“I didn’t want this to happen. I
didn’t want you to have to go through this with me. I’m sorry,” he said, her
sobs growing louder, she pushed her face into his neck crying harder. She held
onto him.
“And I don’t want you to go through
this without me. I wouldn’t want you to be alone at a time like this.”
And another teaser
He stood, studying the first
picture. It was Maven wearing one of those outrageously large white hats, in a
navy blue and white polka dot bikini, one hand holding the hat down, the other
on her slim hip. The wind swept her hair behind her making it look as if it was
trying to flee. Her perfectly straight and sparkling white teeth on display for
the world to see, she really was stunning he admitted to himself, all the years
his family had stayed in Portwood he wondered how he never noticed until his
cousin did. He understood why Henri cared. He could see it in every photograph
with her in it. She had something special, she oozed something wonderful.
