Page 20 of Sapphire Queen
Chapter 14
“Let me get this straight,” Heath paced the room, “You’re telling me that Dax, the Emerald King, was a playboy and had been sleeping with two women before he met Emmalyn?”
“Pretty much sums it up.” Onika sighed, “Hell, he could have been sleeping with others. I’ll never know because the journal is missing again.”
“No. It’s not.” Emersyn smiled, “Amalee has it now, she told me she hasn’t read it yet but will let us know when she finds something. She has her hands full right now – something she said was more important than a book filled with hate.”
“What could be more important than that journal?” Sarifena threw herself onto the couch, “We need answers. The longer we go without finding Dimitra,” she paused.
“Don’t say it. She’s alive, and we’ll find her.”
“I want to believe that, I do. But you know as well as I do, Onika, the longer it takes to find her, the less likely she’ll be alive.”
“We can’t give up.” Luca pressed his hand against Onika’s back.
Sarifena smiled at Onika, “Why’d you run off like that? You could have come to us when you found out.”
“I know. I should have, but I need some time to figure things out.”
“Figure things out, huh?” Emersyn smiled at Luca, who was casually rubbing Onika’s back.
“Hush. Just because we’re sisters doesn’t mean you can nose into my personal life.”
“Does that mean there is a personal life to nose in to?” Sarifena chuckled.
“Maybe… what about you?”
Sarifena stiffened, “What about me?”
“Do you have a personal life to share with us?” Onika smirked, her eyes holding mischief.
“It’s complicated.” Sarifena glanced down at her hands, afraid to make eye contact with Heath.
“Complicated?” Onika sat down on the couch next to her, “Complicated is the love triangle our parents were in. Complicated is finding Dimitra, but Sarifena,” she laced her hand in Sarifena’s, “finding someone who loves you shouldn’t be complicated.”
Sarifena watched as Onika looked back toward Luca, who rested against the wall, “When you find that person, hold on to him. He can be your shelter during this storm.”
“I take you’ve found your shelter?”
Glancing at him one more time, “You could say that.”
“Well, it’s not as simple for me.”
“Why not?” Onika probed, “Do you love him?”
Sarifena could feel Heath’s eyes boring a hole in the back of her head. She refused to look at him, knowing what she’d see when she did.
“Yes,” she heard the intake of his breath, “More than I show or tell him. But it’s that love that makes me hesitate.”
“That’s the silliest thing I’ve heard of. Why on earth would you hesitate?”
“He wants children…” she sucked in a breath, “and I may not have them.” She let the air out of her lungs, forcing her eyes closed to keep the tears from spilling.
“Oh, Sarifena.” Emersyn slipped in front of her, coming to sit on the table. “You think he wouldn’t want to be with you if you can’t give him children? If that’s true, he doesn’t deserve you.”
Emersyn glanced toward Heath, whose jaw was set in a tight frown.
“I couldn't care less if she gives me children.” He broke the silence, causing all eyes to turn toward him.
