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She’d also mentioned that he just seemed sad, and that had killed me.
I’d wanted to see him in person, and Shelby had made that happen in a heartbeat for me.
I liked Shelby.
She was a sweet woman, and it was clear that she really cared about Colin.
She hadn’t gone into a lot of detail about him except for the fact that he wasn’t functioning normally.
That was all I’d really needed to hear.
If he really needed me, I was here for him.
I didn’t intend to be a long-distance girlfriend who only wanted to hear about pleasant things.
He’d never mentioned anything about his lack of focus or hisissues on the phone with me, but weweregoing to talk about it in person.
Obviously, something bad had happened since he’d returned to California.
He was hiding something that was eating him alive, and I was going to find outexactlywhat was up with him.
What if his altered mental status was happening because of some kind of medical condition?
Maybe there were no physical symptoms that he was willing to tell anyone about, but hemightbe sick.
That thought had been plaguing me since Shelby had first called me.
I hadn’t told Wren that I thought her dad might be ill. I’d just told her that I really wanted to talk to Colin in person. She’d very happily agreed to stay with Brock for as long as I wanted to stay in California.
I wouldn’t stay long.
I just wanted to assure myself that nothing was wrong with Colin.
I didn’t think that Shelby was the type of woman who got worried about nothing, and Colin obviously wasn’t going to share anything with me long distance that might get me worried.
I looked around after I rang the doorbell.
Colin’s house was large, and Shelby had explained that it was an affluent neighborhood.
The large front yard was meticulously kept, which didn’t surprise me.
I was willing to bet that the back yard was just as nice as the front.
Shelby had told me that Colin was expecting me, but I was still surprised by how quickly the front door flew open.
I didn’t have a chance to say a word as Colin pulled me inside, slammed the front door closed, and pinned me to the wall beside the door.
“Emma,” he growled. “Fuck! I missed you.”
I didn’t get a chance to tell him that I’d missed him just as much.
His mouth came down on mine with a ferocity that had my body flooding with desire in a nanosecond.
God, I’d missed him, too.
So. Damn. Much.
I’d been fighting to keep my spirits up for Wren’s sake, but nothing had been quite right since Colin had left Cherry Cove.
