Paper Hearts by Courtney Walsh

Author:Courtney Walsh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781496403599
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Had a conversation with a woman today in Old Town. Felt like I was cheating on you.

Living in Loves Park seems like a betrayal sometimes. I know how much you loved it here, G. But it’s the only place I can be close to you without feeling haunted. So sorry.

“I didn’t read them all, I promise.”

There was a third one, one where he mentioned Abigail’s bookshop.

You’d love this Book Nook, G. It’s got that kind of small-town atmosphere you like so much.

And Abigail Pressman would read the others and probably piece the whole thing together in a matter of days.

Jacob pushed himself away from the counter. “I came here because no one knew all this stuff, Kate. It was my chance to start over.” He raked his hands through his hair, a dull ache starting to pulse just above the bridge of his nose.

“But you’re not starting over. You’re standing still.” She glared at him as if she’d just issued a challenge.

“I don’t want to get into this with you right now. If you’re going to be around for a while, I need you to do what I ask—not do what you think is best for me.” Jacob kept his tone even.

“I’m sorry.” She stared at her folded hands. “I tried to throw them away. I just couldn’t.” Her eyes filled with fresh tears. Sometimes he forgot that Gwen’s death affected other people besides him and Junie. Maybe that’s what this was about. Gwen had been the only sister Kate had ever had—of course she was sad.

She could probably use a sister about now. Not a brother who didn’t know how to fix whatever it was that had her in tears on the back porch.

Besides, how could he be upset with her when he’d done exactly the same thing himself? This wasn’t the first envelope of homeless hearts the postmaster had received. When he and Junie were moving, he’d gathered up the last strand he’d written, shoved it in a plain envelope, and sent it to Loves Park ahead of him. Somehow it seemed like the right thing to do, yet now he wished he’d simply stuck them in a box at the back of the closet.

Living here changed things. It changed everything. Had he mentioned Junie in his ramblings on those hearts he’d sent? He didn’t give a lot of care to what he was writing because he never expected to see them again.

“Gwen told me she sent them to the postmaster every year,” Kate continued. “When you said you were done with them, I guess it just seemed fitting. Like now you could have closure.”

“I think it’s going to take more than sending off a box of hearts for me to find closure.” He walked into the living room and stood in front of the windows, stared out at the mountains. The picture-perfect view seemed an incongruous backdrop to his broken life.

“Like not turning into the kind of person who destroys someone else’s life just to get what he wants?” She followed him.

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