Inked Magic by Jory Strong

Author:Jory Strong [Strong, Jory]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781101560051
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-02-07T06:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

The scent of roses drifted past Denis as he stepped into the backyard. The need for solace drew him to a pink-streaked flower in an extensive garden of them.

He forgot the name of it though he remembered it had cost him a small fortune to acquire. There were more like it. And others he’d imported for Margo in those last few months when they’d both stopped pretending she was going to beat the cancer.

He reached out, stroking a soft petal. Remembering how he’d compared the flowers to her skin every time they’d come outside together. Remembering when they’d been young and newly married and he still sent her roses any time business took him away from her.

“I need you,” he whispered. “Brianna’s all that’s left of us and I’ve already failed with her. I didn’t keep her safe.”

The failure tore at him, striking at the very core of who he was. He touched his lips to the silky petal of the rose. “I don’t know how to break through, Margo. I don’t know if I can ever bring her back.”

He closed his eyes. Hoping for a sense of the wife he’d loved since the moment he first laid eyes on her, for the peace her presence always brought him.

He didn’t find the first. But the second came slowly, among the flowers that had always given her pleasure.

He walked on, moving along a pathway through the well-tended bushes, stopping occasionally to bend over and inhale deeply.

His thoughts returned to breakfast at Aesirs and he felt better about holding off, giving Cathal breathing room to step up and do the right thing.

It was important to Niall for his son do this. It was important to him as well.

This was about family. Not business.

The scene around him disappeared as another took its place. The day he’d stood with Niall in the maternity ward, looking through the glass at Cathal, both of them in agreement that it was fine for a son to make his own choice whether or not to follow in his father’s footsteps. Then the day Niall had stood with him, looking at Brian.

Pain pulled Denis into the present, a fist gripping his heart with thoughts of his son. He rubbed his chest but the ache wasn’t something that could be massaged away.

The rose garden ended, opening up into the pool area. He stepped forward, closing himself off from thoughts of the dead.

The water in the pool sparkled. Chairs and tables were set up steps away from it, an invitation to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.

Maybe this was what Brianna needed, he thought, taking out his cell phone and calling inside. He spoke with the cook first, telling her that he and Brianna would take lunch at poolside. Then to the nurse, ordering her to bring Brianna out.

Closing his phone, he placed it on a table, a gesture from the old days, when he’d made a show of shutting out the other aspects of his life in order to be fully there with his family.

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