Everything In Between by Hubbard Crystal

Author:Hubbard, Crystal [Hubbard, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781585714933
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2011-12-01T06:00:00+00:00

Zae paced the airy room Cinder and Gian had designated for the nursery. The heels of her black pumps caught on the old white sheets being used for drop cloths. “Did he think I wouldn’t notice that he wasn’t on campus next week?” she asked. “He waited until the last possible minute to tell me that he wasn’t coming to MU for the regular semester, and even then, he didn’t tell me. He told Dean Sheppard!”

Cinder sat back on her heels. Tilting her head to one side, she studied the grass and rocks she had just painted near the baseboard. “It’s not like he’s going to Mars. Washington University is in Clayton. He’ll only be twenty minutes away.”

Zae almost stepped on Cinder’s palette. “That’s what pisses me off!”

“Why?”

“Because…” Zae threw up her hands in frustration and defeat. “Because…twenty minutes is too damn far away.”

“Is it now?” Cinder asked knowingly.

“I really, really l—”

“Love him?” Cinder cut in.

“—like having him around. The more I like that feeling, the more it scares me.”

“Why?”

Zae went to the window. The leaves of the sweet gum trees crowding the front lawn had begun to turn, but plenty of summer remained in the air. A strong breeze set the sheer curtains dancing, and Zae took a deep breath of the refreshing August air. “Because I know I couldn’t survive losing him,” she exhaled.

“I think his slut days are behind him.” Cinder put the finishing touches on the scales of the baby dragon she’d painted. “He hasn’t so much as looked at another woman since the wedding.”

“I don’t mean like that.” Zae choked back the grief climbing into her voice. “I’d get over him leaving. I couldn’t survive losing him.”

Cinder sat down the palette and went to Zae’s side. “The way you lost Colin,” she suggested gently.

Zae nodded. Hurt formed a lump so hard and deep, she couldn’t move words past it.

“There’s always risk involved, when you love someone.” Cinder put an arm around Zae’s waist. “You have to decide if the reward is worth the risk.”

“That’s what I’ve been trying to do. I haven’t fooled around with him in weeks, not since—”

“He dunked you in the whirlpool,” Cinder finished.

“I miss him,” Zae stated passionately. “Last weekend when I was sick, he came to do laundry, and all we did was sit on the sofa and watch movies with CJ. He didn’t even make a move on me. And then today, I find out he’s leaving MU. He might not be seeing anyone else, but he sure doesn’t behave as if he wants to see me.”

“You’d be surprised at what he wants. Talk to him.”

“I’m not going to beg him to be with me.”

“Is that what you want? To be with him?”

“No.”

“Then what’s the problem?”

“There is no problem.”

“If that’s the case, why did you come over here to complain about him leaving MU?”

Zae pulled away from Cinder. Hands on her hips, she scowled and said, “I came over to visit my good friend and to see how the nursery was shaping up.

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