.” She smiled at my stunned expression. “But I love you.”

I watched my mom carry her suitcase down the hall, before I realized what she said and I followed. “Are you saying you want me to move out?”

She shook her head. “No. I could have you live with me forever, Ember.” She paused as I slowed my racing heart. “But even though I don’t want you to move, I’m going kick you out.” My heart started racing unsteadily again. “It’s time you live your life and you can’t do that living with your mom.”

“Mom?”

She shook her head, smiling. “I love you, my girl. But I’m serious.”

“But, you can’t mean...”

“You have just under two months to figure out what you’re going to do and where you’re going to go.”

She couldn’t be serious. “I think you need to consider what you’re saying.”

“I know exactly what I’m saying.” She announced matter of fact and I tried to quell the sting of the lash of her words. “You should want to go out and live your life, Ember. I want you to. I want you to make your own decisions - for you. You’re not going to do that if you’re living at home with me.”

“I want to be at home with you.”

She shook her head. “Too bad. You have time to figure out what you’re going to do now, Ember. Use that time wisely. Consider yourself and only yourself - what do you want from life?”

“I don’t know.” I snapped, hating the swirl of emotions I felt pulsing through my mind and body. I felt like an unstable ruin. Any moment from now and the bomb that was me was going to detonate.

My mom leaned in to kiss me once again. “Then figure it out, my girl. You’re smart. You’ll be fine.” She placed her hand against my cheek lovingly, and then she moved to the door. “I’ll call you when I arrive home safe.”

I nodded. “Kay.”

“I love you, Ember, and I’m going to miss you.” She promised.

“I love you too, mom.” I nodded. “I’ll miss you - too.”

She smiled. “You need this - and I do too.

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