A Mother's Conviction (Secrets Series Book 3) by Lenfestey Karen

Author:Lenfestey, Karen [Lenfestey, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Melodie stood on a gigantic, unfinished bridge built out of bricks. Her husband, Paul, was on the other side, busy fitting one block into another. Piece by piece he assembled, but there was still a giant abyss between them. Seeing a pile of bricks beside her, she grabbed an armful and started to help join them. Together, they were doing it. Closer and closer. So close that she reached her arms out, hoping she could touch him, but not quite.

Then the bridge started to tremble. Rougher and harder it shook until blocks started to fall out. Pieces of the bridge dropped to the water below. She grabbed some more Legos and feverishly added them to the bridge.

The space separating them grew larger instead of smaller. She couldn’t keep up with the destruction caused by the earthquake.

“No!” She tried to scream, but the sound wouldn’t come out. She stretched her arms toward him, but too much distance kept them apart. “I love you.”

He cocked his head at her. “Do you?”

“Of course, I do. I’ll never stop loving you.”

“Then why did you kiss that other man?”

Her body twisted from side to side and she awoke in a sweat. She stared at the shadows in her room. It was only a dream, but she felt so guilty. She could still see Paul looking betrayed.

When her eyes adjusted to the dimness, she knew something was off. It wasn’t the middle of the night. Down the hall, she heard Zoe talking to herself, but couldn’t make out the words. Trying to think back, Melodie remembered coming home from Conner’s Thanksgiving and feeling emotionally drained. Shoveling the driveway had made her arms ache, so she’d decided to lay down and rest a minute. Sleep must’ve overtaken her.

Why had she kissed Conner? What was wrong with her? Zoe was starting to forget what Paul was like and Melodie was being selfish. She needed to focus on Zoe and finding a job and preparing this house to be sold. The last thing she should be doing was kissing another man.

She tiptoed down the hall. After seeing Zoe creating a zoo with her blocks and stuffed animals, Melodie went to her computer and typed in “widow” and “dreams.” A website called “Widow’s Peak” popped up. She read about women even younger than she was, women in their twenties, raising children alone. Trying to balance being the only parent with being the only breadwinner. Women who didn’t have a college degree. Women whose husbands died at war. She realized things could be a lot worse. But she also realized that fooling around with Conner Walker wasn’t good for Zoe. Zoe and Bella were friends. What would happen to their friendship if Melodie and Conner ended things on a bad note?

# # #

As the sun sank lower in the sky, Conner went outside and cleared his driveway of the two feet of snow that had accumulated. He looked at the road that was still a mound of white fluff. There was no way he could drive his pick-up loaded with their suitcases through that.

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