The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground.
Fighting, laughing, loving or crying, if it was with him, I was where I wanted to be.
Travis grabbed my wrists and wrapped them around his middle. “There’s nothing to hold on to but me, Pidge. Don’t let go,” he said pushing the bike backward with his feet.
I took a deep breath, and shut the bedroom door behind me. Even though we’d put each other through hell, we’d found heaven. Maybe that was more than a couple of sinners deserved, but I wasn’t going to complain.
My palms flat against the wall of the tile, I clenched my eyes shut. “Please come back” I said quietly. She couldn’t hear me, but it didn’t stop me from wishing she would come and save me from the terrible pain I felt without her there.
I was in love with her; couldn’t imagine my life without her in it; but at the same time, I wanted her to have better.
The day you appeared on our family tree, I wanted to cut it down.
I’ll put everything I have. I don’t regret a single second with you, Pidge, and I never will.
It wasn’t okay. I didn’t want her to leave. I didn’t care if Jesus wanted her or not. She was my mommy. He could take an old mommy. One that didn’t have little boys to take care of.
I hope you know Benny, that when I take out your men, I mean no disrespect. But I’m in love with this girl, and I can’t let you hurt her.
I don’t get hit that often. If they swing, I move. It’s not that hard.
I knew I would wish for that moment back every day of my life, so I lived it with everything I had.
You, Mad Dog, are exactly what I came here to protect her from. But you know what? We’re all broken some way or another. Even with your epic fuckup, you just might be exactly what she needs. You get one more chance.
Even though we’d put each other through hell, we’d found heaven.
And when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever.
I exist for you. And I live for you. And I live to love you.
I stumbled into the living room, and Thomas handed me a bottle of whiskey. They all had some in a glass “You told them?” I asked Trenton, my voice broken. Trenton nodded. I collapsed to my knees, and my brothers surrounded me, placing their hands on my head and shoulders for support.
I squinted against the light pouring into the room. I couldn’t sleep all night, knowing when the sun came up, it would be all over. Abby stirred, and my teeth clenched. The few hours we spent together wasn’t enough. I wasn’t ready for it to be over.
Abby did a little happy dance before jogging down the hall to the bedroom. The corners of my mouth turned up. What other woman would be that excited to see her boyfriend trade punches? No wonder I fell in love with her.
Neither one of you will just come out and say it, that’s the problem. You’re both so scared of what might happen that you’re fighting it tooth and nail. I know for a fact that if you looked Travis in the eye and told him you wanted him, he would never look at another woman again.