Love Realized by Melanie Codina & Madison Seidler

Author:Melanie Codina & Madison Seidler [Codina, Melanie & Seidler, Madison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00CL52JJ2
Publisher: Melanie Codina
Published: 2013-04-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Jake’s excitement at the thought of his favorite pastime came to a screeching halt when they pulled into Gillian’s driveway and found Logan’s truck there. As he put his Jeep in park, Logan strolled out the front door and stared, like he was the king of the castle staring down at them. Jake didn’t like it at all.

“Damn, I forgot all about meeting Logan for dinner tonight,” Gillian muttered in the seat next to him. He looked over at her as she stared back at her ex-husband. She turned toward Jake, nibbling her lower lip with a worried expression on her face. “Can I get a rain check on the swimming? Logan and I are getting together to go over details and arrangements for everything.” Gesturing her head in the direction of her youngest in the backseat told him she didn’t want to say more than that in front of him. Although he was completely disappointed, what could he do or say about it? He understood how these things worked, but that didn’t mean he wanted her and Logan to spend time together, alone. Thinking quickly, he came up with an idea.

“Of course you can have a rain check, but don’t expect me to forget it. How ‘bout I take the boys back to my place, and you can let me know when you get home. I can bring Dylan back then.”

A warm smile spread across her face, and the worried look disappeared as she considered his idea. “That would be great, Jake.” Turning back to the boys she said, “We’re going to have to swim later, boys. Dylan, go say hello to your dad before you leave with Jake and Ryan.”

“Okay, Mom!” Dylan exclaimed before both he and Ryan exited the vehicle. Gillian turned and watched her son run up the steps to hug Logan. She sighed and then turned back to Jake with a sad expression on her face.

Taking her hand in his, he rubbed his thumb soothingly over the back of it as he said, “Hey, you okay?”

She nodded and looked back over at Logan and Dylan. “Yeah, I’ll be fine. I feel bad sometimes when I see them together—like I'm the one keeping them apart.” She paused and looked back at him, “Then I remember, he’s the one that did this. It was beyond my control.” Jake couldn’t tell if the sadness he saw in her eyes was over her pain, or her kids’ pain. But then again, her kids’ pain was her pain, and he knew that.

“Do you need anything from me?” Jake asked, feeling a little lost himself at the moment. He wanted to console her, but couldn’t with Logan twenty feet away.

She answered with a little smile as she cocked her head to the side and said, “What are my options?”

And just like that, the playful Gillian was back. Jake smiled at her, lifted her hand to his mouth for a kiss before responding, “Anything in my power to give, it’s yours.”

“I do believe that is one of the best things a girl can hear, Jake Michaels.

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