Page 46 of Our Sweet Destiny
What is going on?“Yeah, I can’t really do that. It’s not a big deal. Thanks anyway.”
Jade hurried out the front door and into her car, where she rested her forehead on the steering wheel and closed her eyes, wishing she could talk to Rex. She hated the situation they were in, and as she drove home, that hatred grew. It was her own stupid fault. What kind of educated woman runs home to Daddy when there’s an issue? She could have relocated anywhere in the world. Why did she have to come back to the one place where she’d fall in love with the one man she knew she could never really be with—at least not publicly? Maybe she needed to take this horse by the reins and find another place to live—another state altogether. Someplace where her heart wouldn’t break every time she thought of seeing Rex. Someplace where everyone didn’t know everyone else’s business. Someplace where she could stay up all night with a man and not feel guilty. The real problem was, the only man she wanted—she’d ever want—was Rex.
She stormed into the house and stomped up the stairs to her childhood bedroom, slamming the door behind her. She paced the small space as tears welled in her eyes. Jade fell across her bed and buried her face in her pillow, crying, much like she had when Rex had punched Steve when they were kids.I’m such a loser!
“Darlin’? Is something wrong?” her father asked from behind the closed door.
She bit back the urge to scream,Go away! This is all your fault! If you were amaninstead of achildnone of this would be happening! Instead she said, “I’m fine. Just tired. I’ll be down later.”After you’re asleep and I don’t have to see your face.
“Was everything okay with your girlfriends?” he asked.
She sighed. He was so good to her that it made it hard for her to capture the spears of anger and keep them alive.
