Never had the distance between her car and the front door of Everglades felt so far apart. However, the weight of her emotions combined with the idea of facing Wes made every step Noel took seem as if she trudged through quicksand. She didn't know what she would say to him, not after the way he looked at her last night. She spent the entire night, after that, trying to get that image out of her mind, but unable to shake how hurt he appeared.
The thought brought her up short as she felt a tight constriction pressing in on her heart, Wes' face once again filling her mind. She didn't blame him for the way he left her last night. He had to feel betrayed, lied to and deceived by the woman who claimed to love him over the past few months. They were lovers, sharing everything except the truth o
