Page 72 of Forever Dark
“There were roadworks.I ended up at Dad’s instead.”
“Jessie’ll take that personally if she hears about it.”He let out a chuckle.
“She takes most things personally.At least, she used to.”
That stung a little.He couldn’t help but feel protective of Jessie.She’d been through hell.But Selena clearly didn’t know that.“That’s because most things around here are personal.”
Selena let out a short breath that might have been a laugh.“So it seems.”
Connor let that sit a second, then said, “You still planning to see her?”
“I don’t know.”
That sounded more honest than he had expected.
“She ask you to come by?”
“No.”
“I thought she might have.She knows you’re here.If she didn’t ask, then why were you going?”
Selena shifted in the seat.“Because I was in town.Because I kept thinking about it.Because after a while not seeing someone starts to look deliberate when you’re so close.”
“It usuallyisdeliberate.”
She gave him a look.“You always did enjoy saying things like that.”
“You always got irritated when I said them.”
“That’s because you sounded so pleased with yourself.”
Connor smiled despite himself.“Sometimes I was.”
A trace of old rhythm moved through the car at that.Not comfort, not yet, but something close enough to remember.
Selena looked back through the windshield.“You know things didn’t go well between me and Jessie when I left.”
“I know.”
“No, I mean we properly fell out.I’m sure she’s told you.”
Connor waited.
“She thought I handled the divorce badly,” Selena said.
“You did.”
Her head turned sharply.“Excuse me?”
“You said it like you wanted an answer.”
“I wasn’t asking.”He could see her shift back into defensive mode by the way her body seemed more rigid now.
“You two are more alike than you care to admit,” Connor said.He didn’t want an argument.Not about this.It was important to him that Jessie and Selena reconnect.It might help both of them.
She stared at him, then looked away again.“Jessie had opinions about everything back then.”
Connor sighed.“She still does.And so did you.”
