Give Me Love (Rose Canyon Book 2) by Corinne Michaels

Author:Corinne Michaels [Michaels, Corinne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942834786
Publisher: BAAE Publishing
Published: 2022-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

“Where are we going?” I ask, hating that he won’t tell me.

“God you’re horrible when you’re left in the dark.”

I roll my eyes. “No shit.”

“It’s fun watching you be annoyed.”

I flick his ear, and he winces. “Ouch! Shit, that hurt.”

“Big baby.”

“I’m the baby? You just flicked me.”

I shrug. “Your dad said I should keep you in line, I’m following orders.”

Emmett laughs. “He would say that.”

I lean back in the seat, turning my head to watch him. “Are days like today few and far between?”

“Days like today are unicorns pooping marshmallows. My father has never been like that. I don’t know if it’s the new medication he got approved for or what.”

“He knows a lot more than you think. He spoke of your mom . . .”

Emmett pulls into a parking lot and parks the car but doesn’t release the wheel. His hands are gripped tight as he clears his throat. “What did he say?”

“That he knows she’s gone. He was relating it to us.”

His head snaps toward me, eyes blazing with rage. “You are nothing like her. Nothing! She’s a selfish bitch who left my father when he needed her more than anything. He was falling apart, dealing with his memory gaps, and she was a constant for him.”

As much as I wish I could argue that I am nothing like that, I pretty much am exactly like her. “Please let me know where exactly you see the difference. I left you right after you had surgery to repair a bullet wound. You know, when you needed me. Oh, after we had sex for the first time. You were already broken, and I slinked off to go back to war.”

“You went back to work, Blake. I knew you were leaving. I knew you were on two-week emergency family leave and had to return. No one cares about the spouse in the military.”

Why I feel the need to vilify myself when he’s not, I’ll never understand, but I need all of this to come out. I think we both do. “And what if she left for the same reasons?”

“Last I checked, she wasn’t a combat medic.”

“No, but I didn’t leave because I was. I left because I was terrified. I was so afraid of losing you, of having to bury you and go on in a world without you, that I created a safer version where my heart was safe from the pain. I’m not excusing it or saying that’s why she did, but I can imagine it for just a second.”

“Don’t,” Emmett warns, his knuckles going white. “Don’t try to excuse it.”

“I’m not. I’m just giving you a flip side. You said that your mother loved your father, that they got married out of high school, right?”

His jaw ticks. “Yes.”

“So, here is your mom, in love with your dad, and she’s watching the man she loves leave. Each day he remembers less and less . . .”

Emmett turns to me. “Blakely, if that were us, and you were leaving me a little each day, I would fucking hate it.

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