Builder Bear by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine – Haley

“Sorry. So sorry.” Haley scrabbled around looking for her phone. “Marie must have changed my ringtone.” Her hand closed around her cell phone and she pressed the green answer button, cutting the ghoulish laughter off. It was instead replaced by the sound of Buck laughing.

Thank goodness he had a sense of humor.

“Sorch?” Haley asked, her forehead creasing in a frown.

“Hi, Haley.” Sorcha’s hushed voice sounded strained.

“Is everything okay?” Haley sat up, pulling her knees up to her chin. Had Sorcha and Karl broken up? She glanced up at Buck and hoped he’d understand if she had to leave to go and comfort her friend.

“He said yes.” She sounded breathless, as if she’d been running.

“Yes to a baby?” Haley’s voice rose in excitement.

“He insisted we start trying right away.” That explained Sorcha’s breathlessness. “He also proposed.”

“Wow, Sorch, wow. I’m so happy for you.” Tears welled in her eyes as Sorcha’s news sunk in.

“I’m scared,” Sorcha admitted. “This is like grown-up stuff.”

“It is, and it’s wonderful and incredible and you and Karl will be so happy.” Haley wiped her tears away.

“He said the only reason he broke up with me before was because he thought I wasn’t able to commit.” Sorcha hiccupped. “Thank you for making me see sense.”

“This is all you. You found the courage to talk to Karl.” Haley’s cheeks were wet with tears and she blotted them dry on the sleeping bag.

“If you and Tiana hadn’t told me to ask him, I might have lost him.” Sorcha sobbed. “I was so stupid not to tell him how I felt before.”

“But you’ve done it now. And now is all that matters.” Haley glanced up at Buck who was watching her, his face contorted in pain as he watched her cry. Instinctively, she reached out her hand and he took it in his. He gave her strength, each touch, each moment they were together confirming the bond between them.

As Sorcha talked on, and Buck held her hand, Haley decided it was time to let down her own barriers, to let him in and follow wherever the road took them.

“Does T know?” Haley asked.

“No. She looked so tired this evening. I didn’t want to disturb her sleep. Will you tell her in the morning?” Sorcha asked.

“Are you sure you don’t want to tell her yourself?” Haley replied.

“I might not be up until later and I don’t want you to have to keep anything from her. I love you guys.” Sorcha’s voice cracked with emotion.

“We love you, too,” Haley answered.

“Oh, Karl’s coming back, he went out and bought a bottle of champagne.” She giggled. “I’m so lucky.”

“You are.” The call ended, and Haley put her phone down by the side of her sleeping bag. Then she pulled Buck closer. “Where were we?”

“Is everything okay?” Buck asked as he lay down beside her. He wasn’t in his sleeping bag and by the light of the lantern she could see his muscles as they rippled with each movement of his body.

“It is. Sorch, she works at the restaurant with me and T.

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