Forever and Always by Leigh Greenwood

Author:Leigh Greenwood
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2015-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Twelve

“No!” The word burst from her unbidden. A feeling she would be unable to explain later—that the death of Logan somehow stood for everything that had been denied her—took her firmly in its grasp. Rage surged through her with the speed of a flash flood. This was brutally unfair, and she wouldn’t stand for it. Balling up her fist, she hit Logan squarely in the chest.

“Don’t you dare do this to me!” she shouted. “I didn’t ask for you to come into my life! I didn’t want you to be so wonderful my daughter would pray for you, or that some flea-bitten stray would be lying outside the door whining because he thinks you’re dying. I didn’t want to fall in love again, not with you or anyone else.” She hit him again. “It’s not fair!” The futility of what she was doing overcame her, and she pounded out her anger on Logan’s chest.

A wall inside her broke, and all the emotions she had held back for years came spilling out like water from a broken dam. She abandoned the restraint she’d practiced for so long it had become second nature. She forgot to care what anyone, not even her own self, would think of her at this moment. Hers weren’t the tears one sheds after the death of a near stranger. They weren’t even the tears of a grown woman who’d experience many sorrows in her life. They were gut-wrenching cries brought forth by the crushing loss of hope, the unbearable weight of loss, and the nearly physical pain of despair. Falling across Logan’s body, her own body shaking from the force of her heartbreak, she sobbed out her misery.

“Mommy! Please don’t cry. It scares me.”

Sibyl’s sob ended in a hiccup. Regardless of her own pain, she couldn’t hurt her daughter. Struggling to pull herself together, she wiped away the tears that streamed down her face. With eyes still swimming with tears that nearly blocked her vision, she stumbled to the door and opened it. She was aware of Trusty slipping by her into the room, but her only concern was for her daughter.

“I’m all right,” she reassured Kitty.

“Why were you shouting? You sounded mad at Logan.”

She was angry at him for leaving her, but she didn’t think Kitty would understand that. “I wasn’t mad at Logan. I was just upset that he…” She’d almost said that he’d died. Kitty had to be told sometime, but not while she was still upset. “I didn’t mean to shout. I’m sorry I woke you.”

“I wasn’t asleep. I was waiting for you to tell me Logan was better.”

Sibyl had thought she would choke on her own sadness. Now she realized her daughter’s loss would be just as great. “I’m sorry, darling, but Logan isn’t better.”

“Why not?”

“He had a seizure. I’m afraid it was a very bad one.” She was a coward. Why didn’t she just come out and tell her daughter that Logan had died?

“Why is Trusty licking his face?”

Sibyl had forgotten about the dog, but what harm could licking the face of a dead man do? Then it struck her.

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