Melissa Mcclone - Wedding Date with the Best Man

Tristan’s dark eyes locked with hers. “Everyone, including Rich, is wrong.”

The words hung in the air, as if suspended in a floating bubble.

Wrong.

Emotion tightened Jayne’s throat.

She’d never understood why Tristan had behaved the way he had. Could she be wrong? She wanted to believe him. Which made her mistrust her own judgment even more. She wasn’t a good judge of character when it came to men. Taking a man at his word, even when he said he loved you, was a huge mistake. One she’d made with her father and with Rich. Trust had to be earned, not given.

Tristan rocked back on his heels. “Come on. It’ll be fun.”

Fun. When had that word become an alien concept? Maybe…

No.

Tristan MacGregor wasn’t some attractive stranger inviting her for a walk. He was Rich Strickland’s best friend. His best man. She’d have to be out of her mind to go anywhere with Tristan. Out of her mind or very, very lonely.

Her own thought ricocheted through her brain.

Loneliness could drive a person to do some crazy things.

She swallowed a sigh.

“What do you have to lose?” Tristan asked.

Nothing. Jayne’s shoulders had started to sag, but she squared them instead. She’d already lost everything.

Her fiancé, her trust, her hope, her three best friends.

Life had become one lonely hour followed by another. She rarely left the house, and when she did she couldn’t wait to get home.

Just like her mother.

The unsettling realization made Jayne straighten.

Her mother had stuck close to home after her father had left. She’d gone to work, the store, and occasionally to church. She hadn’t even wanted to go to the doctor’s office when she’d started feeling poorly, and because of that she’d ended up dying way too soon.

Jayne didn’t want that to happen to her.

Something had to change. She had to change. Now.

Maybe one small step—one short hike—would start her on a new road…a path toward the life she wanted to live, not the one she was living. Even if the hike was with the last person, next to Rich, she wanted to spend time with.

“You’re right,” she said finally. “A hike will do me good.”

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