When Fate Breaks by Nikki Witt

Author:Nikki Witt [Witt, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

15

PRESENT DAY

Blake

I run my finger down the glass encasing the yellowing photograph. Though the background where he stands is grainy and in the shadows, my Dad always knew how to make his presence known. I glance from his face down to the baby in his arms. The tiny little human that would grow up to me. If only he had any idea when this photo was taken that he’d never get to see that.

Sorrow and anger simultaneously swirl painfully in my chest as I try and fail to make myself put down the frame for the third time. Why am I back here again?

Oh, right. Because Evangeline is running late.

Shocker.

She texted me late last night to let me know she’d like to leave for the trade show by 8:00 a.m. this morning. I was up far before that working in the greenhouse and waiting for her, however, 8:00 turned into 8:10, and then at 8:20 I found myself knocking on her bedroom door to make sure she was alive. I heard a muffled “Coming!” before Evangeline tore the door open just enough that I could see her flushed face. She had bobby pins shoved between her teeth and her hair halfway braided to the side and clutched in one fist. I caught sight of her bare back, the reflection in her standing mirror leaning against the wall behind her showing me that she was only wearing jeans and a bra. I quickly forced my gaze away, swallowing hard, and registering the sound of the shower running, realizing that’s where Remy must be.

“I’m so sorry,” she mumbled, pulling the bobby pins from her mouth. “I’ll be out in just a few.”

“Hey, I’m just along for the ride,” I replied. “Just wanted to make sure you didn’t fall in the toilet or anything.”

“Shut up,” she laughed, and I swear it sounded like music to my ears. “It’s only a half hour away and the doors don’t even open until 9:00 anyways, so I gave us a little wiggle room by estimating we’d leave at 8:00.”

“Us?” I asked, raising my brows.

“Us. Me.” She rolled her eyes sarcastically. “Is there a difference really?”

I bit down on the inside of my cheek, forcing myself not to think too hard about that question, knowing she didn’t mean anything by it. When I was silent for a second too long, Evangeline’s face fell just a little bit, her eyes blinking hard and fast like they always do when I know she’s thinking a million miles an hour. Some masochistic part of me hoped she was thinking exactly what I was thinking. Her lips parted like she was going to say something, but I cut her off before she got the chance, not wanting that conversation to go any further when there was a door between us and we were not truly alone.

“I’ll just wait in the greenhouse,” I said, nodding down the hallway.

“Okay,” she replied. “I’ll be there in just a few.”

I had every intention of going

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