“Well, she failed at whatever it was she was trying to accomplish, and I am back home where I belong.”
I barely got the word home out of my mouth, before Chance’s head snapped back in my direction, with a total look of surprise now registering on his face, which was exactly what I was trying to accomplish. If I couldn’t take his guilt away, then I was going to overshadow that guilt with the positives that came from what happened.
“Home?” Whispered from his lips, like he was questioning it out loud to himself, not truly believing that I had just referred to Beaumont as my home. But when I let a smile creep onto my face, along with nodding my head, it finally sunk into Chance with what I was saying.
I knew how hard it had to be for Chance to believe that I was calling Beaumont home, be
