Page 18 of Never and Always
Nick was surprised to hear that. Very surprised, because he didn’t know she felt thatway.
“Babe, I don’t think your family is likethat.”
“Yes, they do. You weren’t here to see it,” she pointed out. “My parents forced me to go to college and study law like Glenn, and I dropped out after the first semester. Then they tried to get me to go back and change courses to economics. That was even worse. Come on, can you imagine me doing either of those? I never finished college and that made them crazy. My dad was furious when I used my trust fund to pay for beauty school and set up my business, but that was what I wanted to do. Finally I knew what I wanted, and now look atme.”
Nick kept his focus on her as she poured out her feelings. “I’m going to look into it all for you guys,” he told her. “I don’t know what I can do, but we’ll see. Don’t worry about your family and what they think. And don’t worry about your business, either. What’s happened is in the past, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t rebuild and start afresh. You just have to get through this part first.Okay?”
“Okay.” She nodded slowly, accepting, but then worry filled her face again. “Nick…um.”
“What,babe?”
“I’m worried about something else. In fact, I’m terrified about it.” Her eyes widened and she brought her hands up to hercheeks.
“Tellme.”
“It’s reallybad.”
From the look of her, he got the feeling that things were about to get a lotworse.
