Madison: Knights Wrath MC, Book 4 by Renee Alan

Author:Renee Alan [Alan, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

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I stop in front of the house I grew up in. “Get your shit together, girl. There ain’t one good reason for you to be nervous.” Great, now I’m talking out loud to myself. I guess if I’m not arguing that’s at least something, right? I get out and head up the steps, knowing that at least one of them should be home. I pause for a second in front of the door and wonder if I should knock. What the hell am I doing? “Just open the fucking door and get the hell out of your head, girl.” Yep, I’m losing my shit.

I open the door and walk in, listening for any sounds. I hear the television going in the family room, so I walk over to the doorway that leads to the room where so many of my childhood memories were made. I lean against the doorway as I see Ma in her chair reading and Pa watching the news from his chair. I don’t say anything but watch them and realize they are the example of what love is in my mind—not Hollywood movies, television, romance books or country music, just them. I can remember the nights Ma cooked for everyone and Pa kissing her on the cheek and thanking her each and every time. The mornings where Pa brought Ma the big cup of coffee ’cause she’d had to stay up with a new foster arrival. The times in the kitchen when a song would come on and Pa would twirl her around once and then dance with each of us girls. I remember the look of love on Ma’s face when Pa did that.

I can’t help the tears that won’t blink away. Barely above a whisper, I say the first thing that comes to mind. “I’m sorry.”

I must say it loud enough ’cause Ma looks over with a very surprised look on her face. “Mads?” She stands up so fast, I think she drops her book. I can’t help that more tears are falling. It’s like there’s a never-ending supply these days. I hurry over to her and hug her. “I’m so sorry! I’m sorry I got so mad and didn’t think about your feelings! I’m sorry I didn’t come over sooner! I’m so sorry!” Her arms wrap around me.

“Oh, sweetheart, you don’t need to apologize to me. You have every right to feel what you feel. I know it seems like I was lying or hiding things from you, but I was only following your birth mother’s requests. She only asked me for two things. First was for Pa and me to adopt you and raise you to be a good person who understands what love and family mean. The second was that I keep you away from everything evil up on the mountain. Joseph was the center of all that evil. I wasn’t trying to hide your story from you. I just didn’t want that evil to touch you. Even with my tryin’, it ended up catching up with you.

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