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. No, she isn t, but this isn t about me. Well, let s make it about you.What s going on? Looks like there wastrouble in Whoville when I came in. Nothing, he grumbled, slouching back in the couch. She seemed really nice, and her daughter looks like a doll. They re both great. But& www.samhainpublishing.com 144 Lena Matthews You know my rule. You re not still working with that jacked up rule, are you? You more than anyone should know it s there for a reason. What reason, Chris? Don t you start, Tay. Look, I m not afraid of your black ass, so try that bull with someonewho gives a damn. I don t want to talk about this. And I don t care. Sighing, she leaned forward and placed her handon his arm. Chris, you ve been alone and unhappy for so long.I couldtell in your tone last night, and by the way you were acting today, thatyou care for her. I can t risk them. Risk them to what. To me, damn it. Octavia threw back her head and laughed.Looking up, she giggledeven more at the look of annoyance on his face. I ve never met a lessdangerous man in my life. You don t know what you re talking about. If there s someone more knowledgeable on the subject of you, I d liketo meet them. Maybe you don t remember what it was like growing up there Tay,but I do. Of course I remember, Chris, her voice lowered sympathetically. Then you might remember what they were like.What the fists feltlike, the way their voices could make the hair on your arm stand up. Getting off the couch, Chris walked over to the window in his office andlooked out.www.samhainpublishing.com Three Nights 145The setting sun seemed like an abstract painting on the horizon.Colors littered the sky like a spilt bottle of paint, but the only thing Chriscould see was the images of fists flying.His body shook with theflashback of his childhood.Chris gripped the table in front of him,steadying himself under the onslaught of pictures rumbling through hismind. I couldn t live with myself if I hurt them, he said quietly, his voiceshaking with pain. She didn t seem so happy a few minutes ago. You know what I mean, Tay. I do. Standing, she followed him to the other side. But, Chris, ifanybody knows how not like them you are, it s me. But& Chris, you have to move past it.You re no more like our father thanI m like our mother. Laying her hand softly on his arm, Octavia lookeddeep in his eyes. If you cut yourself off from the rest of the world, you llnever heal.They ll win, Chris, and we can t let them.Forgive them andmove on, or you ll never be happy. Snorting he said, You make it sound so easy. It is. Tugging on his arm until he looked down at her, Octavia said, Forgive them. Never. You have to. Why? Because look at you.You re a successful beautiful man, who livesalone.You never let people in.I m really surprised you and Dylan are stillfriends, to tell you the truth. He wouldn t go away, Chris joked, trying to lighten the mood, butOctavia was having none of that.www.samhainpublishing.com 146 Lena Matthews And neither will I, and from the looks of Eliza, neither will she. Yeah right, that s why she tried to give me her resignation. Give her a reason to stay. I can t think of any, he said sadly. Really? I can think of one. What? You love her. Chris didn t say anything, just looked back out the window.Octavia sighed and laid her head on his shoulder. You do, don tyou? Yes, Can you imagine not being with her? Not being with Jocelyn? I can, because it s best for them. How can it best for them to not be with you? All that shit we went through, Tay, it s handed down like a tackytablecloth.All wrapped up like some nasty family heirloom, waiting forme to dish out to them.No matter what Pops taught me, or how goodthey treated us, I m still Christopher Davis s son.I see that son of a bitchevery time I look in the mirror.I feel him in me when I get pissed off,when I see a bottle of Jack, when I smell cheap cologne.I see him waitingto come out.And I won t give that little girl nightmares like you used tohave for years. And who woke up and sat with me when I did? Tears filled her eyes,making them shine like new pennies. Who taught me how to tie myshoe, how to ride a bike, and much to Mama s dismay, about the birdsand the bees? You did, Chris. Chuckling through the tears clogging his throat, Chris rememberedthat very matter of fact conversation he had with a ten-year-old Octavia,who was worried she would never have breasts.He could still rememberwww.samhainpublishing.com Three Nights 147the look of horror on their foster mother s face when she walked in onhim telling Octavia all the things he had learned from the boys in thebathroom. That s probably not a very good example, brat. You were the one good thing before Pop and Mama that I had in mylife.You were my world, still are.You took care of me when I was sick,made me laugh when I was sad and encouraged me all my life. Withtears streaming down her face, Octavia looked up at him and saidshakily, Jocelyn will be lucky to have you as a father, Chris, I know Iwas. Chris pulled her into his arms and held her as they cried.f& e& c& `&Walking into the restaurant, Chris held the door as Tay sauntered in.They made a striking couple, both stunning and dynamic.Theirconversation at his office had left them both emotionally and physicallydrained, and in dire need of food [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. No, she isn t, but this isn t about me. Well, let s make it about you.What s going on? Looks like there wastrouble in Whoville when I came in. Nothing, he grumbled, slouching back in the couch. She seemed really nice, and her daughter looks like a doll. They re both great. But& www.samhainpublishing.com 144 Lena Matthews You know my rule. You re not still working with that jacked up rule, are you? You more than anyone should know it s there for a reason. What reason, Chris? Don t you start, Tay. Look, I m not afraid of your black ass, so try that bull with someonewho gives a damn. I don t want to talk about this. And I don t care. Sighing, she leaned forward and placed her handon his arm. Chris, you ve been alone and unhappy for so long.I couldtell in your tone last night, and by the way you were acting today, thatyou care for her. I can t risk them. Risk them to what. To me, damn it. Octavia threw back her head and laughed.Looking up, she giggledeven more at the look of annoyance on his face. I ve never met a lessdangerous man in my life. You don t know what you re talking about. If there s someone more knowledgeable on the subject of you, I d liketo meet them. Maybe you don t remember what it was like growing up there Tay,but I do. Of course I remember, Chris, her voice lowered sympathetically. Then you might remember what they were like.What the fists feltlike, the way their voices could make the hair on your arm stand up. Getting off the couch, Chris walked over to the window in his office andlooked out.www.samhainpublishing.com Three Nights 145The setting sun seemed like an abstract painting on the horizon.Colors littered the sky like a spilt bottle of paint, but the only thing Chriscould see was the images of fists flying.His body shook with theflashback of his childhood.Chris gripped the table in front of him,steadying himself under the onslaught of pictures rumbling through hismind. I couldn t live with myself if I hurt them, he said quietly, his voiceshaking with pain. She didn t seem so happy a few minutes ago. You know what I mean, Tay. I do. Standing, she followed him to the other side. But, Chris, ifanybody knows how not like them you are, it s me. But& Chris, you have to move past it.You re no more like our father thanI m like our mother. Laying her hand softly on his arm, Octavia lookeddeep in his eyes. If you cut yourself off from the rest of the world, you llnever heal.They ll win, Chris, and we can t let them.Forgive them andmove on, or you ll never be happy. Snorting he said, You make it sound so easy. It is. Tugging on his arm until he looked down at her, Octavia said, Forgive them. Never. You have to. Why? Because look at you.You re a successful beautiful man, who livesalone.You never let people in.I m really surprised you and Dylan are stillfriends, to tell you the truth. He wouldn t go away, Chris joked, trying to lighten the mood, butOctavia was having none of that.www.samhainpublishing.com 146 Lena Matthews And neither will I, and from the looks of Eliza, neither will she. Yeah right, that s why she tried to give me her resignation. Give her a reason to stay. I can t think of any, he said sadly. Really? I can think of one. What? You love her. Chris didn t say anything, just looked back out the window.Octavia sighed and laid her head on his shoulder. You do, don tyou? Yes, Can you imagine not being with her? Not being with Jocelyn? I can, because it s best for them. How can it best for them to not be with you? All that shit we went through, Tay, it s handed down like a tackytablecloth.All wrapped up like some nasty family heirloom, waiting forme to dish out to them.No matter what Pops taught me, or how goodthey treated us, I m still Christopher Davis s son.I see that son of a bitchevery time I look in the mirror.I feel him in me when I get pissed off,when I see a bottle of Jack, when I smell cheap cologne.I see him waitingto come out.And I won t give that little girl nightmares like you used tohave for years. And who woke up and sat with me when I did? Tears filled her eyes,making them shine like new pennies. Who taught me how to tie myshoe, how to ride a bike, and much to Mama s dismay, about the birdsand the bees? You did, Chris. Chuckling through the tears clogging his throat, Chris rememberedthat very matter of fact conversation he had with a ten-year-old Octavia,who was worried she would never have breasts.He could still rememberwww.samhainpublishing.com Three Nights 147the look of horror on their foster mother s face when she walked in onhim telling Octavia all the things he had learned from the boys in thebathroom. That s probably not a very good example, brat. You were the one good thing before Pop and Mama that I had in mylife.You were my world, still are.You took care of me when I was sick,made me laugh when I was sad and encouraged me all my life. Withtears streaming down her face, Octavia looked up at him and saidshakily, Jocelyn will be lucky to have you as a father, Chris, I know Iwas. Chris pulled her into his arms and held her as they cried.f& e& c& `&Walking into the restaurant, Chris held the door as Tay sauntered in.They made a striking couple, both stunning and dynamic.Theirconversation at his office had left them both emotionally and physicallydrained, and in dire need of food [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]