Words and Music by Gina Watson

Author:Gina Watson [Watson, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gina Watson
Published: 2015-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

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Cam reached his arms across the bed, seeking his lovely’s warmth. He only grasped air. “Meg?”

It was still dark out and he began to worry. “Meg?” He sat up, wiping the sleep from his eyes.

“Hey.” She stood in the doorway in her tank top and tiny panties.

“You were gone.”

“I can’t sleep.” She walked to the bed, turned on the tableside lamp, and then climbed on to sit beside him, resting her back against the headboard.

“What’s on your mind?” He laced his hand with hers.

She took a deep, rigid breath and his earlier worry resurfaced. “I need to tell you something.”

“I’m sensing it’s not something I’ll want to hear.”

She shrugged, “I hope you’ll be supportive of what I have to say. It’s important and means a lot to me.”

He brought her hand to his lips and placed a single kiss there. “I’ll be supportive, I promise.”

“All right.” She sighed. “I’ve been offered the lead evening anchor position for Toronto News Twelve.”

His body tensed and he sensed her eyes on him. “Wow, Meg. Toronto is a huge gig.”

“I know. It’s what I’ve been working so hard for.”

“You deserve it,” he muttered with a frown. Her words came to him as if in a tunnel. His skin stung.

“It’s far I know, but it’s Toronto. I eventually hope to get to Chicago or New York. There’s no reason for me to stay in Baton Rouge. My mom and dad have moved on and are living lives with new families. There’s no room for me there.”

Her voice cut him open as if she wielded a machete instead of words. No reason to stay in Baton Rouge. He audibly gasped, unable to hold his emotion under wraps. “I’ll never see you.” He felt his eyes fill with tears.

She straddled his lap. He placed his hands on her hips and she bent her forehead to meet his. “Cam,” she whispered. “If I didn’t have my career and you didn’t have your music I know we’d be together, but I know you need your music to survive. I would never ask you to sacrifice any part of your world for me. I can’t make sacrifices to my world either. I need this Toronto offer. It means everything. You mean everything. In a perfect world, all those things would exist in the same plane. But they don’t.”

No! He wouldn’t listen. They could make it work—all of it. She could have her big journalism job and he could have his music. They could fly back and forth. No! He had to come up with something better in order to convince her or he’d lose her. He gripped her hips tight, bruising. No! He wouldn’t, couldn’t lose her. He’d lose himself in the process.

Tears escaped his eyes. She felt them. “Cameron, don’t do this. It will kill me.”

She—was—killing—him! He’d figure out a way for them to live their dreams and be together. He had some time yet. He’d figure something out. Meg cried and their tears hit his legs and mingled together.

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