Some Came Desperate: A Love Saga by Katherine Cachitorie

Author:Katherine Cachitorie [Cachitorie, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw
Publisher: AUSTIN BROOK PUBLISHING
Published: 2011-03-29T23:00:00+00:00

She wanted to get dinner started but she could tell by the look in his troubled eyes that food was not going to cure what ailed him. They sat down, on her sofa, and he immediately leaned forward, pulled out a cigarette, and lit up. Whatever was on his mind was weighing heavily on it, as Simone sat still and allowed him to take a few puffs, relax a little, and then look at her.

She had expected him to speak when he looked at her, but he didn’t. He just stared at her, giving her the distinct impression that he was appraising her; that he was sizing her up.

“Is it the trial?” she asked him, getting worried herself now. She knew he had to all but take over a very messy murder trial from one of his associates after he failed to properly vet a series of witnesses that ended up nearly decimating their case-in-chief. Nick had been talking to her about it for the last few nights. But only this night that wasn’t it. She could tell by the way, instead of answering her, he puffed on his cigarette and again looked away from her.

“What is it, Nick?” she asked nervously, unable to hide her concern.

At first he didn’t say or do anything. Then he doused out his cigarette and leaned back. He placed an arm around her, causing her to snuggle against him. “I’m in the valley of decision, Simone,” he said, “and it’s not a comfortable place to be.”

“What is it you’ve got to decide?”

He looked at her. “What is to become of you and me.”

Simone’s heart dropped. “Our relationship?”

“You got it.”

“So what have you decided?” She tried to smile, to exude levity, but she couldn’t pull it off. She looked at him.

“I’ve decided,” he said slowly, as if he was just making up his mind, “that I can’t live without you, Simone.”

She was in his arms before he could say her name. His heart pounded as he held her, as tears began to well up in his eyes. It was a fact. He couldn’t live without her. It was also a fact that there was that matter of Delia. He closed his eyes. He knew there would be no easy answers. He knew that somebody was going to get hurt. Oh how he wished he would have handled it differently! Despite his pretense at only being Simone’s friend all this time, he should have come clean with her about his feelings for her, about his relationship with Delia.

And Delia. That was the worst part of all. How in the world was he going to break this news to her? She had never asked him for anything in all of the sixteen years that they’d been together, not even for faithfulness. But now that she was aging, now that she needed him more than she ever needed him before, he was about to dump her for a woman nearly fourteen years his junior? Even he couldn’t believe he could be that cold, that callous.

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