Redemption by Anna Lowe

Author:Anna Lowe [Lowe, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Twin Moon Press
Published: 2016-06-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Sarah stared at the clouds, rippling across the mirror of the lake, then strode away. She didn’t look at Soren. She couldn’t look at Soren. Her vision blurred as she walked, desperate to escape all the mistakes she’d made. She didn’t get far, though, before the gravel next to her crunched and Soren took her gently by the hand.

“Over here,” he said in a voice so soft and gentle, she could have cried.

She did cry, all the way over to the bench he led her to. She cried enough to fill a third lake beside the two shining so blue and innocent under the spring sky. Not that she saw much of the scenery between her tears. Mostly, she just saw the past.

She cried and talked, and talked and cried, because now that the dam was broken, she just couldn’t stop the deluge. She started from the time Soren departed for the East Coast and babbled on and on, all the way up to the time when she’d wandered into the Quarter Moon Café, not long ago.

And the whole time, Soren held her and stroked her hair and whispered quietly in her ear.

“It’ll be okay,” he said, over and over. But how could anything be okay after all that had happened?

“Todd started coming around after you left, but I swear we never did anything except that one time. We never even thought about doing anything. He felt as bad about it as I did. I swear…”

She shook, just thinking about that crazy night. Her body might have been with Todd, but her heart and mind had been with Soren. God, how different things would be if she’d been more careful.

But somehow, she’d gotten all mixed up and let things go too far. Between the drinks she’d consumed and whatever had come over her, she hadn’t exactly been herself. Plus, Todd was so much like Soren — big, strong. Silent. Mysterious, somehow, like all the folks who lived on Soren’s side of the mountain.

Soren was special, though. His own type of enigma, with his own broody charm. He’d been her closest friend for years. God, how could she ever have let him let her go? If she’d figured anything out in the past few weeks, it was that something had forced Soren to break up with her. When his eyes locked on hers, they filled with love and laughter and hope. When they drifted out of focus, though, they grew bitter, and he’d glare at something in the past.

Soren held her without saying a word, and she wondered when he’d push her aside and stomp away in anger. But he didn’t.

“Then that night…that awful night of the fire…” Her whole body tensed at the memories. “I woke up in bed, smelling the smoke. Thank God I smelled the smoke. But the door was locked, and I couldn’t get out. And I couldn’t get to my parents because the fire was spreading fast. There were flames everywhere…”

It was all so vivid

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