Breaking Her by Natalie Graham

Author:Natalie Graham [Graham, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College, Contemporary Fiction
Publisher: Natalie Graham
Published: 2014-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Thinking about Caitlin had made me feel like utter shit. I hadn’t spoken to her in a few days which wasn’t good, she had to be freaking out. Caitlin’s Autism meant that she liked routine, and I was such a bad brother for breaking it.

To Caitlin: Are you asleep?

From Caitlin: I was.

To Caitlin: I’m sorry for waking you. Go back to sleep, I’ll call you tomorrow evening.

From Caitlin: You didn’t.

My phone started to vibrate in my hand with a FaceTime call. Caitlin’s face with a rare smile lit up the screen.

“Hi, Cait.” I waved to her.

“Hello.” She was lying down in bed staring blankly at the screen, seemingly uninterested with talking to me.

“I’m sorry I haven’t called, I’ve been really busy with work for the last couple of days.”

“Ok.”

“How have you–”

“I went to the park today with Toby and Bree.” Toby was the lad who lived next door to her and Bree was one of the women who lived by them to care for them. Caitlin took me by surprise though, she very rarely offered information; it was usually like getting blood out of a stone with her.

“Oh? Which one? How was it?”

“Hyde Park. It was sunny.” A dog barked loudly in the background. “That dog keeps waking me up.”

“I’ll call Bree and get her to sort it out for you, ok?”

“Ok.” She smiled slightly then frowned. “Connor, you’re upset.” Not a question, but a statement of fact.

“I’m ok.” I said with a tight smile.

“You’re lying.”

“I’m sorry. Things are just a little… busy at work right now, but I’ll be ok.” And so will you, I added mentally. She didn’t need to know that her care was costing me a fortune and I was relying on this job and what came afterwards to secure her living arrangements for a while. So far, with my signing bonus for this job, I had the next year paid off for her– Cait was one of the reasons I agreed to this job. I could be closer to her with more money to make sure that she was ok. My older brother, Cameron certainly wouldn’t bother his arse to help out. He was too busy climbing up the ranks of the police force, trying to be what our dad couldn’t. I hadn’t spoken to him in almost three years and our mother, she was even worse.

She’d kicked me out at the age of sixteen which was more than fine with me but leaving Caitlin almost killed me. She didn’t deserve a mother like ours so I made sure to come back for her when I’d turned eighteen and in a job where I could provide for her. Mum had a party that night celebrating the fact that she was child-free again. “I had better go to bed. You try to get back to sleep and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.”

The screen returned to home and I couldn’t resist opening up the security app again to check on Olivia. I told myself that I was

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