He ate his beloved ice cream sundae, to hell with his diet, waited for her to start talking. With Mirrie, silence and patience were the only ways to go. Push her and she’d run; force her and she’d fight back. Best to let her begin when she was ready.Mirrie glanced up to see Neil calmly eating his ice cream. She smiled, suddenly realizing just how much she’d missed his steady presence. It was her fault, of course, that there was distance between them. First, she’d pulled back to avoid any conversations about Shane. Then Mirrie had taken on an AA member of her own to mentor, and she took her role as Naomi’s sponsor damn seriously… and it was a handy way to avoid Neil asking too many questions.Not anymore, though. No more walls, or lowered eyes, or evasive mumbled greetings. Mirrie was here, and she was afraid. Neil would do anything to help her, she knew. Still, despite her coldness. She bit her lip, ashamed of herself for avoiding this good, kind man for years, and then calling him w
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