Finding Our Way Back (A Well Paired Novel) by Rice Marianne

Author:Rice, Marianne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: second chance love, friends to lovers, reunited loves
Publisher: Star Hill Press
Published: 2019-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“How long were you married?”

Jenna didn’t like Carter’s probing. Her past was in the past, and she didn’t want her future mixed in with it.

Not that Carter was her future. He was fun to hang around with, but he wasn’t her forever guy. Most people were lucky if they could find a forever soul mate. She’d found hers, and it hadn’t panned out. Maybe they didn’t exist.

Or maybe Carter was her future.

“I wasn’t even legal drinking age when we married. Right there was a sign it wouldn’t last.” Because what high school sweethearts made it to their golden anniversary?

Jerry and Brigette. But they were a rare breed.

Jenna ripped the wrapper off her straw and stuck it in her ice water. Lunch dates with Carter were safer. He’d go back to work, and she’d go back to the house to be with Jerry.

The doctors didn’t want to release him, but he insisted. As long as he stayed hooked up to his oxygen, kept his therapy appointments, and didn’t overdo it, Jerry could go home. And Jenna promised to be by his side every minute.

When his nurses came by, he all but kicked her out of the house, telling her to have fun with friends. But he made her promise to be back by the end of each session so she could program his soap opera.

So lunch dates it had been this week. This was their third. And with each one, the atmosphere between Carter and her had changed. Gone was his easygoing flirting. Now he wanted to know more about her.

They’d entered the relationship zone. A zone she’d been avoiding. At first, because she wasn’t ready.

And then when Carter had kissed her for the first time, she had been ready.

And then Tristan came along, and she retreated back to not being ready. It really wasn’t fair to Carter. She so wanted him to be the man for her.

“Are you okay?” He reached across the table and took her hand.

This was nice. He was nice. She smiled at him and nodded. “I’m sorry I’ve been a terrible date lately. I have a lot on my mind.”

Tristan had turned her world upside down by being so kind to her. What a problem to have. Two sweet men who wanted her attention. If that was really what Tristan wanted.

“How’s he doing?”

“Um. I don’t know.” It was one thing to ask about their past—which she evaded—but to ask about Tristan’s well-being was a bit much.

“Do the doctors have any new news?”

Oh. Jerry. Yes, he’d been at the forefront of her mind as well. Taking a sip from her water, she shook her head. “No. We’re making him as comfortable as possible. He’s accepted his time is coming to an end. I wish it were that easy for me.”

“He’s a good guy. A staple around town. I remember he and his wife walking around town hand-in-hand. They came to my dad’s funeral. Mrs. Bishop would bring us a casserole after church every Sunday. And when she died, my mom brought food to Jerry every week.

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