CHAPTER SIX
WITH THE DISHES done, Susanna made a plate of cookies, while Brandon fixed three mugs of eggnog, and Caiden played Christmas music softly in the background. She smiled as Caiden bounced around the apartment. He was like a little kid when it came to the holidays. It was one of the traits that endeared him to her over the past year, the excitement he exuded over the simplest things. He held a boyish innocence and joy, which never seemed to dim—until she broke his heart a few days ago, that is.
Susanna shook the memory from her mind, the pain on his face when he discovered what she did, the anguish when he showed up at Anne’s apartment wanting answers she didn’t have to give. She wished she knew the answers he sought, if she were honest with herself, but all she could say was th
