Tied Up In Heartstrings by Felicia Lynn

Author:Felicia Lynn [Lynn, Felicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Felicia Lynn
Published: 2013-09-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

This cannot be happening. I knew something was up with her today when she wouldn’t respond to my texts or calls. I was hoping she wasn’t ignoring me, but now I see that she was. Damn it, I’ll give her a few hours to sort this shit out, but if she thinks I’m going to be able to stay away longer than that, she’s crazy. I can’t. I won’t be able to leave town knowing things aren’t okay with her. I’m not sure what happened, but I’ll damn well get to the bottom of it today.

“Lex, I don’t know what’s going on in that pretty little head of yours, and I’m worried I’ve done something to upset you. Shit, I’m pissed that you’re upset, period. I want you to give me a chance to fix whatever’s wrong in your world. If you’re not ready to talk, you need me to go, I will, but please let me say goodbye to Sierra before I do.” Her eyes are very full of unshed tears, and I can see she’s holding onto them with everything she has.

I have no idea what’s happened today. She was quiet this morning when I left. I know she had a lot going on. I’m replaying everything in my head from last night and this morning, analyzing every detail, trying to figure out what could have gone wrong. I can’t think of anything. It’s all been great! We’ve spent lots of time together. I’m here almost every night for dinner and I sleep in her bed every night. We connect like freaking magnets physically. Damn…what the hell happened?

“Sierra, can you please come her a second?” She calls out up the staircase. A few seconds later, I hear my sweet girl skipping along, singing one of my songs. It usually makes me feel funny hearing other people sing my music, but hearing the lyrics out of this little girl’s mouth, I’m overjoyed. I’m also sad as hell, because I’m not sure when Lex will let me back in. She’s pushing me out.

“Yes, Mama?” she asks.

“Baby, Garrett needs to go…he just wanted to say goodbye before he left.”

Sierra sticks out her bottom lip and pouts. “But, Mama, I wanted to go swimming with Garrett tonight, and you said we could all finish our puzzle tonight and, and, Garrett is better at the bedtime stories, because his people have funny voices.”

Damn, this sucks, but I can’t let Alexis be the one to disappoint Sierra right now. I’m not sure she could handle that. “Listen, princess, I want to do all those things with you tonight, too, but I have to get ready for a big show on Saturday night. So would you mind if we did that another time?”

Her bottom lip is quivering and her little eyes are overflowing with tears. “But, that’s not what we were going to do tonight.” I hate this just as much as she does.

Alexis stands to the side watching the interaction with her arms crossed, almost as if she was hugging herself.

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