She'll Never Tell by Hunter Morgan

Author:Hunter Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2017-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Marcy and Jake rode back to Albany Beach in silence. It wasn't until they passed the carved sign in the median strip that read, Albany Beach, If you lived here you'd be home now, that she had the nerve to speak.

"Thanks for coming to get me."

He slumped in the driver's seat, one hand on the wheel, the other on the door. "You know, I'm a pretty patient man," he said quietly. "But my patience is wearing thin with this whole finding yourself quest you've got going here."

His remark hurt, but it wasn't unfounded. She studied her left hand without its wedding band and engagement ring. "It wasn't a date, Jake." She took a deep breath, daring a glance at him in the semi-darkness of the car. It had been hard to call him, but she was glad she had. He made her feel safe. As ridiculous as it seemed right now, considering the circumstances, even loved. "I thought it was a date, sort of, but I was wrong."

He glanced sideways at her. "If you think I'm going to believe for one second that any man would turn you down, looking the way you do these days, you—"

"Jake," she interrupted. "I made a mistake. I thought it was what I wanted, and I was wrong." She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them. "The truth is, I don't know what I want."

"Tell me about it," he muttered.

His sarcasm stung, too, but she couldn't blame him for his reaction. She wasn't too pleased with her behavior right now, either. "The good news is, I feel as if I'm getting closer."

"And am I included in this new life plan of yours? I mean, I obviously wasn't included in the whole restaurant thing."

She studied his face for a moment and then hesitantly reached out to brush his cheek with the back of her fingertips. "Can we go to your place?"

He glanced at her, then back at the road.

"I thought maybe we could talk for a while," she said, refusing to let him rebuff her. "Without the kids. Without Phoebe. Phoebe makes everything so much more complicated."

"I don't know, Marcy. You're really screwing with my head. Dr. Larson warned me this was going to be hard, that there was going to be an adjustment period, but this isn't at all what I expected." As he spoke, he flipped on the directional signal and made the turn toward his rental, away from their home. "You can't keep doing this to me. Acting like you still care for me one minute, then going out on dates with other men the next."

"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just that I've been unhappy for so long..." She let her sentence trail into silence, and for several blocks they were both quiet again. But he drove to his place instead of their house. He parked in the lot behind his condo, and side by side, they walked down the sidewalk and took the stairs.

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