Behind Our Lives by Charlene Carr

Author:Charlene Carr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: relationships, second chances, family life fiction, life change events, stories of forgiveness, loss, grief, trilogy
Publisher: Coastal Lines
Published: 2016-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Over the next week and a half, Lincoln hardly saw Kali—which was good, which was the way it should be.

And then she started training.

She was home in the mornings when Lincoln got a later start to his day. Home in the evenings when he returned from the lot or, if the weather wasn't good, returned from a day researching at the library. And she'd have supper made. And she'd offer him to join them. He could have said no and taken his food to his room, but the one time he had, Theo had spent the next few days sending him curious glances. Once, when Lincoln was about to leave, just after finishing the last bite on his plate, Theo grabbed Lincoln's pant leg and smiled. It was some magical power, that smile. So he sat. He interacted with Theo and chatted with Kali. It wasn't that bad. And when he needed to get away, at least he had his room. He always had his room.

“Lincoln?” Kali stood outside his bedroom door. “Can I come in? Can we talk?”

Come in? She had never come in.

Romper perked up, shifted his head between Kali and Lincoln, then settled it back down. Lincoln gave the dog's head a rub. “Uh, sure.”

The room was sparse. A bed. A bedside table. She stepped in, closed the door behind her, and stood.

Lincoln rubbed a hand along the back of his neck. “What do you want to talk about?” She held a paper in her hand. Hands. Clenched it, almost. It was the last day of her training. Had things not gone well? Was she losing the job? Would she have to stay longer?

“A couple of things.” She gestured to the foot of the bed. He nodded and kept his mouth shut, though he wanted to tell her to get on with it, say whatever she had to say. She sat. Minus the day after Canada Day, it'd been weeks since Kali had been timid. Not that she'd walked around like she owned the place, more like it was her place too, like she knew he wouldn't tell her she'd overstayed her welcome.

“I was planning to talk to you about Theo.” She stopped.

“Theo?”

“Yes, well, I don't know if I explained it before but this training, it was a two-week thing. A trial.”

“A—?”

“But that's all good. I got the job. It's just that the job doesn't start until the second week of August.”

Lincoln's brow furrowed. “Okay?”

“So I need to get what shifts I can back at the ER ... to make sure I have enough for a deposit and first month's rent. So I can get out of your space as soon as possible.”

“You don't have—”

She held up her hand. “I do—it's just with me gone, with them knowing I'm not coming back, I couldn't get all day shifts. I'll have to do some nights in the next few weeks and Mrs. Martin, well ...” she shifted, moving more of her body onto the bed, “would it

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