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you and how much you mean to my family. Without you, I don't think my kids would be adjusting as well to their mother’s death as they are. We were kind of stagnant when we met you, and you’ve gotten us moving again. I just wanted you to know that I'm grateful.”
“Thank you. I've enjoyed getting to know the kids and you, to be honest. It's just hard for me. You know that.”
“Yeah, I know.”
Before they could take their conversation any further, Christy poked her head out the door and asked if she could talk to Amelia alone. That was Clay’s cue to get his kids together and head home for the evening. Amelia apologized for the interruption as she waved at them from the front stoop. Going back inside the house, she knew it was time to have the conversation with Christy that she should've had years ago. There was no getting away from it now.
Chapter 11
Amelia walked back into the house where Christy was sitting on the sofa, hands in her lap and fidgeting. She never realized how much fidgeting was a part of their family DNA. Anytime one of them got nervous, the first thing to start was the hand fidgeting.
“Okay, you wanted to talk to me? So talk.”
“I just got the baby down for a nap, so I thought now would be a good time. I'm sorry I interrupted your date.”
“That wasn't a date. I told you. I keep his kids, and he usually stops by for dinner.”
“Sounds like dating to me.”
“Christy, I don't think you have any rights to be speaking about my love life. What is it you want to talk about?”
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you upset. He's a nice guy, and I like his kids from what I can see. I just thought maybe there was more going on than meets the eye.”
“Well, you should know better than anyone I don't date. I gave that up long ago. You can't trust people no matter how much you think you can.”
“And that's what I want to talk about. That - right there. Amelia, you're my sister. I love you. You have to know I never meant any harm. I made a mistake.”
“A mistake? How do you call sleeping with my fiancé a mistake? And, not only did you do it then but you went on to marry him and have a baby! That's not a mistake.”
“We were in love, Amelia.”
“In love? He was supposed to be in love with me. We had been together for years. He was the person who helped me up when our mother died. He was, for all intents and purposes, your future brother-in-law. How in the world could you sleep with him on a family vacation? What kind of person does that make you?”
“It makes me a bad person, I guess. We all make mistakes, and mine happened to be a very big one. It cost me my sister. It's something I'll regret for the rest of my life.”
“Well if you regret it, then why did you marry him and have a baby with him?”
“Because I loved him. I was so afraid I'd never find anyone else in my life I loved like I loved him.”
“You were willing to give up your sister for a man you thought you loved?”
“Amelia, I was young and stupid. And by the time I realized what a huge mistake I’d made, we had been together for so long. He asked me to marry him, I accepted - and then I found out I was pregnant. Olivia wasn't planned. And when he found out I were pregnant, he went completely off the rails. He started drinking and then I found out he was cheating on me. We lost everything. It's not that he didn't leave me with anything. It's that we had nothing. We were living in a single wide in a trailer park. Our car got repossessed. He lost his job. I couldn't even get a temporary job because I was so obviously pregnant. It's been a horrible couple of years.”
“Are you serious? I thought Tate was planning on becoming an accountant?”
Well, that was the plan. The longer we dated, the more I realized just how lazy he was. And he started drinking like his father, although he stopped for a couple of
“Thank you. I've enjoyed getting to know the kids and you, to be honest. It's just hard for me. You know that.”
“Yeah, I know.”
Before they could take their conversation any further, Christy poked her head out the door and asked if she could talk to Amelia alone. That was Clay’s cue to get his kids together and head home for the evening. Amelia apologized for the interruption as she waved at them from the front stoop. Going back inside the house, she knew it was time to have the conversation with Christy that she should've had years ago. There was no getting away from it now.
Chapter 11
Amelia walked back into the house where Christy was sitting on the sofa, hands in her lap and fidgeting. She never realized how much fidgeting was a part of their family DNA. Anytime one of them got nervous, the first thing to start was the hand fidgeting.
“Okay, you wanted to talk to me? So talk.”
“I just got the baby down for a nap, so I thought now would be a good time. I'm sorry I interrupted your date.”
“That wasn't a date. I told you. I keep his kids, and he usually stops by for dinner.”
“Sounds like dating to me.”
“Christy, I don't think you have any rights to be speaking about my love life. What is it you want to talk about?”
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you upset. He's a nice guy, and I like his kids from what I can see. I just thought maybe there was more going on than meets the eye.”
“Well, you should know better than anyone I don't date. I gave that up long ago. You can't trust people no matter how much you think you can.”
“And that's what I want to talk about. That - right there. Amelia, you're my sister. I love you. You have to know I never meant any harm. I made a mistake.”
“A mistake? How do you call sleeping with my fiancé a mistake? And, not only did you do it then but you went on to marry him and have a baby! That's not a mistake.”
“We were in love, Amelia.”
“In love? He was supposed to be in love with me. We had been together for years. He was the person who helped me up when our mother died. He was, for all intents and purposes, your future brother-in-law. How in the world could you sleep with him on a family vacation? What kind of person does that make you?”
“It makes me a bad person, I guess. We all make mistakes, and mine happened to be a very big one. It cost me my sister. It's something I'll regret for the rest of my life.”
“Well if you regret it, then why did you marry him and have a baby with him?”
“Because I loved him. I was so afraid I'd never find anyone else in my life I loved like I loved him.”
“You were willing to give up your sister for a man you thought you loved?”
“Amelia, I was young and stupid. And by the time I realized what a huge mistake I’d made, we had been together for so long. He asked me to marry him, I accepted - and then I found out I was pregnant. Olivia wasn't planned. And when he found out I were pregnant, he went completely off the rails. He started drinking and then I found out he was cheating on me. We lost everything. It's not that he didn't leave me with anything. It's that we had nothing. We were living in a single wide in a trailer park. Our car got repossessed. He lost his job. I couldn't even get a temporary job because I was so obviously pregnant. It's been a horrible couple of years.”
“Are you serious? I thought Tate was planning on becoming an accountant?”
Well, that was the plan. The longer we dated, the more I realized just how lazy he was. And he started drinking like his father, although he stopped for a couple of
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