A Family by Christmas by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak [Novak, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459291454
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Cole tossed the letter on the bed and dropped his head in his hands to rub his temples. Finally she was admitting there had never been a baby. She’d always stuck to the lie, even once he’d seen through it. The doctor had no record of her visits, no pregnancy tests or anything. But she’d claimed she was afraid of doctors and simply hadn’t gone. Cole hadn’t known for sure what to believe, only that something wasn’t right. Then, when she miscarried, there’d been very little blood, no real mourning, nothing—other than Rochelle’s desperate desire to get pregnant again. She begged him for another baby, but at that point he couldn’t trust her anymore. He was seeing his young wife in a whole new light, and he was getting to where he could scarcely tolerate being in the same room with her. And every time he tried to tell her their marriage wasn’t working for him, she’d cry, then threaten to kill herself if he ever left her.

He remembered the time she actually made good on her threats. He’d come home to find her sprawled on the bathroom floor, an empty bottle of aspirin lying next to her.

Rochelle. What did you do to yourself? What did you do to both of us!

Shaking his head to banish the memory, Cole picked up the envelope the letter had come in and stared at the return address. Maybe if he told her he forgave her, she’d be able to put the past behind her and make a fresh start. Maybe doing that much for her would finally erase the guilt he felt for those years, too.

Picking up the telephone, he called Jaclyn’s room and told her he had to go out for an hour or so. Then he shoved the letter in his back pocket and left.

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