The Only Things You Can Take (Wildflower Romance #2) by Stacy Claflin

Author:Stacy Claflin [Claflin, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

Sutton

I stifle a yawn as I pull my car into the Jones’s driveway. It has been three days since Kady’s sudden-onset headache, and I’m only now starting to relax. I’m back to classes, and I’ve had to force myself to focus. She bounced back the next day, jumping around and practicing her ballet routines. But I can’t. I’ve been having nightmares about Kade again.

Self-condemnation crushes me from all sides when I wake. I’m happily engaged to Anchor, thrilled about starting our life together. But that doesn’t stop me from having the nightmares reliving the horror of losing Kade. I feel guilty for missing him when I love Anchor, and guilty for being happy with Anchor when Kade will never get to experience anything ever again. No love, no joy, nothing.

I cut the engine and take a deep breath. My courses are already brutal, giving me hours of homework for each class. I glance at Anchor’s car, a little joy filling my heart at the thought of seeing him and Kady. With the schedule reverting back to classes, I’m back to hardly seeing anyone. I don’t know how Anchor does it while also working full-time.

My eyes start to close, but I fight them and get out of the car. I’ll just have to resist the urge to study late and get to sleep at a reasonable hour. If I can get a decent night’s sleep without nightmares or waking several times, everything will be better. That’s what really makes it hard for me to stay awake during the day.

I force myself out of the car and trudge to the front door, each step growing heavier than the last. I hate this so much. Kady needs me to be awake, happy, and strong. Right now, I’m none of those things. Even if I had a jumbo-sized coffee, it wouldn’t help. I tried earlier.

Before I ring the doorbell, the front door flings open.

“Mommy!” Kady grins and throws herself against me.

I pick her up and hug her. “That’s quite the greeting. Thank you!”

“I missed you.” She nestles her face at the base of my neck.

“And I definitely missed you.” I want to add that I’m glad she’s feeling better, but I don’t want to bring up the headache again. She hasn’t mentioned any more of them, and if she’s half as traumatized as I am, I don’t want to remind her. “What did you do today?”

“Uncle Lincoln took me to the park then out for ice cream!”

“Wow, I need to get myself an Uncle Lincoln.”

Kady giggles. “Can we stay for dinner? Nana’s making fish and chips with homemade sauce. I got to help with the sauce!”

“You did? I need to try that sauce.”

“So, we can stay?”

I nod. “I’ll just have to send Grandma a text to let her know we won’t be eating at home.”

“Yay!” She squirms out of my hold and runs inside. I dig out my phone and text my mom as I walk inside.

As I pass the kitchen, Greer waves at me.

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