If We Dare to Dream by Scott Collette

Author:Scott, Collette [Scott, Collette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 1466440694
Publisher: Collette Scott
Published: 2011-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

He made a huge mistake.

Or maybe several… He could not decide which.

All he knew was that her car was driving away, and he did not stop it.

Instead, he stood in the drive and watched her disappear from sight, feeling frustrated and angry with himself and her for what had transpired. Though it was not her fault, he wished she had pushed him away with a hard slap across his face rather than purring in pleasure and curling into him like a kitten struggling to get warm. Oh yes, he was warm at the moment, uncomfortably so.

Damn her for wanting him.

Damn him for letting her leave.

He was a fool, a fool for taking advantage of a nice moment and doubly a fool for pushing her away. For the first time in a long time, he had held a woman in his arms. Not just any woman either. It was Jamie, the woman who had kept him alive while he was locked away. The woman who had brought back his smile. She was the only one who had believed in him and trusted him during his darkest days, and he could not think of anyone else who would have given him the chance to show off his favorite places. Certainly there was no one else who could keep his anxiety away like she did. When he was with her, he thought of nothing and no one else.

Now she was gone. He had frightened her off because he was too weak to fight his problems and ashamed of the man that he had become.

Growing aware of the sweat trickling down his back, Andrew turned away from the now deserted dirt road and strode up to the back door, hoping that his grandmother was nowhere in sight so that he could disappear without answering any questions. Unfortunately, she was at the table with the cordless phone in front of her. She looked up and smiled as he closed the slider behind him. He had remembered to remove his boots and leave them outside, and her eyes twinkled as she noted his feet.

“So, how was the ride?”

“Tabasco did well. He spooked a couple of times but was easily managed.”

“He’s coming along nicely, Andrew. You’ve done well.”

Coming from his grandmother, that was extremely high praise. Horses had been her life for as long as he remembered, and there was not another person he knew that could measure up to her skills in working with the magnificent and high strung animals. She was a natural.

“Thanks.”

“It’s too bad you want to get rid of him, Andrew. He’s a good horse.”

“I can use the money.”

“That’s nonsense. You have a job now, and your lawyer is working on your compensation case.”

“But you took out a huge mortgage to help me. I won’t rest until it’s gone.”

“I’ll take it out of your inheritance,” she responded lightly.

He frowned. “No… I’ll take him out a few more times to work out the bugs, maybe take him out on the road before I put him up for sale.

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