Resilient Love: Banished Saga, Book 7 by Ramona Flightner

Author:Ramona Flightner [Flightner, Ramona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945609084
Publisher: Grizzly Damsel Publishing
Published: 2017-09-25T18:00:00+00:00

Clarissa sat with Savannah in her kitchen, sharing a cup of iced tea. “What’s bothering you, Sav?” Clarissa took a sip of her cool drink, her assessing gaze on her cousin. “You’ve been out of sorts for days.”

Savannah gave a false smile that faded under Clarissa’s unimpressed stare. “Lucas and Genevieve are expecting their first child.” She took a deep breath. When Clarissa remained quiet, Savannah frowned. “I hate being jealous of my own brother.”

“I’m sorry it brings up old hurts, Sav.” Rissa patted Savannah’s hand. “But I’m delighted for Lucas and Genevieve. To finally have a baby on the way. I know she’s longed for a child.”

Savannah’s gaze sharpened. “Do you? How?”

“We’ve discussed it a few times when they’ve visited. I doubt it’s something she would have brought up with you.” Clarissa rolled her eyes as Savannah bristled. “If this is how you truly feel, she had every right to be wary about discussing it with you.”

“Do you believe I was upset when you had your children?”

“No, I never once suspected you were envious. And you never stayed away. If I could have made you godmother to them all, I would have.” Clarissa stilled as she studied Savannah in her misery. “There’s more to this. What is it, Sav?”

Savannah buried her face in her hands. “I’m losing Melly.”

Clarissa gasped and moved to sit next to her cousin, pulling her into her arms. Savannah cried on her shoulder. “You can’t be. You’re her mother.”

“She hates Jeremy and me. She thinks we took her out of pity and that we are pathetic because we can’t have our own child.” She stuttered out a sob. “Says she’s counting the days until she can leave us.”

“No!” Clarissa breathed. “That doesn’t sound like Melly. That sounds like …” Her eyes rounded. “Has she been spending time with Mrs. Smythe?”

Savannah rubbed a hand over her face. “I fear she has. She doesn’t come home directly after school, and, when she does, she’s filled with this defiant anger and half-baked truths.” She swallowed a sob, but a low keening sound still emerged. “I love her so much, and I don’t know how to reach her.”

Clarissa held Savannah as she cried, rubbing her back. “Perhaps you should grant her what she wants. She says she wants to leave you. Let her go.”

“I can’t!” Savannah wailed. “She’s not even seventeen yet.”

Clarissa gripped Savannah’s shoulder. “She won’t appreciate or understand what she has with you and Jeremy until she is away from it. Her mind’s been filled by that horrible woman, and somehow that spell must be broken.”

Savannah’s crying slowly abated as she thought through Clarissa’s plan. “It’s a terrible risk. She might decide never to return to us.” Another tear fell.

“I understand, but you’re all miserable now. You can’t continue like this, forcing her to remain here when she believes she’d rather be somewhere else.”

Savannah rose and wet a cloth, swiping at her face before pressing it to her eyes. She sighed with relief as it soothed her reddened, sore eyes.

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