Now You Wanna Come Back 2 by Anna Black

Author:Anna Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2020-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

“Hey, Ray. How are things?” Karen asked when she approached him.

He looked up from his appointment book to see her standing on the other side of the counter. “Good, I guess. Are you ready to get started?”

“Getting right down to business today, huh?” she joked.

“Yes. I’ve got a lot on my mind and a busy schedule today,” he said and came from behind the counter, leading the way to the equipment and exercise machines.

She followed. She could tell something was weighing him down. After a few minutes into her workout and of him not talking, she asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Everything,” he said.

“Can you be a little more specific?”

“Well, I went by the house last night to see my kids and . . .” He shrugged. “I don’t know. I believe her.”

“What? Come on, Ray, you caught them in bed.”

“No, I saw her in his bed, and she was fully dressed. When I kicked in the door, she had a towel or something that fell when she sat up and when she explained it to me last night, I believed her. Now, I think I wanna give it a chance. Christa and Devon are getting married in a few weeks. Christa seems confident that nothing happened, so now, I actually believe my wife is telling me the truth.”

Karen didn’t want to hear that. She was trying to be patient and take it slow, but she wanted him. No way was she going to let him go back to Leila. If he did, that meant any chances for the two of them to be together were gone. Things had been going so well. They were getting closer, and after all the dates and late nights he spent with her, she knew he was beginning to like her.

“Well,” she said, “I think you should just take a minute and think long and hard about it. You know, be sure. Because if you go back, and she and Devon continue to be close, as you say, you know you are not going to like it.”

“I know, and I can’t stop them from being friends. As much as I never want to see Devon’s face again, he is my oldest daughter’s dad, and I can’t shut him completely outta our lives. I just have to trust Leila and believe that she’d never cheat on me with him.”

Karen’s mind raced. This couldn’t be happening. “Are you sure you can trust her? I mean, trust them? You told me that you caught them kissing,” she reminded him.

“I walked in on Devon putting the moves on her. I don’t think Leila welcomed it.”

“How can you be so sure, Ray?”

“I don’t know, Karen. I just know I miss my wife. I miss my kids, and I miss being home with them.”

She could hear the frustration in his voice, so she said, “Listen, what are you doing after work?”

“Going by Mario’s to get my things, and then I’m going to find a hotel.”

“Hotel? That’s nonsense, Ray. You can stay at my place.

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