There We'll Be (Together #3) by Alla Kar

Author:Alla Kar [Kar, Alla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: family relationships, contemporary romance, new adult, dating and sex
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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I didn’t have the heart to ask him. There was something so peaceful about the way he slept, his hair swept back from his forehead like a child’s. The man I once thought was the strongest man in the world looked so weak, it broke my heart.

Leaning back in the stiff chair, I dug the picture from the depths of my jeans pocket. Those green eyes had haunted my thoughts since I found the picture. I ran the pad of my finger over the worn edges and shook my head. I have no idea who this could be.

Aggravated, I shoved the picture back into my pocket and looked up to find Kathy standing at the door. “I didn’t know you were here,” she said, avoiding eye contact.

I rolled my eyes and ran my palm across my face. “Look Kathy, I’m sorry about the other day. I hate this place, ya know? And I always assume everyone is goin’ to tell everything they see or hear about me.”

She gave me a curt nod and fiddled with the hem of her scrub top. “It’s okay. I’m sorry about what I said about your momma.”

That had hurt worse than I had let on. There were many bad things to be called but being “like my mother” was the last one I ever wanted to hear. I’m nothing like her.

“It’s okay.” I grinned and stood up. “But I’ve got to get out of here. I don’t want to wake him today. For some reason I feel like he needs the rest.”

Kathy nodded, reached forward, and pulled me into a hug. “Let me know if you need anything or want to go—I don’t know—do something? I know how depressin’ this town can be.”

No kidding. I nodded and made my way out of the hospital. The picture burned a hole in my pocket on the way back to the house. And when I saw Momma’s vehicle in the driveway, I knew who I was going to ask about it.

I unlocked the front door, and stepped into the house where silence welcomed me. Mom was never a loud person. She never watched TV or listened to the radio. She seemed content being by herself. We were so different in that way. The silence drove me crazy.

My footsteps were light as I went toward her bedroom. I hadn’t been inside it since I’d been back or very much before I left. The light spilled out from underneath her bedroom door. I pressed my ear to the door and listened. My mother’s hushed voice was hurried on the other side.

“Probably in the next few days. I’m sorry. I’m sure she saw it. Yes, she saw it.”

Saw what? The truck? Who was she talking to and why were they hiding? Anger formed in my throat. She wasn’t doing this again, was she? Dad was dying. How could she?

Stepping forward, I pressed my ear closer and the floor creaked beneath my weight. “Wait. I think she’s home. Bye.”

I backed away and hurried into the kitchen, taking a seat at the bar.

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