Intimate Whispers (22 page)
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Dee Carney
“I may not get better. I could get worse,” she said through a tight throat. The ring weighed heavily in her hand.
“Then you’ll get worse with me by your side.” His brown eyes glittered from the lights surrounding them. “Marry me, Sabrina. Say yes.”
I can help you.
The voice of Him still plagued her from time to time, His determination to bring her under control again, unwavering. He waited patiently, and always Sabrina feared His patience would outlast Jason’s. Side by side, though, she and Jason were formidable. It was selfish to accept his proposal, wanting him for no more than his ability to keep her sane.
She amended her thought.
No. She hovered over the idea of saying yes because she loved him with an intensity that scared her sometimes. It was why she couldn’t tell him before now. Still untrusting of herself, afraid to shatter the good turn her life had finally taken, she didn’t want to jinx any of it.
“What about your father?” Doubt still wormed its way into her mind from time to time. She figured that would never change.
He shot her a bland look. “Do you really have to ask?” Sabrina laughed.
For the first time since she’d encountered Him, she wished He were corporeal.
Without a doubt, He would continue to try to resume His role in her life. Now, she wished she could look Him in the eye, to stare Him down as she told Him in no uncertain times that He had no place there.
So instead, she lifted her hand to Jason’s face, stroking along the beautiful cleft in his chin with her gloved hand. She opened her heart to the universe, allowing everyone and anything capable of feeling her joy experience a taste.
A smile curving her lips, Sabrina said, “Yes, I’ll marry you.” Jason leaned forward and pressed his mouth to hers and in that moment, Sabrina forgot about everything except his kiss.
The End
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About the Author
Dee Carney began writing short stories in middle school, but did not attempt completion of a novel until almost ten years later, which, despite good intentions, she never finished. Almost ten additional years later, she challenged herself to begin writing again, and her love for storytelling was rekindled. Now Dee is a best-selling, award-winning author who lives in Georgia with her husband, two dogs and a cat.
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