Caitlin's Choice by Attalla Kat

Author:Attalla, Kat [Attalla, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Books We Love Ltd.
Published: 2013-03-04T04:00:00+00:00

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Rather than going to a restaurant, Caitlin suggested they pick up sandwiches and go to a park near the house. Andrew didn’t even know the place existed. In the eight years he had resided in New Jersey, the roads to and from the office were the only ones he’d traveled. How much of life had passed by him unnoticed?

Caitlin tossed her jacket in the car and pulled her blouse free from her skirt So much for the cool businesswoman. She looked more like an eccentric artist. After setting the food on a picnic table, she waded barefoot into the stream and dipped Tyler’s toes in the water. When he’d had enough, she put him in the stroller and joined Andrew at the table.

She handed Andrew a sandwich from the paper bag. He removed the wax paper and lifted the top slice of bread. “This one’s yours.”

“They’re both the same.”

“I asked for mayo and salt.”

“And I ignored you. If you want to commit suicide, be my guest, but don’t expect me to hand you the ammunition. You’re on medication for high blood pressure.”

He smiled. “Why are you so worried about my health?”

“Because you’re of no use to your son dead.”

“He’d be a rich little boy,” he joked.

Caitlin apparently failed to see the humor. “If I wanted your money, I would have sued you for it. You’re getting enough aggravation in your life right now. Don’t compound the problem.”

Her impassioned words surprised him. “I can’t figure you. You claim to care nothing for me, yet you get in a snit over my dietary habits.”

“Snit? You’re picking up your vocabulary from Maggie. Just because I think you’re an overbearing, pigheaded skunk doesn’t mean I don’t care what happens to you.”

“Why, thank you,” he chuckled. “That was touching, Caitlin.”

“I’d like your relationship with Tyler to be long- lasting. I mean, really, would you rather have salt on your sandwich or an extra day with your son?”

“Okay, you’re right.”

The corners of her mouth lifted in a grin. “I always am.”

“Not always. I’m not pigheaded. You are.”

“Me?” she squeaked out. “How can you say that?”

“It has something to do with your unwavering distrust of me. Can’t we forget about last year and start over?”

She glanced at Tyler. “It’s kind of hard to forget when I have a little twelve-pound replica of you staring me in the face every day.”

“All the more reason for us to try to work things out between us,” he said.

“And you think that’s possible, given our history?”

“It might help if you’d let go of some of your anger.”

She shook her head. “I can’t. It’s how I survive. How I’ve always survived.”

“Perhaps the answer is to begin with your family. If you went to see them—”

“No.” Her reply was swift and adamant.

She missed her family, he was sure. Why did she become visibly agitated at the thought of visiting them? Her color had paled, and she refused to meet his gaze. She twisted the napkin in her fingers until it shredded from the tension.

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