Bernadette Marie [Keller Fami The Acceptance (epub)

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.Then Courtney stopped, turned back to the airplane, and waved.Tyler knew it was meant for him and he waved back, though he caught himself and knew she didn’t see it.He sat back in his seat and closed his eyes.Before he even stopped to see his own mother and father he would go by his sister’s house.At that moment, he knew he needed to see her first.Chapter ThreeA rental car made Tyler feel a little more at home.At least he wasn’t arriving at his sister’s house in a cab.When he pulled up to the house, he let out a long breath.There were cars parked everywhere and the car parked in front of the house was his father’s.Then he realized it was Sunday.That meant a large family meal and time together.Since Ed owned his grandparents’ house and they lived in a retirement community, that meant those dinners were still held where the tradition had started.If he drove on, no one would ever know.He had a hotel room lined up.If he walked into his father’s office tomorrow no one would be the wiser.He slowed the car, saw a parking space, and decided now was the time.His entire family was in that house.Courtney was somewhere in Nashville mourning.Tyler parked his car and climbed out.Sucking in the air filled him with home.This was where he was rooted.This was where he belonged.No matter where he’d traveled in the past three years or what job he’d done or sight he’d seen, nothing compared to Nashville.Still considering getting back into the car and driving away, the front door opened and his cousin Clara stepped out onto the front porch with her cell phone to her ear.He couldn’t hear the conversation, but there was a smile on her lips.Could that mean her husband wasn’t inside, but on the phone?For a moment he watched her absent mindedly play with her hair and laugh easily.He’d followed her career, bought her music, and watched her on TV.She’d done very well for herself.Tyler was proud of her.Then, as if maybe she knew he was watching, she lifted her head and looked in his direction.“Oh, my, God! Warner, I have to call you back.Tyler’s home!” She pushed a button on her phone and ran toward him.His heart swelled in his chest as she ran across the street with her arms already wide.“Oh! You’re Home!” She called at him as she jumped into his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck.He fell back against the car, his cousin in his arms.“I’m back,” he laughed as she gave him a squeeze.“No one told me.”“No one knows.Well now you do.”She looked him over from head to toe and then her eyes settled on his.“You’re home for good.I can see it.You’re back.”Tyler nodded.“I’m back.”“Your mother is going to be so happy.”She took his hand and started for the door, but he gave hers a tug and stopped.“I think I should wait—until tomorrow.”Clara turned and narrowed her eyes on him.“Wait? Why would you do that?” She studied him a moment longer.“You came here to see Darcy.”“You’ve always been good at reading people.”“It’s a gift.”Tyler tucked his fingers into the pockets of his jeans and rocked back on his heels.“I owe a lot of people apologies.But I need to start with Darcy.She came into our lives and I ran away.”“No one blames you for that.How could we?”“I blame me.She didn’t deserve that.” He expelled the guilt building in his chest.“My mother didn’t deserve that.”Clara moved back to him and rested her hands on his arms.“Both of them are inside.If you’re back you have a lifetime to apologize to them.Come in now and be with us.Part of us.We all love you and miss you.”Did he have it in him to walk through that front door? His mind wandered back to Courtney and how she dropped her scarf.The world invisible to her, sight wise, but she trusted the feelings that surrounded her.Tyler knew the feelings he was having.Everyone he held dear was across the street inside that house.If Courtney trusted the whole world, couldn’t he trust his gut and walk inside?Clara grabbed hold of his hand and gave him a tug.“I think I just need to make the decision for you.Let’s go.”He took her hand willingly and held it as they crossed the street.“Your new single is awesome,” he said and she smiled at him.“My husband is a writing genius.”“He’s that.Where is he?”She slid a look his way.“Don’t tell anyone, but he has a solo project.He’s working on it very hard.”Tyler stopped.“Solo? Why would he do that? You’re a team.”“We are.And my first love was Arianna’s theater.I’m going back there to do Annie again.”“You’re too old for that.”She laughed.“Ms.Hannigan now.”“Okay.You’re old enough for that.Maybe too old.”She slapped him on the shoulder.“That’s funny.” She sighed and dropped her shoulders.“I want a baby too.And you can’t have that perfect family life I had if you’re on the road.”“You’re having a baby?” His voice lowered as he looked at her.“No.I’m just planning it.But I think if I’m near home working it’ll happen.Being on the road is stressful.”“Then it’ll happen when the time is right.”“Just like you coming home.”As she opened the front door, he heard all the voices of his loved ones.She was right.This was the right time.They stepped through the front door of the home he’d come to when he was little.The smells were the same.The noise was the same.And he knew if he walked in further, his grandfather would be in the same place and his grandmother would be in the kitchen.They might not live there anymore, and it might be Ed and Darcy’s house, but he knew that much wouldn’t have changed.Clara turned to him as he stood by the front door.“Aren’t you coming?”“I just needed a moment.”And only one moment was all he’d gotten.“Who are you talking…” His cousin Christian passed by the front hallway.“Well I’ll be damned.”He moved to him nearly as quickly as Clara had and pulled him in for a hug.“Why didn’t you tell us you were coming?” Christian asked as he pulled back.Tyler noticed the wedding band on Christian’s finger and guilt punched him in the stomach [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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