The Miles Between Us by Laurie Breton

Author:Laurie Breton [Breton, Laurie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 22042537
Publisher: Laurie Breton
Published: 2014-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

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Thus began the most miserable episode of enforced celibacy he’d ever lived through.

They’d experienced celibate periods in the past, but there was always a legitimate reason: the weeks before and after childbirth, the weeks that followed each miscarriage. The weeks he’d spent on tour with Chico Rodriguez, after Chico’s lead guitarist had an unexpected medical emergency and he’d stepped into the breach. There’d been good, solid reasons for them to forego intimacy, reasons they’d both embraced, so it hadn’t seemed a hardship. Those six weeks apart while he’d been on the road had been a challenge, but the homecoming had more than made up for the entire six weeks of deprivation.

This was different. This was deliberate, born out of conflicting desires and fears. A line had been drawn in the sand, and because neither of them had any intention of stepping over it, the situation created a tension between them that had never existed before. They’d become adversaries. If it hadn’t been so serious, he might have found it comical. But this was a life-and-death issue, and Casey was determined to torpedo his well-meant intentions. Because they both knew there’d be no resolution until one or the other caved, every word, every glance, every touch was rife with implicit meaning. They’d always been able to hold a conversation without words. But now, the unvoiced conversations that coursed between them ran to silent accusations: “You know, we wouldn’t have to go through this if only you’d stop being such a jackass and see things my way.”

But of course, they were both jackasses, each of them unwilling and unable to see things from the other’s perspective, so the gap between them widened, fueled by anger and hurt and resentment.

And, on his part at least, a growing fear.

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