Keeley was surprisingly comfy snuggled up with Aaron so she ended up falling asleep too. When she wakened it was about three within the morning and she or he was utterly trapped. She had rolled over within the night time so she was going through him and was pressed up towards his chest along with his arm slung over her and their legs tangled collectively.

She sighed. She was conscious now. Her coronary heart was racing uncomfortably from the closeness. They hadn’t slept like this in an extended, very long time.

Even after they had been married, this sort of easy intimacy stopped as soon as she misplaced the child. That they had solely been married for 2 years at that time. Their marriage died so early on and but it did not finish for an additional six and a half years.

It was nonetheless laborious to consider Aaron solely despatched her away as a result of he wished her to be secure. How lengthy had it taken him to come back to that conclusion? Her father had been killed two years earlier and he stated he was attempting to collect the data to show it wasn’t an accident…

Had he let her go as a result of he could not show it or as a result of his enemies had been making additional strikes towards him? Did he by no means contemplate adoption as a result of he did not wish to put one other harmless baby at risk?

So many assumptions Keeley had made again then had been mistaken. That did not change after she came upon the reality. She was so indignant about his selfishness that she did not take into consideration the explanations behind it.

Seeing how determined he was for her firm now…it should have been actually laborious for him to push her away. It was nonetheless an extremely silly factor to do however she tried to consider it from a distinct perspective.

Aaron was a month away from his twenty second birthday after they obtained married. He all the time appeared too grown up due to the way in which he was raised however that did not change the truth that he was younger. He naively thought that he may deal with no matter issues had been thrown at them so long as they obtained to remain collectively.

She gazed at his peaceable sleeping face. He was about this age when the entire ‘ectopic being pregnant’ factor occurred. Twenty-four. How may a twenty-four 12 months outdated have been anticipated to deal with one thing like that?

He made the mistaken name however he did the one factor he may consider on the time. Keeley had been blaming him an excessive amount of. If she was in his footwear again then…would she have had the braveness to inform him the reality both? She wasn’t positive.

Two children in love. If the world had been a less complicated place, that is all the 2 of them would have been.

It was unimaginable to return to that degree of candy innocence however…may this be mounted?  Aaron nonetheless liked her. Her coronary heart had been hardened a lot by what she had been via that she did not really feel the identical.

Her coronary heart did not race simply from taking a look at him. Being round him did not make her glad the way in which it did as soon as upon a time. At finest, she felt sorry for him.

She wished Aaron to search out his personal happiness however he insisted that he may solely be glad together with her. He was superb to her however appreciating that wasn’t the identical as being in love with him.

Keeley had a really clear image of what being in love with him was like because it had occurred earlier than. No matter she felt now wasn’t the identical factor.

Shifting in right here had been a mistake however it wasn’t like she had anyplace else to go till she had an actual job after commencement. This could solely harm them each ultimately.

He had appeared so glad this previous week. Even now he had a mushy, content material expression on his face as he slept. What was going to occur to him when she inevitably left? 

She leaned her brow towards his. ‘I am sorry I am unable to provide you with what you need, Aaron,’ she thought.

Staying right here actually wasn’t honest to him however she additionally knew he would put up a fuss if she tried to go away. He did not appear to care what was honest or not; he simply wished her round. It made her really feel worse.

Keeley lay trapped there, stewing in her ideas for about one other hour earlier than Aaron rolled over sufficient that she was in a position to free herself with out waking him. There was no manner she would be capable of return to sleep now.

She resigned herself to taking a pleasant lengthy bubble tub earlier than preparing for the day and heading over to her dad early. Sadly, she almost tripped over a cat on her approach to the lavatory—she could not inform which one at midnight—and that scared her a lot that she was much more keyed up than earlier than.

She flipped on the lavatory lights and used that to information her manner as she snuck again to her room for a towel and a few garments within the semi-darkness. The very last thing she wished to do was wake Aaron up. He wanted his sleep.

The sound of the bathtub working was soothing and Keeley felt all of her ideas circulate away with the water. Nothing mattered proper now. Not the demise anniversary, not her unsure future after commencement, and never her scenario with Aaron. Nothing in any respect.

Easing herself into the nice and cozy water, she closed her eyes and leaned her head again towards the seat. She had used an acceptable quantity of bubble tub this time so that they did not pile up excessive above her head.

The jets had been so stress-free that she did not come out till the water had gone chilly. She placed on a blue tee shirt with a large yellow smiley face on it and a few jean shorts earlier than wrapping her hair in its standard towel turban.

It was solely 5:03 AM. She ought to make some muffins or one thing whereas she waited for her hair to dry. She was fairly positive there have been blueberries within the fridge. Her dad liked blueberry muffins; hopefully they may assist cheer him up slightly.