Talon by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773360799
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

She didn’t even know why she was outside. But a sense of despondency and grief had overwhelmed her when she saw the folders Chad had accumulated on her behalf, when she realized just how much her brother had done to try to keep her safe. Sure, it was invasive. And it was certainly disturbing because he wasn’t here to explain it all. But it also showed how much he cared.

She wasn’t sure she’d ever felt quite so alone as she did at that moment. The tears were still dripping down her cheeks. She wasn’t crying, but she just couldn’t stop them from bubbling up at the corner of her eyes. She wiped them away impatiently. It was hardly the time for tears. Two hungry men were in her kitchen, and she didn’t even know how long they were staying. She wanted to kick them out and have them take all this news with them. At the same time, she wanted to hold them close and never let them leave.

She wasn’t sure she wanted to live in this house anymore. Although it invoked memories of Chad, he wasn’t here. And that was such a strange feeling. She was the sole owner now as Chad had left his half to her. It still felt like it was his house. She wondered if living here was the healthiest thing for her. Walking around, touching Chad’s things, his furniture, his drapes, his paint on the walls.

Clary could do whatever she wanted to change things. To make the house hers. Or at least more hers. The trouble was, she didn’t know what she wanted to do. She had no real inclination to change anything, yet she had no goals to set her sights on either. She was a boat adrift on the waters of life without a sail or oars. When had she gotten so gloomy?

Of course Talon choosing the navy over her had been her first cross to bear. And, yes, now she could clearly see how she had held on to that pain, had nurtured it, had let it fester inside her for almost a decade, which had ultimately led to the hastened death of her ill-fated marriage. Then her parents had pretty much abandoned Chad and Clary to pursue their worldwide research full-time. She shook her head. This was the first time she had ever considered her parents’ passion for their research in that context. Clary had really been clueless back then. And then Chad’s death … That one event had knocked the wind out of her. For a long time. Probably ever since then.

She knew Talon’s reappearance in her life was the first domino to fall, bringing about her fresh eyes, this new insight to view her life for what it was: this destructive rut, pushing everyone away. Except Chad. When Chad had died, she had been thrown such a curve ball that she fell into a horrid tailspin.

Clary pondered what changes she could make to move her off dead center.

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