Mended Hearts (2011)
“If she had to embrace this task, she’d take the helm and do it alone. The idea of dealing with a power-hungry ladder climber like Jeff Brennan touched too many old chords. Her teaching success. Brian’s drive and goal-setting passions. The perfect couple when all was well.
No, being around Jeff nudged too many insecurities to the surface. She was better, she knew that.
But still scared. And scarred. Emotionally, if not physically.
The doorbell rang.
Hannah headed to the front entry, surprised. S...he stopped as her heart shifted somewhere closer to her gut.
Jeff stood framed in the glass, a to-go sack in his hand, his expression sincere, almost as if he was truly sorry for setting her off when he’d done nothing wrong except evoke bad memories.
Self-recriminations assaulted her from within. She opened the door, and sighed, letting the door’s edge offer support. “I shouldn’t have walked out on you like that.”
“Why did you?”
Hannah refused to open that box, although lately the cover seemed determined to inch off on its own, a concept that both worried and strengthened her.MoreLess
No, being around Jeff nudged too many insecurities to the surface. She was better, she knew that.
But still scared. And scarred. Emotionally, if not physically.
The doorbell rang.
Hannah headed to the front entry, surprised. S...he stopped as her heart shifted somewhere closer to her gut.
Jeff stood framed in the glass, a to-go sack in his hand, his expression sincere, almost as if he was truly sorry for setting her off when he’d done nothing wrong except evoke bad memories.
Self-recriminations assaulted her from within. She opened the door, and sighed, letting the door’s edge offer support. “I shouldn’t have walked out on you like that.”
“Why did you?”
Hannah refused to open that box, although lately the cover seemed determined to inch off on its own, a concept that both worried and strengthened her.MoreLess
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