Long Way Home (2014)
“Even now his hands shook and the idea of a baby, a crying little scrap of a thing who needed him, refused to settle in his brain. He tried to picture it, to see Grace holding it . . . thinking of the baby as something other than an “it” would be nice, but he couldn’t get there.
She’d run off for an early dinner with Leah, as planned, and he still sat on the back porch. He’d heard Declan and Leah talking and watched Grace go. A truck drove up and Tom got out. Callen didn’t even know how many... people were in the house right now. It took all of his energy to just breathe. To sit there and stay calm and keep sipping on that water.
The door banged shut and heavy footsteps thudded on the porch.
With a groan that sounded far older than his thirty years, Declan sat down next to Callen. “You okay?”
“No.” He was amazed he got that word out.
Declan chuckled as he reached over and handed Callen a second water bottle.MoreLess
She’d run off for an early dinner with Leah, as planned, and he still sat on the back porch. He’d heard Declan and Leah talking and watched Grace go. A truck drove up and Tom got out. Callen didn’t even know how many... people were in the house right now. It took all of his energy to just breathe. To sit there and stay calm and keep sipping on that water.
The door banged shut and heavy footsteps thudded on the porch.
With a groan that sounded far older than his thirty years, Declan sat down next to Callen. “You okay?”
“No.” He was amazed he got that word out.
Declan chuckled as he reached over and handed Callen a second water bottle.MoreLess
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