Her face falls and her lovely blue eyes go glassy.

“You’re feeling responsible about that?” she whispers.

I flinch. We’ve by no means spoken about this. Jamie is the one one I’ve ever confided in. “Dad bought worse due to it.”

Her eyes slender and her lips twist right into a cussed snarl.

“Trevor, you take heed to me, and also you hear good. You prevented catastrophe. For those who had needed to take care of him right here, you couldn’t have run the farm.” She stabs her finger in my chest. “We’d have misplaced the farm, Trevor!”

“You don’t know that,” I say and discover it tough to satisfy her gaze.

Her voice softens. “You probably did what Dad would have wished you to do. Dad would have achieved the identical factor you probably did.”

My Adam’s apple is bobbing. “Perhaps.”

“Not possibly, it’s the reality. And if you happen to’re not in your automotive chasing after Jamie within the subsequent 5 minutes, I’ll kick your arse so unhealthy you’ll not be capable to sit for every week.”

“I…” I pull on the neck of my sweater, hoping to make it simpler to breathe. “I’ve the animals to are likely to.”

Julie crosses her arms over her chest. “I’m right here, I’ll do it.”

“I don’t know the place he lives.”

“We now have the handle on our tenting recordsdata.”

“I must drive by way of Belfast. Ouch!”

The kick up my bottom did harm.

18

The Good Cup of Tea

The teabag slowly tints the water. The milk swirls and mixes. The steam rises. I’ve learn that mindfulness is an effective method to maintain your head clear, and proper now, I’m giving my cup of tea all of the thoughts I’ve.

The residence is quiet, the TV off, the one sound is the visitors from the street. The occasional automotive lights flash in opposition to the ceiling. I left Adam at his mom’s with the promise to take him swimming tomorrow. I knew I wasn’t in the suitable way of thinking to take care of him tonight.

God, I’m lonely.

If I’m trustworthy, I’ve all the time been lonely, even again once I didn’t know I used to be. I stuffed the hole in my life with girlfriends that I doted over. How can I transfer on from Trevor? I see the picture of his unhappy eyes each time I shut mine.

I startle. There’s a knock on the door.

I don’t wish to see anybody proper now, however I plaster a smile on my face as I stroll as much as the door and open it.

My coronary heart stops beating.

It’s not a neighbour asking for sugar.

Glowing blue eyes maintain me captive. “Hello.”

Solely a stuttered breath leaves my mouth in reply. I curl my fingers into fists to cease myself from reaching out.

“Can… can I are available?”

I rush to the aspect, pulling the door absolutely open, determined to have him in my residence, as if he would disappear out within the hallway. His broad body brushes in opposition to mine within the slender area as he walks previous.

Trevor stops in the lounge, and my cheeks warmth in embarrassment of the small soulless area. It appears even smaller with Trevor’s large presence.

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