Forgive Us Our Trespasses by M.L. Steinbrunn

Author:M.L. Steinbrunn [Steinbrunn, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: M.L. Steinbrunn
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Brooks

I’m sitting with my morning coffee on the back deck, letting the voices in my head invade my every thought. I live far enough away from town that I’m allotted a certain amount of solitude, and this morning I’m grateful for it. The sun has just come up over the horizon and the bright pinks of the morning light are a welcome sight to ease my melancholy mood. I don’t usually wake up this early, not since my little girl started sleeping through the night, but my mind has been plagued with the regrets of my past, and it has negatively impacted my sleep.

It’s been a week since I saw Vivian at the reunion, and I have felt every second of those 168 hours. I nearly had to cancel my phone service, or amputate my hands to keep from calling Jen to get her number. Because Jen knows the truth, she’s the only one that wouldn’t maim me for even asking for Vivian’s information. I didn’t expect to feel the way I did when I saw her. In a single moment, the pain I had been running from for all these years came slamming into me.

Vivian was my one, the only woman that I ever wanted to spend my life with. I may or may not have broken down and Facebook-stalked her for the last few days. I felt like I was spying on the life that I should have had with her. Hey, don’t judge me.

I really figured that after this long, Jen would have told her what had really happened between Amber and me, which was absolutely nothing. Needless to say, I was shocked that she still thinks I cheated, and that she hates me.

I’ve spent the last decade trying to avoid the thought of her. I focused on my career, building a successful architectural firm. When it came to women, well, I spent my evenings fucking my way through the tri-state area, trying to let go of the one woman who I couldn’t forget. I used women to dull the pain, numb the remaining shreds of my heart, but nothing worked.

It crushed me to let her go ten years ago, but I really thought I was letting the better man win. Will would never hurt her, and knowing who I was and where I came from was something I don’t think she could have ever forgiven. Losing her only compounded my torment, but it was worth it to know that she was happy and her heart was safe.

But now Will is gone; Will is fucking dead.

“Daddy, can you come snuggle me?” Grace’s sweet voice breaks through my self-deprecating thoughts. She is standing just inside the house, leaning on the doorframe to the deck, snuggled up in her pink fleece blanket, and gripping her favorite stuffed elephant. Her curly raven hair is standing on end; the back, I’m sure, is entirely frizzed, and my only hairstyle option for the day will be a ponytail.

“Sure, Lovebug, go warm up our spot on the couch, and I’ll be there in just a second with Sleeping Beauty.

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