Happily Ever Summer: A Contemporary Cinderella Retelling (Happily Ever Series Book 1) by Carly Morgan & RaShelle Workman

Author:Carly Morgan & RaShelle Workman [Morgan, Carly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Polished Pen Press Corporation, LLC
Published: 2017-07-07T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The warm fuzzies Catherine had been feeling for him retreated. “I see. And where is this Dr. Freedman’s office? Portland?”

“No, she’s in Dallas.”

Catherine started to interrupt, but Sam kept going. “She’s the most renowned physician in her field. They call her the miracle worker.”

Catherine put her hands in her lap and gritted her teeth, steeling herself for the fight she felt coming. “How am I supposed to get there? Drive? Fly? I can’t afford that, Sam. And then there’s Bree. Am I just supposed to drop everything and leave her? Leave my job, my family, everything and everyone I’ve ever known? For how long? And all so she can tell me how slim my chances are. Trust me, I already know. I can’t, Sam. I won’t.” Catherine turned so she faced him. “I won’t do it.”

Sam tossed the remainder of his sandwich back on his plate and wiped his hands on a napkin. “Catherine St. James, why do you think I sent you an email?”

She snorted. She had no idea. “The bigger question is, why did you leave without saying good-bye?”

“I told you—” Sam began but she cut him off.

“Yes, I know, you said you had to deal with your feelings. It was honorable, I guess.” Catherine squeezed her hands together. “I get that. What I don’t understand is why you couldn’t have told me what was going on. You said you loved me. You made me promises and I believed you. I let myself fall for you. Hard.” The pain she’d felt at his leaving pressed against her heart. She blinked back tears. “But you didn’t trust me. You didn’t call or text or email. Instead you totally cut me out of your life without a reason.”

He reached out to touch her face but she backed away.

“I found out I was pregnant. Then I was told I had cancer. And then I had a baby. Those are huge moments, Sam. Huge.” As hard as she fought, the tears still came. There had been so many times she’d wanted to talk to him, tell him what she was going through, and now that she started she couldn’t stop. “And you weren’t there for any of it. You weren’t there for me.”

“I know,” he said, quietly.

“You know?” Catherine growled, frustrated. “You don’t know.” She slid her chair out. The legs scraped against the linoleum. “How can you say you know anything about me anymore?”

He stood too and came toward her.

“No. No. No,” she bawled, backing away from him. “Were you there when I had morning sickness? When I couldn’t even keep down crackers or water? Were you there when I went in for the first ultrasound? Or when the doctor came in and told me there was a growth on my spine? Were you there when the doctor told me I should abort the baby and start chemotherapy immediately, or when I made the decision not to?” She covered her mouth with her hand, trying to force down the sobs wracking her throat.

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