Second Chances (The Stone Series Book 4) by Kitty Berry
Author:Kitty Berry [Berry, Kitty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kitty Berry Books
Published: 2014-02-13T00:00:00+00:00
December 2013
Amanda
When I decided to come to the beach house to be with Todd during his last days, I knew what I was doing, knew what I was getting myself into. I knew I was risking my marriage, possibly destroying my only chance to have a child and a real family. I love my husband, I do. He’s a good man. He’s kind, funny, and provides well for us. Lenny takes care of me and loves me unconditionally. We’re best friends and our marriage is comfortable but I’m not in love with him the way I’ve always been in love with Todd. There’s never been that electric spark that runs through my body, that urgency to feel his lips on me or have him inside me. With Todd, the minute our eyes connect, it’s as if we’re the only two people in the world. It feels like we’re making love with only a look. With Lenny, it’s more like seeing my brother walk into the room.
What no one here knows or understands is that for the first time in our marriage, Lenny stood up to me and forbade me to come here. I told him it was not up for discussion. It was simply something that I had to do and if he couldn’t handle it, that was his problem. I left hearing his last words. “If you go to him, don’t bother to come back, I won’t be here” he said. I left thinking, what have I got to lose?
When I arrived at the beach house, and set my eyes on Todd, every old feeling came rushing back at me. I got butterflies in the pit of my stomach, my palms got clammy, and I actually felt light headed. It was easy to kid myself that he was his same old healthy self and push the real reason for this visit out of my head. I was able to trick my mind into believing that Todd and I had stepped back in time and we were an ordinary happy couple hanging out with our friends, not a care in the world. I kept up this façade in my mind until I saw Todd’s seizure.
Now I’m on my hands and knees cleaning his vomit from our bedroom floor and facing reality head on. Todd is dying. I rest my head on my legs and allow myself to cry. The tears flow freely and once they start, it feels as if I’ll never be able to stop them.
Willie comes in but doesn’t notice I’m crying as he rushes into the bathroom having heard what happened. The guys have Todd in the shower helping him clean up and Willie joins them. I try my best to pull myself together before they come out, I try my best, but I don’t succeed. Todd takes one look at my face and knows I’ve been crying, knows I’m struggling.
“Thanks guys. I’m fine now, just really tired. I gotta lay down and sleep for a while.
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