Holding Out For a Hero by KL Donn

Author:KL Donn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KL Donn

ELEVEN

ADILYNN

Memories of fear and uncertainty are great motivators of mistrust and hopelessness. Brantley says all the right things and makes all these promises any typical girl would jump at, and I want to believe in him. I want to trust myself to make the right decision for my tiny family, but the past proves I can’t.

It’s harder than I wish to admit.

Being loved and reciprocating that love is so foreign to me that I’m terrified I won’t be able to do it. That I’ll be a waste of his time. Brantley is the sweetest, strongest, most caring man I know; the last thing I want to do is hurt him.

The house has been quiet for hours now. Luke has finally settled down after talking non-stop since Brantley dropped us off after having dinner in town. During our meal, I fought the urge to shrink into my seat while people watched Brantley dote on me as he joked around with Luke.

We’re the outcasts of town, thanks to Mom. No one has taken time to get to know who we are or what we stand for, and I feel like Brantley was trying to present us to them in a new light. I don’t know if it worked or not, and I’m not even sure I care.

I just want peace.

Needless stress and worry have me too restless to sleep, so I get up to grab a drink of water from the kitchen, and I don’t know if it’s bad luck or just my luck, but I didn’t hear the back-door squeak open or sense the sinister presence of an intruder following me through the main floor.

I do know the pain blossoming from the back of my head as the person knocks me to the ground. It makes me so dizzy I can’t hold onto the contents of my stomach and vomit all over the carpet just feet from the linoleum of the kitchen.

I do know I’m not meant for the myriad of good things Brantley has been hinting at as I’m dragged through the house and out the backdoor that I now recognize is standing wide open.

I do know regret as it smacks me in the face and reminds me of all the ways I’m failing Luke right now.

I do know regret stings my heart as I think of all the ways I could have loved if I’d only trusted my gut.

I do know…those eyes as they laugh in my face.

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