Always Hope by Heidi Renee Mason

Author:Heidi Renee Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: women's fiction, romance, journey, self-discovery, chick-lit, contemporary, fiction, contemporary fiction, contemporary romance
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Published: 2016-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Two hours later, the sobs were still coming; I took ragged breaths and tried to dam the flood of tears that seemed to have no end. Pulling myself off the bed, I walked across the room to the vanity table, where I grabbed a handful of tissues and plopped down on the faded flowered cushion. Glancing at myself in the mirror, I was aghast at the train wreck staring back at me.

My blonde hair, which I’d casually swept up in a messy bun that morning, was now sprawling haphazardly in every direction. Some of the strands escaped and were plastered to my tear-soaked cheeks. I pushed them back, mortified at my pathetic appearance. My eyes were swollen and puffy from crying, and I looked like I’d been punched in the face. I swallowed over the lump in my throat that seemed to have taken up permanent residence.

Nothing could have ever prepared me for finding out that Bridget was Sam’s daughter. Never in a million years did I think I would see Sam again, let alone babysit his child. I hadn’t laid eyes on the man in over ten years, but seeing him again made me feel as if no time had passed.

I finally understood why I’d been drawn to Bridget from the first time I saw her. She was identical to Sam in nearly every way, and I was shocked I hadn’t picked up on it sooner. Or maybe I had on some level, and I had just refused to admit it to myself. Sam, my true love. The words played over and over in my mind, the image of him walking into the kitchen stuck on repeat in my brain. I couldn’t believe I’d seen him again. It was like a bad dream.

I had to admit that time had been more than kind to Sam. He’d been a good-looking boy, but he’d grown into an exquisitely handsome man. He wore his white-blond hair a little longer than when he was young, but the wildness of it suited him. His thin, wiry teenage body had been replaced by the physique of a hardworking man. His shoulders were wider, his arms were muscular, and the only trace of the boy I used to know was in his baby-blue eyes that still sparkled like the ocean on a sunny day. The same eyes that had widened in surprise when he saw me standing in his kitchen with his daughter; the very same eyes in which I used to get lost, where once upon a time I saw my future.

How was it possible that I hadn’t known Sam lived in his parents’ old house? Kelsey had lost touch with things around Woodridge once her parents moved, but it seemed crazy that no one mentioned Sam and his family lived next door to my mother. His family. Those words caused my mind to race in a thousand different directions. The last I heard, Sam and Annie had planned to be married after graduation, and I’d always just assumed they’d lived happily ever after with their baby.

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