Free Finding Love (A Mill Creek Crossing Romance) by Angelina Rose

years before he started up again when I was pregnant. Tate isn’t the man you thought he was. And he certainly wasn't the man I thought he was. He didn't want his baby from what I could see. It's just been the most horrific time of my life. I guess it's sweet revenge for what I did to you.”
     
    “Come on, Christy. You know I'd never wish anything harmful to you or anyone else. You're still my sister, but I'll never feel the same way about you again.”
     
    “I know you won’t. And I'm sorry. I wish we could get that back because I know that's what our mother would want. But it is what it is. I was just hoping we could start from here. I have to rebuild my life over, and I'd like to include you in it. I can't change the past, Amelia, but I can do something about our future. And if you'll let me, I promise to be the sister I was supposed to be back then.”
     
    Amelia was stunned at what Christy was saying. It wasn't so much what she was telling her about Tate, but about what she was saying about herself. She’d never heard Christy be so honest about anything. And this time, she actually felt like she might be telling her the truth.
     
    The two women ended up talking for several hours until it was almost midnight. They laughed, cried and mended a lot of the rifts in their relationship. Amelia was glad she allowed herself to open up and really hear what Christy had to say. She would never forget what her sister had done, but she had to forgive her so they could both move on and find happiness.
     
    ***
     
    With a week to go until Thanksgiving, Amelia continued trying to mend her relationship with Christy. She could tell her sister was really trying to make things right, and she’d already grown attached to little Olivia. The baby was a sweet representation of how even wrong things can eventually lead to something beautiful.
     
    “Morning, Amelia,” Christy said as she came downstairs.
     
    “Good morning. I made some eggs if you want some,” Amelia said as she wiped down the counter.
     
    “Oh, thanks. I’m starving.”
     
    “Finally getting your appetite back?”
     
    “Actually, yes. I’ve decided to look forward and not backward. Things would have never worked out with Tate, and I’m glad that it’s over. I know he’ll always be Olivia’s father, and I hope he will be a father to her, but that doesn’t mean I have to be with him.”
     
    “Listen, why don’t you take the day to do some shopping in town? You need clothes for you and Olivia,” Amelia said.
     
    “Because I haven’t found a job here yet. Money is an issue when you want to buy things,” Christy said with a laugh as she took a bite of her eggs.
     
    “I understand that which is why I wanted to give you this,” Amelia held out an envelope.
     
    “What is this?”
     
    “Just look inside.”
     
    “Amelia! This is two hundred dollars!”
     
    “It’s just a little extra I had this month. I want you to have it. It’s not much, but…”
     
    “Not much?” Christy said smiling through her tears. “You’re already letting me stay here, and now this? I can’t take this…”
     
    “Yes, you can and you will. Leave Olivia with me today and go get yourself some clothes.”
     
    Christy hugged her sister and pulled back to look at her. “Mom would be so proud of the person you are, Amelia. I don’t deserve what you’ve done for me in my life, and I swear I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to be the sister you actually deserve.”
     
    “Now you’re going to make me cry! Get out of here!” Amelia said with a laugh as she wiped her eyes. “You can take my car. The keys are on the table by the door.”
     
    It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and Amelia was looking forward to having Olivia with her all day. It’d been a long time since she’d held a baby, and she hoped to have one of her own before she was too much older.
     
    But how would she ever do that if she didn’t learn to trust a man?
     
    Pushing the