A Home for Christmas (2015)
“He couldn’t tell what she meant by the gesture, but surely she didn’t know how it touched the very depths of his heart, reaching past the defenses he’d erected right to the core of his hurts and failures. Why hadn’t he seen what Tomasina needed? Why hadn’t he been enough for her?
His face grew wooden. His chest muscles tightened. He’d never before admitted how it hurt to not be enough. Was he not worth as much to her as a child would have been?
At the thought he felt the hurt and anger ...build in him.
Just as it had in Joey.
Wade scrubbed his lips together and tried to think how he could make Joey see it wasn’t the boy’s fault that his uncle couldn’t give him what he needed. It was Wade’s inadequacies that were to blame.
But Joey had shifted his attention to Missy and her question.
For the first time since they’d returned to the house, Joey showed something besides anger.MoreLess
His face grew wooden. His chest muscles tightened. He’d never before admitted how it hurt to not be enough. Was he not worth as much to her as a child would have been?
At the thought he felt the hurt and anger ...build in him.
Just as it had in Joey.
Wade scrubbed his lips together and tried to think how he could make Joey see it wasn’t the boy’s fault that his uncle couldn’t give him what he needed. It was Wade’s inadequacies that were to blame.
But Joey had shifted his attention to Missy and her question.
For the first time since they’d returned to the house, Joey showed something besides anger.MoreLess
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