On A Night Like This (Callaways #1) by Freethy Barbara

Author:Freethy, Barbara [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

As they got further away from San Francisco, Sara felt her muscles begin to relax. The more miles between herself and her father's house the better. She needed time to think about everything she'd learned, and Aiden was giving her both time and space. She suspected his offer to take her away was not entirely selfless. The Callaways loved deeply but also demanded a lot from each other. The expectations set by generations of Callaway men could be a heavy load to carry, and Aiden was dragging under the weight.

"Did you talk to Jeanne?" she asked suddenly. "You were going to connect this morning, weren’t you?"

"Yes, we had a long conversation. I gave her as much information as I could, and she said she'd get back to me with whatever she could find. She said it would be easier if I would agree to let her speak to members of my team, but I asked her to hold off on that for now."

"You don't want to tie her hands too tightly."

"I want to see if we can get anywhere without involving the other guys."

"That makes sense." She shifted in her seat, crossing her legs as she looked out the window. Her eyes felt red from all the crying she'd done earlier, and she wished now she'd taken some time to put on a little makeup. She felt a little embarrassed that Aiden had seen her in such an emotional state, but she couldn't do anything about that now. She'd chalk it up to one more time that he hadn't seen her at her best.

Now that she wasn't feeling so tense, she could appreciate the fact that she was getting to spend more time with him. They were getting to know each other as adults and they were getting along really well. She told herself not to read too much into it. They were both going through some rough personal times and for whatever reason they were able to help each other out, but it was all so very temporary.

She thought about their earlier conversation, about Aiden's real mother and the loss he'd suffered. She wondered now if his unwillingness to commit to a relationship with a woman had something to do with losing his mom at such a young age. He'd obviously loved his mother deeply, so deeply that even after twenty-something years, he couldn't call his stepmother Mom. Maybe it was habit as he'd said, but she thought the reason might be out of respect for his mom's memory.

She knew what it was like to lose a mother. It hurt like hell. She'd been destroyed for months after her mom's passing, and she felt the loss now as keenly as she had ten years earlier. She'd been older than Aiden when it happened, but she'd still felt adrift without her mom, her anchor. It must have been doubly worse for Aiden. Maybe it was the memory of that pain that kept him from love.

Not that he didn't love his family and his friends, but that was a different kind of love.

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