Chapter 17
Once again, Susie found herself tumbling back to where she’d been with Jared. She couldn’t stay away from him. Though he’d said he heard her concerns, they still hadn’t really talked and in a few short days, they had already shifted into the same pattern. They stayed mostly at her place. Oh, Jared tolerated her stopping by, but he was tense unless they were skin to skin. She kept trying to find a time to talk, but something always interrupted. If she was honest with herself, it was easier not to talk. Today, she’d spent the day fishing with her friends and couldn’t keep Jared off the hamster wheel in her mind.
“Hey!” Susie exclaimed when an eagle swooped right in front of her and snatched the salmon she’d taken off the hook and set by the cooler.
She stood and watched the eag
