Kelly Jamieson: How to Save A Life

"I can live with that."

"I'm here for the weekend, though," he said with a smile. "Maybe you can put me up just for a couple of days? I'd like to make love to you somewhere other than a hotel room."

"We just did," she pointed out.

He laughed. "Oh, yeah." Then he took a deep breath. "The other person I went to see this week was Lisa. And the baby."

"Oh, Trey." She sighed. "Was that hard?"

"Yeah, but not so much once I got there. We talked and got some stuff out in the open. But there still is one thing I need to tell you."

"What's that?"

"The fact that Lisa will still be in my life. I want to be up front with you because you're always up front with me. I told her if Travis ever reneges on his responsibilities to Aidan, if she ever needs anything, that she can call me. Because I don't want to see Aidan's whole life screwed up because the adults in his life can't get it together."

She gazed at him in silence.

"Is that a problem for you?" he asked, watching her, his insides knotting.

"You are so amazing," she said in a choked voice and kissed him adoringly. "God, I love you."

He kissed her back, relief and gratitude swelling in him. "Lisa and I were both responsible for our marriage falling apart," he said when they drew apart. "Once I admitted that, it was as if a huge load lifted off me. I still have to deal with their betrayal, but it somehow doesn't seem so bad."

"Yeah. I know what you mean. So, that's good."

"Lisa's going to have a rough time raising a kid on her own." He paused. "And," he continued, "the really good thing is that now I know I have feelings. I have feelings for you I've never felt before, so it's not all a tragedy."

She nodded.

"Being away from you put everything into perspective. What's important and what's not. Dwelling on the past and my own screw-ups is not important. I decided that's what forgiveness is--not dwelling on the negative. So I'm trying to stop beating myself up."

She eyed him solemnly. "You helped me to stop doing that. I knew if you could only do it for yourself, you'd be okay." She searched his face. "I thought...when you left...I thought maybe you were going back to try to work things out with Lisa."

"No." He pressed her head to his chest. "I haven't loved her for a long time, truth be told. There were problems in our marriage for quite a while. We didn't fight or anything. I just didn't feel the same about her. But instead of dealing with it, talking to her, I took the coward's way out and spent all my time at work."

"I would never let you get away with that."

"I know," he said fervently. "Please, Marli, don't ever let me get away with crap like that with you." He hugged her tightly. "But the person I need to be the most honest and open with about my own failings and feelings is me. I've been telling myself a lot of crap for the last six or seven months...or longer. Crap like talking about my feelings, or asking for help, is a sign of weakness. And look what happened." He sighed. "But you made me realize maybe I do deserve to be happy. Maybe I'm even good enough for you." He paused, his throat tight. "You saved my life, Marli."

She shook her head. "Uh-uh. Other way around, buddy, remember? You saved my life, like ten times." She teared up again. "God, what a suck I am." She brushed wetness away.

"Yes, you did save my life. I didn't know where I was going, what I was doing, when I met you. You made me laugh, you made me think about stuff I didn't want to think about. You made me want to be good enough for you."

"You are." She smiled at him. "You're the best man I've ever met."

"Nah." He denied it, even though he loved hearing it from her.

"Well, you're not perfect."

He laughed again. Trust her to keep his head from swelling too much. "I know. You showed me what a coward I am, and what real bravery looks like."

"Huh?" Her slender brows drew together.

"You put yourself out there every day," he said softly, touching her hair. "Telling me how you felt all the time. Telling me you loved me. That took real courage."

"Oh, Trey."

They shared a long, tender smile and he said, "There's more than one way to save a life."

Kelly Jamieson

Kelly Jamieson is the author of several sexy romance novels. Her writing has been described as "blisteringly sexy" and "a spicy delicious read." She lives in Winnipeg, Canada, with her husband and two children. If she can stop herself from reading or writing, she loves to cook. She has shelves of cookbooks that she reads at length. She also enjoys gardening in the summer, and in the winter she likes to read gardening magazines and seed catalogues (there might be a theme here...) She also loves shopping, especially for clothes and shoes. But her family takes precedence over everything else (yes, even writing). She has two teenage children who are the best kids in the world, not that she's biased, and a wonderful husband who does loads of laundry while she plays on the computer, writing stories.

Kelly loves hearing from readers, so please visit her web site at www.kellyjamieson.com or contact her at info@kellyjamieson.com.

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Ten years ago, Griff Campbell walked out of Ainslie Patterson's life without a word, breaking her young heart. Now, just when she thinks she's over him and has found love with someone else, he strolls back into her life, still as charming, playful and irresistible as ever.

Ainslie knows she's changed a lot in the last ten years, and she discovers so has Griff. So shouldn't the attraction between them have disappeared along with the people they used to be? But that pull between them is still there, unstoppable, unavoidable...unsettling. Why has Griff shown up after all these years? Just to lure her into his web of charm only to break her heart again? Or could they have something together now, something that was all worth waiting for?

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