His tone low, he
spoke calmly, with the supportive look in his eyes she’d come to crave. “What’s
going on, Laura? Why are you talking about leaving again?”
Laura turned and
faced him and let loose all the fear that welled up inside her, that ate at
her, that brought self-doubt when she wanted to be strong, made her prepare to run
when she wanted with all her heart to be able to stay.
“What am I doing? You
want to know what I’m doing? I’m not getting my hopes up, that’s what I’m
doing, Cade. I’m being realistic instead of living in some fantasy where I get
to stay on a ranch where I feel safe, with people who care about me. With
plenty of food and no one that wants to hit me.” Laura’s fists balled at her
sides, her nails digging into flesh as she struggled to contain her emotions.
“Where I don’t have to worry about money or how to take care of my baby. Where
I have love and support and....”
She shook her head as
her eyes and nose burned with the tears that were going to come no matter how
hard she tried to fend them off. “I can’t do it, Cade. I won’t hope for this. I
won’t let myself think I can have this, because it’s going to hurt like hell
when I lose it.” Laura wrapped her arms around herself and ignored the tears
she knew fell on her cheeks.
Cade just watched and
waited though she was in the middle of a meltdown, in the middle of making a
fool of herself. She hated losing it in front of him. Laura swiped angrily at
the tears and turned toward the counter.
There must be some
other chore she could do, something to focus on other than the man in front of
her who had never had to wonder when the earth would fall out from under his
feet.
Cade wouldn’t let her
turn away though. He slowly reached a hand out and touched her with just one
finger under her chin, gently pulling her eyes back to his.
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