Chapter 11
A short time later Asher flipped on his blinker, taking the turn into his driveway. Following Clara’s taillights to the vet clinic and then waiting for her to step inside, delivering a tiny wave his way, did little in the way of slowing down his thoughts. They ran rampant. A fair portion of them turned into mental chastising. Asher kicked himself for letting things play out the way they did. Another chunk was preoccupied with the fact that Clara had nearly married another man. Once or twice she mentioned a prior relationship that went south, specifically on their first official date, wanting to explain away her nerves. He vowed right then and there, while bumping along the driveway, to love without reservation, to give her all of him, the moon and stars, whatever it took to kee
