Fell Beasts and Fair by C J Brightley

Author:C J Brightley [Anderson, Leslie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780989191579
Publisher: CJ Brightley
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nico swung by a florist after work and picked up a dozen red roses. Then, at the grocery store, he purchased Cathy’s favorite treats: chocolate covered nuts and chews. While he had no false notion that a modest box of sweets and a pretty floral arrangement would somehow spackle over all the cracks of their relationship, he knew it was a start.

At home, he handed the presents to his wife. She looked taken aback, didn’t say a word, but he could tell she didn’t hate them. He led her to the table. They sat down and he took her hand and cradled it in his own, realizing how much she meant to him and how long he’d craved the warmth of her skin touching his.

“I put you through a lot ever since the day we met,” he said. “And I…”

He wanted to say more, to tally up the wrongs he’d done and wrap them in a soft quilt of his apologies. But shame pressed against his insides and that was all he could manage before he began to cry. A long silence passed between them: his nervous and imploring, hers quiet and aloof. For a while, he believed she would stand up and walk away.

Instead, she nodded and said, “Okay.”

“Okay?”

A hint of the woman she once was peered from behind the sullen mask covering her face. “Yeah. Okay.”

Nico wiped his eyes. He smiled, though he didn’t know why. That little word had so much meaning packed inside it and he didn’t have the wherewithal to decipher it completely. Still, it was a start, a shiny new path stretching out before them into a broadening horizon. And, for now, it was enough.

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