The Winter Lodge
“Rourke had been on the verge of telling her something and if she’d let him, maybe everything would have turned out differently. If she lived to be a hundred, Jenny would never forget the look in Rourke’s eyes that day. They’d turned flinty and hard, flash-frozen by her words. Joey asked me to marry him.
One moment, she thought. One moment, she’d let her true feelings waver. One moment of doubt, and she’d opened the door for Joey. One moment, and she’d made a mess of three lives.
“Don’t you dare... say ‘I told you so,’” she warned Rourke. She wondered if the memories showed on her face.
“It seems I don’t need to,” he said, though there was no satisfaction in his voice.
She stood there like an idiot. Was she supposed to hug him? Give him a kiss on the cheek? What did he expect? “I didn’t know you’d be here,” she finally said.
He took her heavier bag and headed for the exit. No hug. Not even a “hey.” A smile was too much to hope for. As for that goodbye kiss, she might have imagined it.MoreLess
One moment, she thought. One moment, she’d let her true feelings waver. One moment of doubt, and she’d opened the door for Joey. One moment, and she’d made a mess of three lives.
“Don’t you dare... say ‘I told you so,’” she warned Rourke. She wondered if the memories showed on her face.
“It seems I don’t need to,” he said, though there was no satisfaction in his voice.
She stood there like an idiot. Was she supposed to hug him? Give him a kiss on the cheek? What did he expect? “I didn’t know you’d be here,” she finally said.
He took her heavier bag and headed for the exit. No hug. Not even a “hey.” A smile was too much to hope for. As for that goodbye kiss, she might have imagined it.MoreLess
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