The Collar by Me Tara Sue

Author:Me, Tara Sue [Me, Tara Sue]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781472226532
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-07-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Present day

Hours later, Dena rolled onto her side in the guest bed. Her mind wouldn’t slow down enough for sleep to catch her. Between thinking about Jeff moving to Colorado and her own move to New York, paired with the orgasms she’d had earlier, she decided she’d probably be awake for another few hours.

Jeff hadn’t said when he was heading across country, but she had the feeling it would be soon. After all, from the way it sounded, his father didn’t have much time left. She wasn’t ready to leave Jeff’s house, but she hadn’t put up a fuss about moving in with Nathaniel and Abby, partially because she didn’t want to go back to her empty apartment.

With Jeff leaving, there was one thing she had to do before moving out of his house. She had to face the empty nursery at the end of the hall. The door was always closed, unlike every other door in the house, and she wondered why. Had Jeff shut that door in an attempt to shut off his feelings associated with it?

Maybe, she thought, if she could deal with seeing the nursery again, she’d be able, once and for all, to put that part of her past behind her. She’d never felt as if she had closure after her grief over the miscarriage. Hell, she’d never really even spoken about it with Jeff.

She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed. Yes, seeing the nursery would be one of the final steps in her healing process. She left her room and walked softly down the hall. Jeff’s door was closed. Once again he’d ended a scene without taking his own release, but she felt certain he’d done something about it once he was by himself.

She decided not to dwell on how much that hurt. Why wouldn’t he allow her to pleasure him? Surely he knew how much she loved getting him off.

Later, she decided. Maybe she’d talk to him about it in the morning. Right now she had to deal with that room.

She stood before it, unable to twist the knob.

“It’s a room,” she whispered as if not to disturb the secrets inside.

“Just a room,” she repeated.

With a deep breath and a determined twist, she opened the door. It was several moments before she could move or even form a coherent thought.

“Oh, Jeff,” she whispered in the stillness. “You didn’t.”

But he had. He had kept the room untouched for more than three years.

She blinked back the tears that gathered in her eyes, but it was useless. They ran unbidden down her cheeks.

The curtains were drawn, but a faint light from outside lit the room. She walked to the far corner and, without thinking, brushed her fingers across her belly.

The crib before her stood exactly as it had three years ago. Back when everything had seemed so right. So complete.

They had not planned for her to get pregnant. Jeff had been so upset at first. When he’d come around, though, everything had been perfect.

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