Wanted by Her Lost Love

table in the kitchen and buried her face in her hands.To his further dismay, her shoulders shook and quietsobs erupted from her bowed head.For a moment he stood there, unsure what to do.He’d never been able to stand it when she cried. Anuncomfortable feeling settled in his stomach and hedropped down to one knee to gently pry her handsfrom her face.She looked away, seemingly discomfited by thefact he was witnessing her breakdown.“What’s wrong, Kelly?” he asked gently.“I lost my job,” she choked out. “Because of you.”He reared back. “Because of me? What the helldid I do?”She whipped her head up, her eyes flashing.“Your standard line. What did I do? Of course you didnothing wrong. I’m sure this was all my fault, likeeverything else that went wrong in our relationship.Just give me the check and get out. You won’t everhave to be bothered with me again.”He stared incredulously at her. “Do you honestlyexpect me to just walk away now?” He shoved thecheck back into his pocket, his lips thin as hecontrolled the urge to lash out at her as she had