Star Kissed (In the Darkness Book 2) by Sophie Stern

Author:Sophie Stern [Stern, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Blake

Sarah is silent as we walk down the narrow hallway.

“It was pretty big of you to care for Lizzie,” I comment as we make our way to her housing unit.

“It’s my job, Blake. Don’t read too much into it. I care for all of my patients in the exact same way.”

“And that’s one of the things I love about you,” I say. She sighs loudly, but doesn’t say another word until we get to her room. The door slides shut behind us, and she instantly turns to me.

“Okay, what do you want?”

Now it’s my turn to be surprised.

Sarah has never yelled at me. Ever. She’s never so much as raised her voice. No, when Sarah talks to me, it’s with gentleness and kindness and compassion. This is a side of her I’ve never gotten to experience before.

I don’t say anything right away, but that doesn’t seem to bother Sarah because she keeps right on talking.

“I kissed you, Blake. I threw myself at you completely and entirely. It took me years to get the courage to tell you how I felt, and you threw me aside like I didn’t matter. And then you left!” She yells, and I realize she’s been waiting a long time to say all of this to me.

She’s been bottling it up, and it’s finally all coming out.

“You didn’t even say goodbye, Blake.”

Now the tears are streaming down her cheeks, and Sarah looks at me like she’s broken.

She looks at me like I’ve broken her, and I’m filled with the urge to wrap my arms around her, to kiss her, to hold her until she’s not scared or sad or in pain anymore.

“I know,” I tell her, but she’s not done.

“I thought that when you came back, we’d be able to talk,” she says. “I thought we’d talk and we’d work through things like friends because surely, despite any awkwardness, we’d still be friends, but then you came back with someone else, Blake. You came back and tossed me aside like I didn’t even matter to you.”

I drop to my knees, and Sarah closes her mouth.

“I was so wrong, Sarah,” I tell her. “And I’m on my knees now to beg for your forgiveness.”

“Blake, get up,” she says, shaking her head. She’s still crying.

“Sarah, I was wrong. I was scared and I behaved like a real jerk. The truth is that I love you, too, Sarah. I’ve loved you for a very long time and when you kissed me, I realized I had to make a choice. We couldn’t keep going on as friends, Sarah, but I was scared that I wasn’t good enough for you.”

“What do you mean? What do you mean, Blake? How could you possibly not be good enough for me?”

“Because of my past,” I say slowly.

“The thing with your brothers?”

“Well, yeah. You deserve better than a former convict, Sarah.”

“I think I know what I deserve, Blake, and I think you need to stop fucking selling yourself short. I know you didn’t kill anyone.

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