The Redemption of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

#45 Don’t let the man bring you down

Callie

“Seth, I don’t think I can do this.” I’m super squirmy as I take in my reflection in the mirror. My skin is pallid and even though the dress goes to my knees, I feel naked. The straps barely cover my shoulders and I’m showing more skin than I’ve shown in the last six years. The freckles on my skin are exposed, along with my boney collarbone and somewhat flat chest. Even the sandals on my feet make me feel bare. And my hair is down, which I’ve never been a fan of.

“I look weird,” I say, tugging the bottom of the dress down. “And… naked.”

Seth shakes his head as he steps back to examine me. His hair is swept to the side, with a slight fluff in the front. He has on a pair of tan shorts and a gray button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. “You look beautiful.”

I cross my arms over my chest. “I don’t think I can do it.”

“Of course you can,” he says simply, turning back to the mirror.

I shake my head. “Seth, why are you so dead set on this?”

He’s fiddling with his hair and pauses. With a determined look on his face, he turns away from the mirror and looks at me. “Callie, I’m dead set on it for the reason you aren’t. You have to let it go. I know it’s hard, but you need to move forward—we all need to move forward and let go of the past.”

“Is that what you’re doing?” I ask. “Because it feels like you’re running away from something.”

“I’m not running away from anything.” He fastens the bottom button on his shirt. “I let go of the running away the day I started dating Greyson. It was like I’d been freed from the fear of what happened and I finally could be myself again.”

“But how do you forget what happened?” I wonder, smoothing the wrinkles out of the dress with my hand. “How do you not think about it?”

He gives me a small smile and sets his hands on my shoulders, looking directly into my eyes with a fire of determination. “You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be.”

“But how do I divide the two of them,” I say, letting my hands fall to my side. “Because sometimes I feel like they mix. Like right now. It feels wrong how I’m dressed, but I don’t know if it’s because I’m associating the dress with what happened or because I just don’t like dresses.”

The corner of his mouth tips up and then he kisses my forehead. “Wear it and find out.”

He backs away from me and walks over to his bag that’s on the twin bed. He pulls out a bottle of cologne, takes the cap off, and douses his shirt in it. I head over to my bag and quickly skim the letter I wrote to Kayden.

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