Always Be Mine by Elena Aitken

Author:Elena Aitken [Aitken, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989685815
Publisher: Elena Aitken

Chapter Fourteen

It was late by the time Craig carried Meri in from the car and tucked her already fast asleep into her bed, taking the time to position all her stuffed animals around her so she wouldn’t be upset if she woke in the middle of the night.

He knew he shouldn’t have stayed at the big house so late, especially on a school night, but it felt easier to deal with an overtired little girl the next morning than it would be to face Lucy alone in the house they now shared.

He’d seen the look on her face when Chase made a comment about how long he’d waited to tell her about the move. He owed her an apology. He knew that. He also owed her an explanation, and that would be the harder thing to handle.

Because for the life of him, Craig did not know how to explain to Lucy that his lack of attention to the entire situation wasn’t because he didn’t care. It was exactly the opposite. He cared too much.

When he was done tucking Meri in, Craig returned to the kitchen to grab a beer out of the fridge. Lucy’s bedroom door was still closed. She’d excused herself from the big house hours earlier.

He was tempted to knock on her door to see whether she was still awake. Maybe it would be best to have the conversation right away. That way, she could just get on with being upset with him.

The idea of upsetting Lucy in any way didn’t sit right with him. Maybe he was a chicken shit. No, he definitely was. Wasn’t that the entire reason they were in this situation in the first place? Because he hadn’t faced things head-on?

Craig cracked the can of beer and took a long sip. The clock on the microwave said it was already after nine. He didn’t know anything about Lucy’s habits. It was likely that she was already asleep. Waking her up would just make things worse.

Or was he being a chicken shit again?

A loud mewl at his feet, followed by a head butt against his leg, startled him. “Holy shit.” The curse word slipped out. Fortunately, Meri was fast asleep and couldn’t hit him up for the swear jar. Craig looked down to see Lucy’s giant tabby cat threading his fluffy body through his legs. “You scared me,” he said to the cat.

Craig had never been a cat guy. He’d had a friend in grade school with a crazy Siamese cat who used to lunge out at their ankles every time they’d walked past. It hadn’t left him with a good impression of felines in general, but…

“You’re not so bad, are you?” He bent and scratched the cat’s head. He meowed in response. “Nah. You’re pretty cute.”

Craig took his beer and pulled out a chair at the table. Immediately, Garfield jumped up onto his lap. “Oh. I don’t know about this.” He tensed, but the cat was not to be deterred. Garfield nudged his head against Craig’s chest and nuzzled into him.

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