Chapter Twenty-One
She had survived five days post Sean, and now she was moving into a small apartment closer to her work in neighboring Sequim. Of course Diane and Zac had protested, but she’d plastered on a smile, curving her lip and saying in a matter-of-fact way that no, she was done. She was moving out and on with her life. She had to, after that heart-wrenching night when she’d left Sean even after he’d pleaded for her to stay. She’d packed a bag, unable to stop the tears.
Maybe Sean had understood that no amount of pleading or begging was going to get through to her. The fact was that she loved him so deeply, and she knew he knew it, but her fear of him had finally gotten through.
He had slipped out of the bedroom, gone downstairs, and picked up the phone. He’d become calm, a voi
