Indian Hill 3 - Conquest by Mark Tufo

Author:Mark Tufo [Tufo, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1477483985
Amazon: B0082PXS9K
Published: 2012-05-10T23:00:00+00:00

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“Did the doctor check you out of the clinic?” Tracy asked, coming into my quarters.

I had been dozing when she came in and for the briefest of moments. With the light shining behind Tracy’s head, I had not been able to recognize who she was. Luckily, I had been too surprised to say anything or I was fairly certain ‘Beth?’ would have been the first thing out of my mouth. That would not have gone over well. I sat up, wiping the sleep off my face, hoping that I had successfully hidden the panic that had instantly welled up inside me. Tracy seemed none the wiser.

“Did he?” she asked again, looking, I thought, deep into my soul. “Are you alright?” she asked concerned. “You look a little flushed.”

I was a horrible liar, so bad in fact that I had determined long ago to just not even bother. I had found the truth to be so much easier and if for whatever reason the truth could not be told then to just not answer at all. I had found to my amazement that if I just did not answer a question, the person asking would generally answer it themselves. I knew this time that silence was not going to get me to safety.

“Beth’s here,” I stated with as little inflection as possible.

“The Beth?” she asked incredulously. “Have you seen her?”

“Yes and no,” I answered.

“What does that mean?” Tracy asked her palms suddenly clammy.

“I walked by her room, but I didn’t go in to see her.”

“Why?”

“Why what? Why did I go to her room or why didn’t I talk to her?”

“Both.”

“Tracy, this is something I never thought I would have to deal with again. I thought she was out of my life forever.”

“But she isn’t, so now what?” Tracy asked.

I could hear desperation creeping into her voice.

“I’ve got to at least talk to her.”

“Why? You don’t owe her anything,” Tracy answered with true hurt in her voice.

“I don’t owe her anything, she owes me; at least a simple damn thank you,” I shot back, maybe with a little too much vigor.

“Do you love her?”

“I loved her as much as I love you,” I answered, although in all truth it was in avoidance of an answer. I knew I was close to loving Tracy completely and I wanted to believe that I had put Beth behind me. The fence I sat so precariously on was tall, thin and very unstable, I thought of just letting go and let the chips fall where they may.

Tracy shut the door behind her as she left, wiping tears from her face.

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