Loving Rowan
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Kyle held my hand tight, the cold wind freezing the tears on my cheeks as we walked away without a glance behind.
Home was warm when we got there, though the chill was setting in outside. Mia rode her tricycle around the backyard, pushed across the grass by Kyle as I watched the two of them.
I smiled, looking at the apple tree in the middle of the yard. Blossoms had started to coat the branches, and brought with them the promise of warmer weather. It made me think of home, of the early days, of Andrew, and of Charlie, who didn’t get to see the orchard in all its glory, and who never would.
“Goodbye, Charlie,” I whispered.
Kyle looked up as I shivered, and shook his head at Mia. “We should go inside now, sweetheart. It’s cold out here and not good for you, or your mother.”
“Aww, Daddy,” she whined.
He leaned over, tapping her on the nose. “Tell you what. If you come inside with me now, I’ll make you a nice hot chocolate with marshmallows. I understand your mother is fond of them too.”
Picking her up in one arm, the tricycle in the other, he brought them both to the back door, dropping the trike on the deck as he carried our daughter inside the house with me following behind.
I didn’t need the hot chocolate to warm me. I had the love that I felt for the pair of them, and in the months to come, that love would grow just that little bit more.
Best of all, now and forever, no matter what else happened to us along the way, Kyle was my best friend.
And he always would be.
About the Author
Ariadne Wayne loves books and lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and two children. Having always had a prolific imagination she now writes the words down instead of storing them in her head where she can't share them. When she's not writing she works in Telecommunications, frequently banging her head on the desk with the random things that can happen to the ordinary phone line.
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Three Days
When Loving Rowan ended, Andrew still had his story to tell. The story of starting his life again.
Three days …
That’s how long I was married to Charlie. Her death on our third day of marriage still haunts me, the part I played in her asthma attack will be with me forever. I loved her, but just couldn’t let go of the past.
Three days …
How long I held Rowan captive, trying to convince her that she needed to be with me. She’d turned her back on me once I chose Charlie and moved on with someone else. In my grief and stupidity, I lost any chance of her friendship.
Three days …
I’ve done prison time for what I did, and now I need to start again. I wasn't looking for any relationship, the thought of love is simply too painful. And yet, it’s been three days since I met Maddy, and already she’s brought more laughter to my life than I have had in so very long. She’s been through a lot too, so now I wonder if we can make a fresh start together.