Ritual Sins
“He’d underestimated her. Her dislike of men and sex went a lot deeper than the game he was playing with her.
Stella had said something about it, but Stella’s take on the world had been a grand drama where everything revolved around her. She blamed Rachel’s lies for the failure of her third marriage. She hadn’t been able to come up with a scapegoat for marriages one, two, four, and five, but if pushed she probably could have blamed them on her daughter as well.
Luke looked down at Rachel, moment...arily abstracted. She was miserable, a woman who never cried. She needed years of therapy, she needed a mother’s caring, she needed a tender, patient lover who’d let her evolve at her own pace, learning to trust her body and his.
Tough luck that she ended up with him.
“I’ll give you a ride back to town,” he said abruptly.
“Why?” At least she had the sense not to trust him. Beneath all that pain and rage she was still damned smart.
He managed a convincing shrug. “Maybe I feel guilty.”MoreLess
Stella had said something about it, but Stella’s take on the world had been a grand drama where everything revolved around her. She blamed Rachel’s lies for the failure of her third marriage. She hadn’t been able to come up with a scapegoat for marriages one, two, four, and five, but if pushed she probably could have blamed them on her daughter as well.
Luke looked down at Rachel, moment...arily abstracted. She was miserable, a woman who never cried. She needed years of therapy, she needed a mother’s caring, she needed a tender, patient lover who’d let her evolve at her own pace, learning to trust her body and his.
Tough luck that she ended up with him.
“I’ll give you a ride back to town,” he said abruptly.
“Why?” At least she had the sense not to trust him. Beneath all that pain and rage she was still damned smart.
He managed a convincing shrug. “Maybe I feel guilty.”MoreLess
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