Crave This! by Tasha Black

Author:Tasha Black [Black, Tasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 13th Story Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

16

Sarah

Sarah drove back to the bed and breakfast in a daze. She was anxious to talk to Mandy, and she missed Orson horribly.

She’d already decided to drop the rental car off at the airport and fly home. She couldn’t make it through another nine hour car trip alone with her thoughts. There weren’t enough audio books in the world to help her escape.

She parked and went inside. The cottage was as pretty as before, but somehow it failed to raise her spirits. Maybe she was just tired.

Sarah was used to the convenience of her coffee pod machine at home, a luxury the cottage lacked. But she put on a pot of honest-to-goodness coffee and enjoyed the way the smell of it filled the room as she opened her laptop to look into a flight back to Pennsylvania.

Unfortunately, the schedule showed no flights until early evening. Still, it was better than driving. She booked one and closed the laptop, then picked up her phone.

Mandy picked up on the first ring.

“Hey,” she said quietly.

“Is he asleep?” Sarah asked.

“Yes, mid-morning nap on Aunt Mandy’s chest,” Mandy chuckled. “He’s regular as clockwork, isn’t he?”

“I’m a lucky mom,” Sarah admitted. She could practically feel the warm weight of Orson on her own chest. She was glad to be heading back to him soon.

“So, you didn’t call last night,” Mandy said. “That seems like a promising sign.”

“Well, if you consider getting stuck in the woods during a flash flood, having a confrontation with wild wolves and sleeping in a cave to be promising, then you nailed it,” Sarah said.

There was a pause.

“Wow,” Mandy said. “I mean I know you’re the outdoorsy type, but that’s intense even for you.”

They’d been sisters too long for Sarah to miss the note in Mandy’s voice that told her she was trying hard not to laugh.

“Anyway, it’s over now and I’m back at the carriage house,” she said.

“How did it go when you told him?”

It was Sarah’s turn to pause.

She hopped off the stool where she’d been perched and began to pace.

“It didn’t feel right,” she admitted. “We weren’t even in a relationship, Mandy. He didn’t ask for a child.”

“Neither did you,” Mandy retorted. “And I notice you haven’t dated anyone else since Max.”

“I was pregnant,” Sarah said.

“I’m not sure if that’s the only thing that stopped you,” Mandy replied carefully.

“It was different this time,” Sarah said. “And I just - I can’t risk it. I’ve got Kate. She’ll help me help Orson. That’s going to have to be enough.”

“Do you think it was different for you this time because you had something heavy to tell him?” Mandy asked. “Or different for him because you bailed last year and didn’t return his calls?”

“Look, I know you’re trying to help,” Sarah said. “But there’s no need to be sarcastic.”

“I’m not being sarcastic, honey,” Mandy said quickly. “I love you. I love Orson. I love that you two have a good life together. I just want you to think about whether or not it’s fair for Max not to be allowed to decide whether he wants to be a part of that.

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