Fated To Love You

A sob escaped before she could suppress it. Her eyes blurred as she navigated onto the main road into town. At least she had their daughter. She'd have to hold onto that piece of Colin for the rest of her life and let it be enough. Angelina touched a piece of Melissa's heart that could belong to no one else. She thought about how unfair it was that her daughter had never met her father,would never meet him.    But then,this was the way it had to be,she reminded herself. Melissa's father was old and sick. He'd made him mistakes and they were both paying for them. If Richard had followed through on his threats,her father would live out the rest of his life in jail. She couldn't allow that to happen no matter how angry she'd become at him for his unethical business practices. And then there were the threats Richard had made about Colin and his family. The man could destroy the O'Briens if their secret was revealed. The bedrock of the family had been their parents' unw

Melissa opened her eyes , slowly,and it was like the sun cresting in the horizon. Those violet streaks like rays,bathing darkness with light. His heart clenched and his muscles corded as her hands came up to his chest. He expected a jab or for her to push him away,but instead she double fisted his shirt and tugged him toward her.   All rationale flew out of the window as Colin's pulse kicked up a few notches. He shouldn't want to dip deep and claim her heart-shaped pink lips again. He shouldn't want to pull her body flush with his. He shouldn't want to get lost inside her.        And that's where he stopped.   Because he could never trust her enough to close his eyes again.   He pulled back,a little stunned at how easy it was to get trapped in old habits. How many times had they been in a similar position? Eager top rip off each other's clothes off and let the feelings they had for eac

 "He did. All he has so far is the poison. He doesn't know how it got in their systems or what the motive for murder could be", Colin Said. "There's a slight chance that they ingested the poison accidentally".   "Except what are the chances they both ingested the same thing at the same time?" She said out loud,not meaning to. She shouldn't add fuel to fire. Colin might find out the truth about his father and that would crush him. She still could scarcely believe that the man would have an affair. She'd argued with Richard, putting up more of a fight than she knew better to,refusing to accept his accusation at first. And that had led to an even bigger fight between them when he's accused her of defending the O'Briens because she still loved Colin.   In order to survive,she'd had to swallow her emotions and convince Richard that she loved him. Only him. If someone had told her that she'd be able to sell that lie a year ago she would've la

The scuffle of boots sounded in the hallway and she didn't need to turn around to know that Colin had entered the room . She faced him.     "Dallas",she said, startled. In an attempt to recover, she added, "It's good to see you again'.   "You,too,Melissa", Dallas stood behind his brother.      Melissa hoped he couldn't hear her heart thudding against her ribs at the thought of two O'Briens in the room. If either one of them got a look at her daughter it was over.   It wasn't a selfish desire that had her wanting to keep Angelina a secret. Although she had that,too.          It was survival. Either of them figured out paternity and Colin would follow her to the ends of the Earth to find her and his child.   But then,she hadn't really thought this through because this whole room would be filled with O'Briens soon. &nbs

Being negative and fearing the worst wasn't the energy he wanted to put into the situation. Thoughts were powerful. Colin replaced the image with the two of them fishing together this summer , smiling , drinking a cold brew. Tommy would pull through ,had to pull through.    "Make sure he has everything he needs when he wakes from surgery'. Colin nodded towards the hallway, thinking that he needed to stop off at a gas station so that he could pick up a prepaid phone _ one that couldn't be tracked back to him _ so that he could check on Tommy. "Will do". Gracia tipped his hat before walking out of the room.    "You ready?" He asked Melissa. She nodded. "Angelina's diaper bag is in my car. It has everything I need to get through a couple of days".    "I'll put it in the truck if you tell me where you've parked and give me the keys", Dallas said.