Payback Time, Baby

Author:Sabel Simmons [Simmons, Sabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isabel Oosthuizen
Published: 2014-04-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Alice was over the moon when they arrived and could not stop hugging and kissing the twins. She looked at Tristan and scolded him.

“Why did you take so long to bring them for a visit? It’s been weeks since they arrived!”

He smiled indulgently at her. “I know and I am sorry, but I needed some time with them myself.” He looked lovingly down at the twins in her arms, running his hand over their little heads. “Some days I just want to sit with them on my lap holding on to them, listening to them breathe.”

Savannah swallowed the sob in her throat, turned and ran down the stairs, heading for the cliff at the edge of the property. The raw emotion in his voice broke her heart and made her wonder if he would ever really forgive her for keeping them from him. She had so much hope after the other night. She did not want to live like they have been … not for much longer … she prayed his whisper meant what she thought it did.

Alice watched Savannah run across the lawn and looked at her son also following her fleeing form with tortured eyes. She placed her hand on his arm; he looked at her and she shook her head.

“You have to move forward, Tristan. You can’t keep blaming her for what happened forever. If you keep this up, you will lose her again … this time, perhaps for good.” His jaw tightened and he shook his head.

“She’ll never leave me. She knows I will never allow her to take my children away from me. If she wants to be a part of their lives, she will stay.”

“And what type of life are you offering her, my son? Think about this very carefully. You continue to hurt her you will eventually hurt your children.”

His hands fisted by his side and he nodded, his voice was rough with emotion. “I know all of this, Mom. I just … I just need time.”

“Remember … time is a fleeting thing. Once lost, it is never to be found again. You and she already lost four years, Tristan. Don’t waste any more!”

“I am sorry.”

Savannah stiffened, John Wade’s whisper floating over the wind to her. She stood looking down at the sea far below and the wind whipped her hair around her face. She turned around, not sure how to react.

He stood a few feet behind her with slumped shoulders. He looked as if he aged ten years since the last time she saw him. His eyes were glued on hers, begging forgiveness. He closed his eyes briefly and indicated the stone bench next to him.

“Please.”

She walked over and sat down reluctantly, not sure she wanted to have this conversation with him. He took the few steps closer and sat down next to her, gazing out the sea, gathering his thoughts.

“Tristan has never been so happy since he met you. I could see his future in his eyes every time he mentioned your name.

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