Unveiling Ghosts by Jeannine Allison

Author:Jeannine Allison [Allison, Jeannine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Unveiling Series, Book Three
Publisher: Jeannine Allison
Published: 2017-03-01T18:30:00+00:00

SHE WAS STILL SILENT while she took in my words, but her body language spoke volumes. When she turned around, her watery eyes were focused on the ground and her hand rested on the center of her chest. My heart lurched as I watched her try to rub away the pain. God, this was worse than I imagined.

“Sherry, I didn’t—” I cut myself off as her gaze met mine; her eyes were pools of shimmering green that hit me like a fist to the face. The sight of her tears was ripping me in two. It was so easy to remember the times when I was wiping her tears instead of causing them. The burn of anger I felt when she cried, which was rare, was nothing compared to the bone-deep self-loathing I felt at being responsible. Tears sprung up in my eyes. I never could watch her cry without shedding a few myself.

“I saw your father two years ago.”

“You did?”

Sherry nodded, her arms now wrapped around her stomach. “He made similar implications about you…” She trailed off, sniffling. “So I understand why you thought you had to leave.” The words should have brought relief, but I couldn’t relax.

“But how could you not tell me?” Her voice couldn’t hide her heartbreak. “We should have talked about it. The decision wasn’t only yours to make.”

“I had to—”

“You had to?” she hiccupped. She stopped and held out her hands. “Do you have any idea the pain you put me through?” Stalking forward, she raised her hands, giving me enough time to deduce her intention, to stop her. I didn’t. I let her palms connect with my chest as she shoved me backward. There wasn’t a lot of force behind it, but my heel caught on a piece of uneven concrete, causing me to fall on my ass.

When I looked up, her mouth was parted in shock. The only other time she’d hit me was when we were fifteen and I first showed her this roof. And just like then, it killed me that she thought I could ever compare anything she did to my father. That wasn’t even close to the truth.

Her mouth opened further and I knew what was coming: an apology. And like hell would she be apologizing to me right now. I scrambled up and toward her before reaching out, my hands gently grabbing her cheeks and hauling her forward. My mouth was only a couple inches from her lips. Her eyes were wide and I felt the wobble of her legs.

Instinctively my gaze was drawn to her mouth. I remembered how soft those lips were… I knew what they tasted like, through tears and joy… I knew every inch of her beautiful mouth.

Don’t kiss her.

Don’t kiss her.

Don’t kiss her.

You don’t have that right anymore.

I didn’t know where she had been looking, but our eyes connected at the same time. “I’m sorry.” It was pathetic. People always talked about words being cheap, and maybe those two were the cheapest of all, but God, they were true.

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