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Chapter 21
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2020-11-17 02:37:00Hours passed and Rachel called Buck to tell him she wouldn't make it in at all. He sounded sympathetic as she told him what was going on and she asked him not to say anything to Becca or their mother, until she knew exactly what she was dealing with.
A comfortable truce had been reached, between her and Anita, and in spite of herself, Rachel was warming up towards the other woman. Especially when she learned Anita was gay and happily in love with her girlfriend.
It irked her that Galen had such drop-dead gorgeous lady friends, but it was par for the course, probably. It would be ludicrous, to think a man like him could have lived like a monk his entire life.
She wondered what she would say to him, when he walked through the door, and more importantly, how would he react when he saw her. She rehearsed their coming conversation in her mind, and was still going over it, when the door to the cabin opened, while she was washing her coffee cup at the sink. She dried her hands, not taking her eyes away from him.
Surprise flitted across his face as he took in her sight. And that was it. No smile, no twinkle in his eye, just hurt and bitterness.
"What are you doing here, Rachel?"he asked briskly. "After the other night, I didn't expect to see you here again."
Hot tears stung at her eyes, threatening to spill in torrents down her cheeks. His gruff attitude towards her was something she expected, but experiencing it, was a hundred times worse than in her fantasies.
"I came to apologise, and then I found Anita here. She told me everything. She went for a walk, before you came."
He threw his keys on the table by the door and took his jacket off, not looking at her once. "And?"
Rachel steeled herself against the sorrow in her heart. He was truly and deeply hurt, all because of her.
"I was trying to protect you, by walking away. Galen, I made a mistake, please forgive me."
He looked at her, his green eyes pools of bitter regret. "Protect me?I don't need protection, Rachel. You walked away from me, because you're scared of allowing yourself to feel."
His words cut deep, and Rachel cast her eyes down. "I was scared of losing you. That night we spent together, meant everything to me Galen. When I saw you hurt and bleeding, I realized it was my fault. I brought this spirit into your life, and she nearly killed you."
Anger blazed in his eyes. "You had no damned right, to decide for me, Rachel. What did it achieve?Scared of losing me and yet, you lost me anyway, when you threw me to the side. What logic is that?"
Her tears ran freely down her cheeks now. "It made perfect sense in my head, when I decided it."
Galen furrowed his brows. "It made sense in your head?Really?What about your heart, Rachel?Did it make sense there too, or was yours as broken as mine?"
Rachel turned her back on him, unable to bear the look of anger on his face or the bitterness in his voice. What was she thinking that night?Why didn't she give him a chance to make his own damn choices?
"Answer me, Rachel,"he said. "How did you feel these last three days?"
Rachel slowly turned around, noticing he'd moved closer to her and was only a few steps away from her. She could smell his cologne; he was so close. Close enough to reach out and touch if she wanted to.
"I felt lost without you,"she answered, as honestly as she could. "I felt like a fool for walking away. My heart was broken, Galen."
She imagined he softened his expression slightly. "Now you know how I felt, Rachel. I fell in love with you, the minute I laid eyes on you. I need you in my life. But not if you don't trust me, to do the right thing."
Her eyes widened at his declaration of love, at the uncompromising honesty in his voice.
"I've never had that before,"she said softly. "Unflinching trust."
"I know, you told me about your husband, but I'm not him, Rachel. It’s all or nothing with me."
The gruffness in his attitude and voice were gone as she stared straight into his eyes. "Its not easy for me, Galen."
"Try, at least do that. "
He pulled her closer, until she was against him and held her for the longest moment as the last of her tears spilled from her eyes. His strong frame felt like heaven against her as he whispered in her ear.
"I love you Rachel."
She lifted her head, seeing the twinkle in his eyes, which she loved so much.
"I love you too, Galen, more than I can say. . . Where do we go from here?"
He kissed her, tenderly on each cheek, her tears vanishing against his lips.
"Now, we look to the future, my love, "he said softly, "but first, we have to kick some spirit ass."
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