Chapter Twenty-six
The ringing cut through her buffeting thoughts. She’d thought it would be hard to return, but that was nothing compared to laying her heart on the line, then letting it be flayed alive.
She knew she’d never have a chance with James. Maybe, while they were stuck in a storm and protected from the world in this house. But not a real chance. Never that. It was one thing intellectualising it, another to come up front and personal with it.
She'd given it her all and come up short. Again. How could she possibly have thought it would be any different this time?
Because you gave your heart.
She should have known her heart was worthless.
She glanced at the number. David’s return call. How she wanted to let it go, but she knew there’d be repercussions if she didn’t answer. Sw
