The Way We Were (Enigma Book 12) by Shandi Boyes

Author:Shandi Boyes [Boyes, Shandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Savannah

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” roars a voice at my side, a very angry and tormented snarl.

I stop twisting a daisy stem between my thumb and index finger to crank my neck to the voice. Although the late afternoon sun is shadowing his face from my view, I know who is accosting me in a cemetery without needing to see his features. He hasn’t left my thoughts since I ran into him last month. Ryan.

While rising from my seated position, my hands sweep at the wetness sitting on my cheeks. “Sorry, I didn’t realize time had gone by so fast. Brax said you don’t usually arrive until five.”

“You’re talking to Brax now?” Ryan replies, stepping out of the shadows.

The sneer in his voice matches the snarl on his face. His beautiful features are hardened with anger, and his blue irises are hidden by lowered lids.

I dust my dew-stained hands on my backside. “Ah. Yeah. Long story.”

I wish I could offer a more confident reply, but I’m so unaccustomed to this side of Ryan, I’m void of a better response. I’ve never seen him so aggressive. I didn’t think he knew how to snarl, much less direct it at a woman. I guess it isn’t just my personality that’s done a complete one eighty the past ten years. Ryan’s has been overhauled as well—regrettably.

“I’m sorry I broke your tradition. I just wanted him to know he is in my thoughts.” My eyes drift to Chris’s headstone during my last sentence.

Just seeing his name engraved in stone causes an upwelling of tears. He was too young to die—way, way, way too young.

Ryan adjusts the six pack of beers resting on his hip while muttering under his breath, “You didn’t show up to say a final goodbye, so why bother now?”

My eyes rocket to his. “I beg your pardon?” I ask, certain I heard him wrong.

I didn’t. He straightens his spine, locks his squinted gaze with mine, then repeats his sneered comment without remorse.

I glower at him, feeling my anger wind up from my stomach to my throat. My cheeks heat, and my fists ball. I’ve never been so angry in my life. But since my respect for Chris is higher than my desire to tackle the major chip Ryan’s shoulder has grown the past few years, I harness the urge—barely.

After snatching my hoodie from the ground, I press my lips to Chris’s headstone then make a beeline for the cemetery’s only exit.

I’m not even three steps away from Ryan when he snarls, “That’s it, Savannah. Run away like you always do.”

I spin on my heels so fast, my hair smacks my flaming cheeks. “I’m not running. I’m leaving before you make a fool out of yourself.”

Ryan laughs, apparently amused. “Oh, well that’s different. Why didn’t you just say that?”

He places his beer on the blades of grass my sweater flattened before dropping his eyes to Chris’s headstone. “Can you believe this shit? She made me look like an

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