Love & Loss by C. J. Fallowfield

Author:C. J. Fallowfield [Fallowfield, C. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781499664966
Amazon: 1499664966
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

I used our new bathroom to quickly clean up before he left me outside my front door.

‘See you in a while, have fun with Lexi baby.’

‘I will, please be honest with Dr Jarvis about how you’re feeling.’

‘Promise,’ he nodded and bowed his head for a kiss and ran down the stairs with me watching him over the edge of the bannister. I sighed and turned to face my door, hoping no more naked men were going to confront me and stepped inside. Lexi came running out of the lounge and threw her arms around me.

‘I’m so sorry about earlier, all of it.’

‘I know. Come on I need some coffee and we can go and sit and talk. Please tell me he’s gone?’

‘He’s gone, thanks for covering. Go and get comfy and I’ll make the coffee.’ She let me go and kissed my cheek and headed into the kitchen. I wandered into the lounge and saw she’d put a pile of cards on the coffee table for me to open, along with Mum’s birthday present bag and a big gift bag with a tag from her. ‘Here, coffee and chocolate hobnobs.’

‘Thanks,’ I smiled.

So cards and presents first.’

‘Let’s do them later, when we’re with everyone at Gabe’s. Assuming we’re with everyone?’

‘No way, me last, you can start with that huge frickin’ rock on your finger,’ she proclaimed as she grabbed my hand to look. ‘Wow, Mia it’s stunning.’

‘I know,’ I smiled. ‘You really didn’t know he was going to propose?’

‘No, but now I’m really confused.’ She frowned as she went to tuck up on the end of the sofa so she could face me. ‘I thought you said you weren’t engaged? Now you’re telling me not only are you wearing an engagement ring but he proposed too?’

‘O Lex, I felt awful, he was so romantic,’ I sighed. I filled her in and she even reached up and wiped a tear from her eye as I did. ‘I promised to wear it for him over there, I just forgot to take it off last night.’

‘So you’re really not engaged, but you’re going to keep it and give it back to him when you’re ready?’

‘Yes,’ I nodded with a smile as I looked back down at it.

‘So why’s it still on now? Take it off.’

‘I will when we get back to his, he has the necklace to put it on. I’m worried about losing it.’

‘I’ll bet, how much was it?’

‘Too much,’ I replied with a half-smile. I couldn’t tell her, not when she was struggling for money and he was spending these amounts on me.

‘So New York news first, then you can beat me over the head with the Lexi’s so stupid stick,’ she smiled and I laughed.

‘O there’ll be a beating alright, but it will be a wide bat not a stick.’ I updated her on our amazing trip and told her that we could go over together in one of the holidays.

‘Really Gabe would be cool with that?’

‘Well he’d actually suggested it for the four of us, so you’d better tell me what the hell’s going on.

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