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. And then the reality ofit all came at her. It s reallyhappening, isn t it? Jenna askedexcitedly. We re really going? Yes, Jenna, and I think I mlooking forward to it as much asyou are.Promise me that you llkeep me updated on all of the goodstuff though. I promise.It was a playful warning comingfrom her best friend, not wantingJenna to skip out on the details.Sam was a true believer, and forthat Jenna was thankful.They wereon a countdown, especially now.Because of that, it seemed to bethe longest winter and spring thatshe could ever remember.The anticipation of going on hertrip and her enjoyment findinghappiness again were interruptedby Tyler s gradual distance.Sincehis last confession and theirconfrontation at Jayden s birthday,he seemed to avoid them.Unfortunately, it was Jayden whosuffered the most from it.He wasable to see him three weeks laterfor a few hours, and then threeweeks turned into a couple monthswithout a word.Jenna had given him enoughspace, and she wasn t sure what todo.Jayden s hurt eventually turnedinto anger, and then finally into anumbness, and then it was like hedidn t care anymore.All if it washard for her to witness, and thetime had come for a wakeup call.She tried her best to keep it alltogether, but Jayden s hurt, hurther.She was angry and couldn tcontain herself anymore.She wasmad, and it was time to let some ofit out.She showed up just as Tyler wasabout to finish work.Alex was onleave, being due in only a few shortweeks, and this was the only wayshe figured to get him alone. Did I come at a bad time? sheasked after letting herself inside hisoffice.Not waiting for him toanswer, she closed the door.To look at him, she guessed hewas having a bad day, but shedidn t care.Whether he wanted thisor not, she was confronting thissituation.Jayden deserved better. I was wondering how long itwas going to take for you to showup. He cleared his throat, lookinguncomfortable and then had thenerve to smile. This is not a game, shesnapped, narrowing her eyes athim. This is about our son and whyhe doesn t seem to matter all of asudden.His expression harden, and shecould instantly tell that she d hit anerve. He matters, he snappedback. Don t ever imply that hedoesn t.She laughed humorlessly. Thenplease enlighten me, why don tyou? You have seen him all of threetimes in the last four months, Tyler.How is that sufficient? She couldn tbelieve it, and impatiently awaitedan excuse that was legitimateenough to justify his absence.He slammed a book on his deskand leaned forward so that theywere almost touching, just staringat her in silence.She refused to break eye contactwith him.She wanted answers andhated that he made everythingabout him.She was leaving to goon her trip soon and hoped to getthis all resolved before she did. Tyler, I didn t come here tofight with you. Okay, well that washer initial intention, but once shewas actually face to face with him,she just couldn t.Despite it all, shestill had strong feelings for him andprobably always would.Damn, thatrealization sucked, and she almostwinced thinking about it.Tyler hadhurt her badly, but this was aboutJayden.She forced herself to stayfocused. Then why did you come? heasked, looking down at her mouthand back up to her eyes before shetook a step away from him. I came to see what s going onwith you.I came because I wantedto know if you were okay and mostimportantly, I came hoping that Icould salvage the relationship thatyou have with our son.She exhaled loudly as if she dbeen holding her breath.Man, shethought she might lose it a secondago and was pretty sure that if shehadn t taken a step backward, Tylerwould have kissed her.Thennothing would have beenaccomplished.It would have beenbad, really, really bad.He laughed suddenly,hysterically, making Jenna smile.Raking his fingers through his thickhead of hair, he finally said,  I msorry Jenna.It s just been work,hectic and as crazy as ever.Alex isdriving me nuts.She complains allthe time.We ve been getting readyfor the baby and all of that funstuff. He paused for a secondbefore continuing. And I ve beenselfish, which is not a good enoughexcuse at all.Last time we madeeverything so final, and I hadn tbelieved until then that you werenever going to take me back.Sincethen it s been hard for me to bearound you.Hearing about the baby stillhurt, but to hear that it was hardfor him to be around her wassomething else all together.Shewas shocked. So avoiding our sonwas because you were trying toavoid me? She had to be sure thatshe understood this idiocy properly. Because if that is the case, thenyou re definitely right, but I couldalso think of a few other words tocall you besides selfish.Her temper was about to get thebest of her.He smiled again puttingmore fuel on the already ignitedflame inside of her. I m sure you could, he teased.Typical Tyler, trying to makeeverything out to be a joke. You renot funny, Tyler, and if you knowwhat s good for you  she snappedwith her hands rolled into fists ather sides, but he interrupted. It s over.I get it now, but Idon t have to like it.She could feel another argumentcoming on and sighed heavily,really tired of it all. But you re also right, hecontinued. My actions have beeninexcusable, and I promise to makesome more time for him.Maybeone day we could work on you and Ibeing friends again. I think I d like that, she saidand decided that now was a goodtime to make her exit before hepushed her buttons again. He ll bearound for another couple of weeksso now is as good a time as any tospend time with him.Then he ll beat my parents for his annualvacation with his Poppa. Shesmiled with her hand on the door,hoping that he d spend more timewith Jayden [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]