Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Author:Kimberla Lawson Roby
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780061740398
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

During the drive over to Cameron’s office, my nerves had started to settle, but now they were in an uproar. I’d purposely shown up unannounced and he didn’t seem too happy about it. Imagine that. The love of my life acting as though I was an intrusion. And sadly enough, my feelings were very hurt by it.

“Cameron, I know you’re working, but there’s something I really need to talk to you about.”

He closed his office door so his secretary couldn’t hear us.

“What is it?” he spoke coldly.

“Well, first of all, I’m sorry for getting so upset with you last night.”

“You came all the way over here to tell me that?”

“Why are you being so cruel?”

“Because, Taylor, you ruined our evening for no reason. You know how I feel about getting married, so it was senseless for you to bring it up.”

“Senseless? Is that what marrying me would mean to you?”

“No,” he said. “You’re putting words into my mouth. What I meant was that you know how I feel, so it was unnecessary for us to have that discussion.”

“But it’s important to me, Cameron, and you know it.”

“Look, I can’t do this right now. I have a meeting that I’m trying to prepare for, so maybe we can talk about this later.”

“Why are you so irritated with me? And why have you been acting so different lately?”

“I’m not. I’m under a lot of stress here at the office, and if I’ve been taking it out on you, I’m sorry.”

All I could do was sit there. I’d wanted to tell him about my doctor’s appointment, but now I didn’t know if I should.

“Maybe I could call you before I leave work and we can get together,” he finally said, hinting that I should leave.

“That’s fine, but first I need to talk to you about something else. I went to the doctor this morning.”

“Why? You’re not pregnant, are you?”

“No. But what if I was? Because it’s not like we’ve been abstinent.”

“I know, but you’re on the pill, right?”

I sighed rather loudly. I was so frustrated.

“Well, what did you go to the doctor for?”

“I’ve been bleeding a lot more than usual and he thinks I have a fibroid tumor.”

His face softened almost immediately and he pulled me out of the chair I was sitting in and held me. I still wasn’t happy about the way he was treating me, but I was happy to have someone embrace me. I’d needed someone to hold me more than I realized.

“Baby, I’m so sorry,” he said. “I didn’t know. Is it cancerous?”

“Fibroids are benign, but he won’t know if I have cancer until he does the actual surgery.”

“Why didn’t you tell me you were having problems?” he said, leading me over to his office sofa, where we sat down.

“I don’t know,” I said.

“Because just last night I brought up the fact that you bleed an awful lot and still you didn’t say anything.”

“I guess I was afraid of how you might react. Especially if you knew there was a chance I might need a hysterectomy.

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