Chapter 14

That night, Rose lay in her nest of blankets with Callie and thought. She thought about everything she’d told Heath, and everything he’d told her.

You can’t let fear rule your life.

Those words thrummed in her mind like a single chord of music. She stroked Callie as she thought, and considered, and finally, made a decision.

She knew very well it wouldn’t be as easy as letting go and dusting her hands of everything that had happened. But that didn’t mean she should stay in a kind of stasis, either.

If she didn’t push herself to move forward, no one would.

It was close to midnight. She wondered if Seth was asleep, but then she heard the creak of footsteps next door.

The universe was giving her a sign, that was for sure.

“I’ll be back later,” she whispered to Callie. Before she left, she brushed her teeth—a second time—brushed her hair, put on her prettiest bra-and-panty set, and then added a little lipstick on top of it all.

If she was going to seduce a man, she might as well giv