The Davis Years (Indigo) by Green Nicole

Author:Green, Nicole [Green, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2011-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Monday morning, Davis limped into the kitchen to find Jemma making breakfast. He kissed her cheek before grabbing a mug and going over to pour himself a cup of coffee.

Jemma said, “I’ve had such a good time here. You sure you can’t call in sick?”

“Only if I want to get fired again today.” Davis went to the fridge to look for cream.

“Are you okay?”

He looked up from the fridge. “What? Yeah. I’m fine. Why?” No cream. Maybe there was some non-dairy creamer in one of the cabinets.

“Well, it’s just that you’re limping. And the Vicodin . . .”

“I’m okay. I don’t even take the Vicodin. Have you seen me take the Vicodin?” He slammed a cabinet shut. He put a hand over his eyes and winced. He felt bad for snapping at her, but he didn’t like to talk about his knee. That, combined with the previous night making him so much more aware of what he was about to lose, led to him being on edge. He also hadn’t been able to sleep well, thinking of those things.

“Sorry. You looked like you might be hurting is all.” She flipped the eggs that sizzled in a black skillet.

She had no idea how he hurt. “It’s okay.” He dumped some of the powdered creamer he’d found into his coffee. Then he went to find a spoon.

“I hate to think of you in pain.”

He stirred sugar into his coffee.

“Davis?” She put a hesitant hand on his back. He tensed, but didn’t move away from her. “I’m sorry. About you and Tara and your . . . what happened between you two. I wanted to say that the other day. And I didn’t.”

He nodded. “Thanks, but that was a long time ago. Tara was another part of me. A part I didn’t like very much. She’s not important anymore.”

“It has to hurt, though. If you ever want to talk about it—”

He shrugged away from her hand. “Ever? Don’t you mean if I want to talk about it sometime in the next two weeks or so before you take off for Florida?”

“I’m sorry, Davis. I am. But you have to know it’s better for both of us this way,” Jemma said.

“What I know is that it hurts. I love you, Jemma. I’ve always wanted what we shared this past weekend. Last night. I’m only letting go because it’s what you want and what you deserve. I know it’s my fault—a lot of the reason you hate being in Derring.”

“I don’t want to talk about this. It’s all in the past and the past can’t be changed.”

He turned his coffee cup in circles on the counter, looking at it instead of her. “Regardless, I wish I could take it all back.”

She was rougher with the plates she pulled from the cabinet than she needed to be. “Like I said, we can’t change the past. Only move forward. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

“I wish I could have been all that you needed. I wish I could be now.

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