Sorry if this is short! I will try to make the chapter longer. I'm
hitting a MAJOR writer's block!
Adam and Julie walked to Caycee's house in silence. He didn't want to upset Julie any more by asking questions. When they walked in the door, they explained the whole thing to everyone. Portman, being the sweetheart that he is, gave up his bed on the pullout couch for them.
About 2 hours later, they were wrapped in each other's arms in bed. Julie rested her heads on Adam's chest and he rested his chin on the top of her head. Both were still awake taking in the day's events. The day had gone from amazing to absolutely horrible. Julie had always been known to be somewhat of a "tough chick" (As Portman would put it) but when it came to her dad, she always let her guard down.
"Cat?" Adam asked out of the blue.
"Hmmm?"
"There's something I'm confused about."
Julie lifted her head and rested her chin on his chest, "What's that?" She wondered where he was getting at.
"You told me that your mom died two years after you left. So how was her death his fault?"
She sighed and sat up and Adam followed. "When she saw him, with the other woman, she took off in her car and crashed. She was alive when they found her," Julie sniffled, "but when they got her to the hospital, she was in a coma." Adam reached over and whipped a tear away from her eye. "My dad left about 10 minutes after I saw him. My neighbor came and told me what happened. The doctors decided that she needed more help then they could give her, so they moved her to Minnesota." Julie cried, Adam pulled her close to him. "I never left her side. After 2 years, she woke up and told me she loved me, then, died."
Adam held her as she cried herself to sleep. Seeing her like this broke his heart and made him want to kill her father for causing her so much pain. Adam vowed to himself and his sleeping fiancé that he would always protect her from tings and people like him. He loved Julie too much to let anything cause their future to be filled with pain. There was no was in hell that he was gonna let Chris Gaffney ruin their plans for the future.
Adam and Julie walked to Caycee's house in silence. He didn't want to upset Julie any more by asking questions. When they walked in the door, they explained the whole thing to everyone. Portman, being the sweetheart that he is, gave up his bed on the pullout couch for them.
About 2 hours later, they were wrapped in each other's arms in bed. Julie rested her heads on Adam's chest and he rested his chin on the top of her head. Both were still awake taking in the day's events. The day had gone from amazing to absolutely horrible. Julie had always been known to be somewhat of a "tough chick" (As Portman would put it) but when it came to her dad, she always let her guard down.
"Cat?" Adam asked out of the blue.
"Hmmm?"
"There's something I'm confused about."
Julie lifted her head and rested her chin on his chest, "What's that?" She wondered where he was getting at.
"You told me that your mom died two years after you left. So how was her death his fault?"
She sighed and sat up and Adam followed. "When she saw him, with the other woman, she took off in her car and crashed. She was alive when they found her," Julie sniffled, "but when they got her to the hospital, she was in a coma." Adam reached over and whipped a tear away from her eye. "My dad left about 10 minutes after I saw him. My neighbor came and told me what happened. The doctors decided that she needed more help then they could give her, so they moved her to Minnesota." Julie cried, Adam pulled her close to him. "I never left her side. After 2 years, she woke up and told me she loved me, then, died."
Adam held her as she cried herself to sleep. Seeing her like this broke his heart and made him want to kill her father for causing her so much pain. Adam vowed to himself and his sleeping fiancé that he would always protect her from tings and people like him. He loved Julie too much to let anything cause their future to be filled with pain. There was no was in hell that he was gonna let Chris Gaffney ruin their plans for the future.