Always Devoted by Karen Rose Smith

Author:Karen Rose Smith [Karen Rose Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B005KKEILC
Published: 2011-08-30T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

"Please leave." Emma's voice shook as she made the request, her heart hurting more than she ever thought possible.

Betrayal battled with astonishment and fought with an overwhelming sense of desolation. What had happened to her life? What had happened to Paige's? What had become of the little sister who had meant everything to her?

She felt as if she were going to fly apart at the seams. Linc had to leave. She couldn't face him feeling like this. She couldn't face him knowing she'd failed as a wife and as a sister. How could any of this have happened?

But he didn't do as she requested. Oh, no. He sat there as still as a stone, staring at her. "Paige is alive," he reminded her.

Yes, Paige was alive. And part of her wanted to jump up and down with joy...or go find her sister and hug her...tell Becky and the world that Paige had been found. Yet this black cloud that came with that news threatened to smother her in sorrow.

Linc shifted closer to her and she wanted nothing more than to hide herself in his arms. But the realization that her husband had betrayed her, had been unfaithful, convinced her to look at Linc differently, too. Her father hadn't known the meaning of vows. He'd left. And now to learn that she herself had chosen wrong...that her husband had tossed their vows as if they were worth nothing...caused her world to totter on its axis.

She needed to know what happened. Her mind was spinning with all the scenarios. But did she really want to know?

"He was older than Paige," Linc said. "He should have been her protector, not at the worst her seducer or at the least succumbed to temptation."

Linc sounded angry and Emma wasn't sure who he was angry with.

"We'll never know what happened." Maybe that was best.

"You don't think you can look into your sister's eyes and see the truth?"

"I don't know if I can look into anyone's eyes and see the truth."

Linc looked as if she'd landed a blow. She wanted to say she was sorry. But she was just being honest with him. Earlier she'd given into desire and a passion like she'd never known. But Linc hadn't been able to say what he'd felt. He hadn't been able to say she was important to him...more than an affair that could burn out if another prettier woman came along...or if his schedule got too busy...or he decided she wasn't what he wanted after all.

Barrett had made that decision. He'd turned away and looked to someone else. "Can you leave me alone, Linc? I can't think straight right now. I can't even fathom how I'm going to face her and what I'm going to say. For the past few months, I thought she was dead!"

"You don't want me to help you think this through?"

"You can't. This didn't happen to you. You weren't betrayed by the people you loved most."

"I know what betrayal feels like," he reminded her.

Yes, he did.

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