Page 59 of What the Heart Wants (Desires of the Heart 1)

“That’s fine. I should be out of here in a couple days, but then I will need to start physical therapy once I heal,” Logan says looking broken.

“We will be there waiting for you. Before we head back to your place tomorrow, we will stop by again,” I say before the kids start saying goodbye to their father.

I lightly hug him and kiss his cheek after Holly does the same.

“We are going to talk about this once those munchkins are asleep,” she whispers as we leave the hospital. I nod my head, letting her know that I heard her.

Before we get to the hotel, we stop for snacks at the store on the corner and stock up.

They need me more than I need to break down right now.

There will be time to live my heartbreak later.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Kyla

After a full week, Logan was finally home. I was glad that they had two guest rooms on the lower floors. I had made one room for him. I’m not sure how he would feel falling asleep in the room that he and Terri had shared, but it would be hard for him to make the trip up and down everyday anyway.

Me and Holly grabbed his clothes and toiletries from the bathroom and made sure there was nothing in the room that would spoil. Once the garbages were changed, we closed the door.

It felt harder than I thought it was going to be. The house is full of pictures of them as a family and a few of the four of us on vacation. I cried night after night for the woman who was once a good friend.

Leo stayed in the basement. He had a basement suite all set up for him. Seems like he had been living there for the last month.

I feel so ashamed and selfish that I didn’t keep in contact with my friends. So much was going on in their lives.

I will make sure to never make the same mistake again.

Holly was true to her word and got it out of me. I told her everything that happened and what the men had said.

She was beyond furious for me.

I cried in her arms that night before I locked those emotions away. I didn’t want the kids to see me like this.

Funeral arrangements were made, and Logan was able to leave the hospital to attend. He had a nurse by his side the whole time.

They didn’t have a lot of friends, and no family besides Leo.

Their friends had decided they weren’t fun to hang out with anymore now that they were parents.

Holly was leaving tomorrow to head back to work. I knew she needed to get back, but I could see she was reluctant to leave me here. I felt it in my heart that I needed to be here though. This family needs me right now.

This was going to be my home until they didn’t need me anymore, or at least until Logan could walk again. It’s not like I had much besides Holly and my parents to go back to.

I didn’t want to step foot back in the city for a long time.

Four men had tainted everything with their memories.

They didn’t just break my heart; they had obliterated it.

Grayson

Something didn’t feel right about this whole situation.

The devastation and shock on Kyla’s face was real.

We hadn’t spoken to each other in days.

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