Chapter 12 - Connor

I collapse on the end of the bed and groan as I lower my head down into my hands, with my elbows resting on my legs.  Why did it happen that way?  That isn’t how I thought it would go.

I close my eyes and run through the earlier events today in the conference room. 

My heart had soared when I saw her entering the room.  She is just as pretty as she was both in Vegas and at the church many years ago.  I still remember my breath hitching and getting stuck in my throat when I looked down the aisle and saw her.  Her wedding dress hugged her curves just right, and I instantly wished she had been wearing something like that when we got married the night before. 

Ryan’s concerned voice cuts through my thoughts.  “Con, are you alright?  That isn’t quite the reaction that I was hoping for when Deanna finally saw you again.”  He pauses for a moment.  “To be honest, I don’t know exactly how she would react, but that