Chapter 53: The Trip Home

RIEKA

Somehow, I was both relieved and irritated at Jacinda for how she pushed things on us so suddenly. Since she’d basically just offered to answer all of my questions, I didn’t feel the need to tread carefully.

“Were you really present in my dream last night, or was that my mind conjuring you up?” I blurted without thinking.

The moment the words left my mouth I wanted to smack myself for speaking so thoughtlessly. I hadn’t told Aleksandr about the dream and if I said too much, he would start asking questions that I wasn’t prepared to answer.

I felt a little bad that I was keeping secrets from him, but this was not a secret that would hurt him or anyone else. I shouldn’t feel obligated to talk about my late husband, and I still felt like I would somehow be betraying his memory to speak ill of him after his death.

I couldn’t change anything now that he’s gone, so what’s the point in bringing it up.

“Yes,” Jacinda answered, interrupting my thoughts “I was there.”

I slumped back ag