A Summer of Secrets by Kay Correll

Author:Kay Correll
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944761325
Publisher: Rose Quartz Press

Zach grabbed hold of the edge of the table as he stared at the bruised welts on Cece’s arms. “I don’t—” He could barely choke out the words.

“Eric. You saw Eric. I did use to hang out with him in Denver. Nothing serious. I broke it off with him before I even came here. But—”

He watched her draw in a long, slow breath, but her eyes still flashed in fury.

“He came here to tell me we could do the distance thing. He’d come here on weekends. But I told him no. Again. He wasn’t very happy with me. He grabbed me and…”

“He hurt you.” His voice was low, and he tried to control his rising anger.

“I admit, he scared me some. But he’s gone now.” She started to roll down her sleeves to cover the bruises.

He took a quick step forward and took her hands in his, staring down at the bruises. “I’m so sorry. Sorry you were hurt. Sorry he frightened you. And I’m so, so sorry that I didn’t just talk to you.” He gently brushed a finger over one of the bruises with a whisper of a touch. He swore he could feel her pain and her fear from yesterday. He should have been there to protect her. He could have been there and none of this would have happened.

But, no, he’d hidden in the bushes. “I’m an idiot. I jumped to conclusions because of what happened with Felicity.”

“I’m not Felicity.”

“No, you’re not.” He brushed back a lock of her hair and tucked it behind her ear, looking right into her eyes. “I’m so sorry. Please forgive me. I was seeing what I thought was happening… and then… well, I didn’t know you had a son, and that was quite a surprise, too.”

“You didn’t know about Pete?” A frown wrinkled her forehead. “I thought you knew about him. He’s here a lot hanging out with Cody. Serving at the weddings. I just assumed you’d met him.”

“So you weren’t hiding him from me?”

She shook her head slowly. “No, I wasn’t hiding him from you. I’d never do that. He’s a big part of my life, even now that he’s grown and away at college.”

“I’m just so sorry…”

“So you’ve said.” She tilted her head.

“I want to make it up to you. Can we start over?”

She stood there staring at him, and he was pretty certain she was going to toss him out of her life. He couldn’t blame her.

“Under three conditions.” She held up one finger. “One, no more jumping to conclusions.”

He nodded.

She held up a second finger. “Two— talk to me if you have a question or you don’t know what’s going on. Trust me.”

“And three?”

“Come over to the cabin tonight and I’ll cook dinner for you.”

Relief surged through him. “How about I cook for you instead? I owe you that much.”

“I guess you do.” She nodded slowly, then the corners of her mouth teased up in a grin.

“I’ll pick you up at five?”

“I could drive over.”

“Nah, I’ll pick you up.

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