The Last Kiss by Murphy M. R

Author:Murphy, M. R. [Murphy, M. R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-06-25T21:00:00+00:00

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Raeve felt another wave of tears stinging the back of her eyes as she thumbed the punched sheet metal. Clutching it to her heart, words failed to come to her. She wanted to scream, to beg him not to go. The cold hard reality slapped her in the face when she finally gazed upon his tags. “I―I can't…take these. They mean too much, you should give them to your sister.”

“I did, she has the other. This one is for you to hold on to.”

“I thought you gave these to Jake, that's what you told me.” Her eyes stared at his with an accusation that had to sting, as her heart raced and her hands shook. He closed the gap between them, pulling her into his arms. Softly he brushed his knuckles over her trembling cheek, as he pressed a kiss into her hair

“Jake and I exchanged our first set of tags when we came back from Kuwait. I had these made up before I went back. They've been with me for a long time, Raeve. Now they're yours. I'll always be with you. Always, just remember that.” Aidan smoothed a kiss over her lips.

Raeve longed to kiss him back, but the sadness crept back in and nestled deep in her heart.

With some effort she shook her head clear. This wasn't what she wanted to hear. “I don't need tokens like this, dammit! What I need is you, by my side, every freaking day until we die!” She felt the hysteria welling up, trying to tamp it down would end up being a losing battle, and she knew it. She closed her eyes against the truth Looking at him, so calm and deadly serious, was just too much to handle. She wasn't prepared for him to say his goodbyes, not when there was so much more life to live…together.

He tried to sooth her and calm her worried mind, but there was no changing the reality of the situation. Thumbing her tears away angrily, Raeve pushed herself off the counter and stalked off to her bedroom.

“Sweetheart, please. Don't walk away.” He begged, reaching for her as she went past.

“Aidan, I need to be alone right now. Please, just let me be,” she cried. “I just can't do this right now.” Closing the door behind her and shutting him out was the hardest thing she had ever done. She refused to let him watch as she broke into a withering mess. There was no eloquence in her fall to the bed. Burying her head in her arms, the ripples of sadness shuddered throughout her body.

She didn’t hear the door open, or anything he may have said, but the needed warmth of his body as he lay down beside her eased her. Welcoming the unwanted intrusion, his arms wrapped around her curled body.

“I'm sorry.” she murmured through tear thickened voice. “I'm so sorry, Aidan. I'm fine.” Lie. She knew it, as she wiped away the wet traitors streaking down her face.

“Shh, it's all right. I don't expect you to be okay with this.

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