"That's not what she was asking. She just wanted you to be happy. That's all Nanna ever wanted from anyone. You were ashamed of her." She took Nanna's hand. "Make your peace and leave."
"I can't think of what to say now that you're both here. I've always thought about what I would say to you when the time came Nicole, but now that it's here, I can't think of what would make the hurt go away."
"Nothing. Nothing you could say would make me believe you were sorry for the abuse I've suffered because of you. Nanna always said action speaks louder than any words."
"Then there's nothing I could do."
"Nothing."
Lynne bowed her head in defeat and quietly left.
Quietly to herself, Nicole said looking at Nanna, "She could have tried." Yet it wasn't in Lynne's nature to try to think of something to make things better. Guilt was probably plaguing her and came down her to see what her handiwork had wrought.
Near four o'clock she received a message from Ethan telling her to meet him near downtown at a new apartment complex they were in the process of working on. She really wanted to go and called Cleo to see if she could bring her daughter for just a couple of hours.
"I'll come there myself."
"Shouldn't you be at work?"
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Love Like This
RomansaAngered that his wife would sleep with his brother, Ethan swore revenge. To his surprise, he becomes involved with the one person his wife never wanted him to get close to...her daughter, Nicole. Once Ethan leaves his wife penniless and then breaks...
