Heartsong (Logan 2)

private times," he confessed.

My heart was pounding. The silence between

the words was loud and revealing, as was the look in

his eyes. I thought about the times I would have hated anyone spying on me. He was right: it was a serious

violation.

"I'm sorry for it," he concluded. "The morning

she left with Robert to go sailing, I was angry at her

and she was angry at me and we never had a chance to

make up. She had found out I had been watching her

with Robert," he said. The pain in his voice made my

heart ache.

"How?"

"I said something that only someone who had

been spying on het- would know. Maybe I wanted her

to know; maybe I couldn't keep it inside anymore, the

guilt. She never came back, so I could never tell her

how sorry I was.

"That's why I went looking for her as long as I

did. There were times during that search I stood up in

my boat and shouted over the water, 'Laura, I'm sorry,'

shouted until my throat ached. But she was gone. It

was too late. She died hating me."

"I'm sure she didn't really hate you for it, Cary.

She was angry, but you two were too close for hate to

have a chance to set in any roots," I said trying to

soothe his fears.

He shrugged, a small smile of gratitude on his

lips. "I was telling you the truth about the hole

upstairs.

I put the sofa over it and wiped it from my