Destiny Interrupted by Ruth Davidson

Author:Ruth Davidson [Davidson, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

Much, much later that night, Whitney sat on the dock near the lake, the light warm breeze gently lifting her thick hair from her solemn features. She had calmed down somewhat after her earlier conversation with her father but not quite enough to face Jenny’s probing questions as yet. Whitney wrapped her arms tightly about her legs and then pulled them up against her, resting her chin on one knee as she gazed out at the darkened expanse. All remained quiet except the light splashing of the tiny waves against the wooden pillars that sustained the dock.

It was late now, probably past ten. Whitney had done a lot of thinking during the past few hours only to come up with even more to trouble her already-burdened heart. For the first time since the accident, she thought of the past in terms of not solely her own experience but Trevor’s, what he must have gone through and what he must have felt. Always before she had believed her father’s version of the events. Last night with Trevor had changed all that. To have heard Trevor’s confessions, to still see the intensity and depth of emotion he carried because of his experiences—all had deeply affected her.

Whitney believed Trevor had gone through every ounce of pain she had. The remorse he must have felt—the guilt he must have carried knowing he had been the cause of all the upheaval in her life—had to have been awful. He had spent those long, anguished days of waiting in the hospital to hear about her condition, not knowing how she would fare, only to be pushed away as an outsider unworthy of staying near the one he had hurt horribly. He had probably suffered the trauma of their separation as much or more than she had. And he’d had to leave without knowing what had happened to her. It’s true he had ultimately moved on with his life, but that didn’t diminish at all the depth of the pain he had once suffered because of the past.

Whitney felt a deep, yearning sorrow for that pain. She couldn’t fathom how she would have fared if the roles had been reversed. She couldn’t have borne hurting him and then having his family reject and spurn her for doing so. Yet that’s what had happened to him. That had been his lot to face. It seemed a wonder that he had even been civil to her when she’d come back to the camp, that he had accepted her presence—if not happily, at least without complaint. She still felt awed that he’d allowed her to stay. To think how she must have appeared to him. To think of what he must have thought of her. She must have appeared as anxious to rid him from her life as her father had. She’d never called; she’d never taken the initiative to contact him and let him know about her well-being. And then she’d come back to the place he worked without even telling him of her plans.

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