When All Is Said and Prayed by E.N. Joy

Author:E.N. Joy [Joy, E.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“Paige, wait! What’s wrong?” Ryan called out as Paige knocked over the chair she’d been sitting in and began scooping up Adele and Norma like they were running from a . . .

“Monster! He’s a monster!” Paige said as she snatched up her girls by their arms. “We have got to get out of here. Get my babies out of here!” Paige was frantic. Too frantic to notice the look of fear in her little girls’ eyes.

“Paige, baby.” Ryan stood and tried to calm her by grabbing hold of her arm.

“Don’t touch me!” Paige screamed. “Don’t anybody touch me.” Her voice boomed across the dining room.

“My ears! Mommy, my ears!” Norma threw her hands over her ears.

Paige had Norma by her elbow and was yanking her from the table. “Let’s go. We’ve got to go.”

Mrs. Vanderdale looked at Ryan. “What’s going on?”

He shook his head. He had no idea what was causing Paige to behave so erratically. He just continued trying to calm her. “Paige, you’re scaring the girls,” Ryan told her.

By now Paige had both her daughters in her grip and was leaving the dining room, headed for the front door. “No, we’ve got to get out of here. We’ve got to go,” she said over her shoulder.

Ryan managed to block her path. “No, not until you tell us what is going on.”

“I swear to God, if you don’t get out of my way . . .” Paige said with such venom as she glared Ryan down.

His eyes bucked. Paige had said the word monster. Well, that was exactly what he felt he was standing in front of. He looked down at her girls, who were afraid and were crying. He didn’t want to stir up any more drama by trying to stop Paige. He was the one who had driven her there, so he had no idea where she intended to go. Still, he stepped aside.

Mrs. Vanderdale was horrified. She looked at her husband. “Norm, go do something. I can’t have her dragging my grandbabies out there in the state of mind she’s in.”

Mr. Vanderdale stood. “I’ll go talk to her.” He looked at his daughter. “Sam, come get the girls.”

Samantha stood to follow her father. Ryan went to follow as well, until Mr. Vanderdale put his hand up to stop him.

“Please, Ryan. I know you’re concerned. But please let me talk to her first.” Mr. Vanderdale waited for a response from Ryan.

Ryan hesitated. That was his woman. He wanted to be there for her. He had to admit, though, given the way Paige had just behaved, she might very well need some professional support in addition to emotional support. Mr. Vanderdale was definitely the man for that job. So knowing Paige would be in good hands, Ryan relented.

“Thank you,” Mr. Vanderdale said, knowing how hard it was for Ryan to fall back when the woman he loved was so distraught. He exited the dining room. “Paige, wait!” he called out when he saw her by the front door, hurrying to put Adele’s and Norma’s jackets on.

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