Close to Home (2014)
““You had no right to leave me in the dark,” he ground out, still struggling to process. He knew what it meant to raise a child, to have your life turned inside out for this little person, to love unconditionally. And then to lose the very object of your love and adoration.
His words seemed to snap her out of her frozen state. “I never told you because I didn’t want to tie you down, to force you into doing something you didn’t want out of some ridiculous sense of duty.” She held up one hand, almost in surrender. Almost. “I should have told you and Jade long ago. I should have. I’m sorry I didn’t. She just found out half an hour ago.”
His gaze traveled to the seventeen-year-old huddled by the fire. Jade looked scared to death, and his heart twisted. “I didn’t know,” he told her, even though it was patently obvious.
She nodded jerkily, fighting emotion.
“I have no excuse,” Sarah said in a nearly inaudible voice. “I thought it was the right decision at the time.”
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