Chapter Nine

Nightmares:

She took a deep breath in...what just happened? She felt better telling him most of everything. It really had bothered her that he thought she could be involved with something so..so evil. She smiled softly as she thought about how he reacted when she touched his scar. Her stomach flipped happily and it felt like she had butterflies fluttering around in there. She sighed softly and then remembered how he left. What changed? She thought and then realized it was after she said Travis's name.  Christina. The guilt. She swallowed hard. She needed to stop whatever was starting between them. He wouldn't be over Christina, not that she blamed him. She didn't want to live in another woman's shadow. Besides, she and Claire had plans. It wouldn't work anyways. She moved the chair closer to the bed and sat down watching over Claire while she slept.

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