Wanted by Her Lost Love

you think of me. You made it very clear when youthrew me out of your life. Why the hell would youcome looking to dig up the past again?”“Damn it, Kelly!” he exploded. “You disappearedwithout a word to anyone. You didn’t cash the check.I thought you were out there hurt and scared—ordead.”“Too bad for you I wasn’t.”“Don’t you make this about me,” he growled. Itwas obvious he had only a tenuous grip on hiscontrol. “You took what we had and threw it in myface. You decided I wasn’t enough for you. I lookedfor you because no matter what you had done or howbadly I wanted to forget you, I couldn’t stand thethought of you being out there somewhere scaredand alone.”He broke off and looked away. When he lookedback at her, his eyes were shuttered. “I’ve answeredyour questions, now I want mine answered.”They both glanced up at the sound of the frontdoor opening and, to Kelly’s horror, Ryan’s brother,Jarrod, stood in the entryway. “Hey Ryan, thedoorman told me you were back….” His voice died