Chapter 10
Lucas sighed setting down his empty glass on the bar and waited for the bartender to give him a refill. He rubbed his brow and sipped the amber liquid but his headache lingered. Glancing to his right he saw he
wasn’t alone. Another young man sat beside him also nursing a drink with a forlorn expression.
“Nick,” Lucas acknowledged.
“Hey, Luke.”
“Still having a hard time?”
“Yeah. Five years, I still haven’t been able to find her. My family keeps telling me to move on but… Damn, I just
wish I’d gotten her name.”
Lucas nodded sipping his drink.
“But look who I’m talking to. Four years and you haven’t given up.
“What do you mean? I’m not…”
“Oh come on, you can’t fool me. You’re still wearing your wedding ring.”
Lucas flinched glancing at his hand and the simple band he still wore. Sarah had left her wedding rings behind. It was her final statement and declaration that it was over but Lucas couldn’t accept it. If he removed
his own band then it really was over.
Nicolas stood patting his shoulder saying, “It’s fine. Hey…Silas kept looking for ten years so we got plenty of
time.”
Lucas grunted as the other left. Ten years…that’s right. Silas spent ten years searching for Ava never giving up on finding her despite his family pressuring him to marry someone else. Did he have what it took to keep looking for Sarah that long? Despite the odds Silas succeeded but would he? Did he even have the fortitude
to try?
“Hey Luke.”
Lucas looked up to see James Goodwell. For a decade James reigned supreme as New York’s most unapologetic bachelor. He was a constant player always seeking his next bedmate and he didn’t care if she was married or not. At one point he even set his eyes on Macey DaLair. It had nearly been the end of James’s career with a raging Julius after him. The former still avoided events the latter was likely to attend.
Though James seldom claimed a conscience the incident waved him away from trying with Ava given Silas’s reputation. Lucas was quite certain his sister spent the occasional night with James and the two remained -close enough to be considered friends though Lucas didn’t see how there could be any advantage in keeping
James on good terms.
“I can’t believe it!” James exclaimed with a hearty chuckle. “Who knew she had it in her? Am I right? But
maybe you knew all along.”
Lucas frowned. He wasn’t in the mood for James’s antics as he was already nursing a headache.
“I thought she was just a dumpy housewife. Who knew she had a body! Damn, I’m getting hard just thinking about it. But look who I’m talking to. You got to tell me…is she a freak in bed?”
!
“What are you talking about?” Lucas snapped.
“Your ex,” James said with a laugh. “Damn, she’s fine!”
Lucas leapt to his feet grabbing James by the collar, “What did you just say? When did you see her?”
“Jeez, okay,” James tried to shrug him off. “I just saw her.”
“Where!”
“Here. Where do you think?”
“Here?” Lucas repeated so startled he let the other go. “What do you mean here?”
“I mean here,” James straightened his suit. “She’s right over there talking to that lawyer chick.”
Lucas froze. He couldn’t have heard right, It wasn’t possible or…
Whirling away from the bar he pushed through the crowd. After years of searching it couldn’t be her. His eyes
desperately scanned the crowd. It couldn’t be her. James had to be mistaken.
“Luke?” Alan tried to keep up but there was no stopping him. He had to know.
A ring of laughter brought him to a small but growing crowd. He made his way through and suddenly froze as
his gaze finally found the object of his search.
She stood in the center of the group. Her plum-colored gown had an asymmetrical neckline that came off one
shoulder. It hugged the swell of her breasts fitting her like a second skin as it followed the gentle curve of her hips before draping toward the floor. Rhinestones sparkled as she moved. Her hair had been crimped or else was naturally curly and tamed in a large alligator clip giving her a cascading style ponytail. Her makeup was subtle, sophisticated. Silver and amber earrings dangled from her ears and matched her choker.
She was…beautiful.
Sarah.
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