Chapter 17I wasn't completely certain as to how I managed it, but I retained my composure. Through the rest of dinner, helping with the dishes, drinking coffee with the Sheppard's and finally escaping to the bedroom – the whole time, my equanimity remained firmly in place.
The whole time, I wondered who Caleb was seeing tonight and if he intended on sleeping with her. Was he doing this to punish me? Jealousy and hurt raged in my soul, along with a thousand questions, for which I had no answers. Did he want to hurt me? Did this mean he'd given up? Was he angry because I'd refused to kiss him?
The Sheppard's treated me with the utmost diplomacy throughout the evening. I wasn't certain how much they knew about the burgeoning relationship between Caleb and me, but they carefully skirted arou
