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Freb
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Date Posted: 04/ 9/11 10:45:21pm
In reply to:
Shania
's message, "^I'm Gonna Get Ya Good^" on 04/ 9/11 3:55:38am
He had gone through a lot in life--hell, he'd even experienced death. He had thought that was enough to prepare him for just about anything...but nothing could have prepared him for the rocking blow she delivered. He hadn't honestly thought she would do it...in fact, he had still been so stunned by the sight of her that he'd never even had an inclination that it was coming.
His hand went immediately to his chin, feeling for the warmth of blood. He didn't feel any, thankfully, but his jaw was rapidly drumming with the aftershock of pain. His dark eyes instantly narrowed as anger flared.
"Cool it!" His growl was as sharp as his gaze. Every muscle in his body had balled in tension, and he standing there with her under the wavering neon lights, he honestly felt as if he would turn and head for his Jeep, washing this town of his heart once and for all.
Then her words hit their mark, and the darkness of his gaze resided some. It seemed the fight had gone completely out of him. He'd deserved to get socked for leaving her, that was the truth. And he hadn't known the Feds had caused her trouble...if he had, he would have taken her away, despite what Tumbler wanted. He'd have found a way to make it work, because he knew as well as anyone that being under radar was truly no life to live.
Her last sentence resolved his stony exterior completely. He watched the fury dancing red-hot across her features, but he could see that it danced with pain as well. She may be tough as nails...but he had really done a number on her. Apparently she'd cared for him more than he'd known. He'd loved her, desperately loved her. But he'd had no idea she'd loved him in quite that same way.
"I never wanted to leave you. I never would have, if I thought it would hurt you that bad. I thought it would be the way to keep the trouble out of your life. You had dreams! I didn't want them to get burned when the heat came in." Apparently, it hadn't worked. "I came back because it's safe now. Not because I was ordered. You have to know I loved you...goddamnit I loved you more than anything. You were my life!" He supposed she still was...he'd gone all over the world trying to erase the memories...to release the hold she had always had on him. Another miserable failure.
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