Free Ragan's Song (Fairfield Corners #2) by L. A. Remenicky Page B

but he received a call from the hospital and had to leave. Ragan had mixed feelings when she sent him off with a kiss; sorry to see him leave, but ready to spend time alone. She believed that Mark would gladly help her make new memories and keep the old ones in the past, where they belonged. After the way Adam had looked at her when she took Skylar to meet him, she finally admitted to herself that she had to move on. Mark still wanted to date her, even knowing how she still felt about Adam. A good and caring man, dating Mark seemed right.
    She sat on the couch and turned on the TV, flipping through the channels. Nothing captured her interest, so she shut it off and wandered around the house, letting the memories guide her. She remembered the first time Adam had brought her there.
    It was about a week after Cassie and Logan’s wedding. They were so tired and becoming slap-happy, tripping over each other to get in the door and stopping every few steps for a kiss. Adam picked her up and threw her on the bed, telling her to wait right there as he walked towards the bathroom. She really tried to stay awake, but she was so tired that she fell asleep almost instantly.
    When she woke up, she was still lying on top of the covers with Adam’s arm and a leg draped over her. She turned her head to the side and watched him sleep. That’s the moment when she fell completely in love with him. Closing her eyes, she visualized the two of them dancing slowly in a room full of people. She was in a long white dress and Adam was in a tux. Logan was on a stage, singing a song she had never heard before.
    She opened her eyes and saw that Adam was awake and smiling at her. “Hey beautiful, am I that boring?” he asked with a laugh, “I can’t believe you fell asleep; I was only gone two minutes.”
    “Yep, you are just so boring.” she replied with a grin as Adam reached to pull her closer.
    “I’ll show you how boring I am.” He wrapped her in his arms, rolled onto his back and kissed her. That was the first time they made love.
    Standing in the living room once more, she smiled at the memory of falling in love with him; wishing that fate hadn’t dealt them such an awful blow.
    Ugh. Have to get my mind out of the past . So much has happened that I doubt we can ever make our way back to each other in that way. On that note, she turned off the lights and headed for the bedroom. After tossing and turning for about an hour, she decided that she might as well get some work done. Sleeping tonight, in this house, is impossible. Retrieving her laptop, she started putting together her new website.
    Across town, Krista watched Adam from her side of the table, frowning at the faraway look in his eyes. She reached for his hand, “This is a date; you’re supposed to be paying attention to me.”
    His bleary eyes focused on her. “Sorry, Krista. I just have a lot on my mind tonight.”
    “What’s wrong, Adam? Can I help?”
    “I’m just worried about the new album. It’s been almost four years since I released any new music and I’m… Oh, never mind, this is a date and we’re here to have a nice dinner.” He hoped the candlelight would help hide the deceit that must be showing in his eyes. The album wasn’t what was on his mind. Ragan was, and he couldn’t change that fact by lying to Krista, or to himself.
    “Since you played the hero during that freak snowstorm, you should let me leak it to the press. It would generate some good publicity for the album. You’ve been out of the limelight for three years, and any publicity would be good at this point. Maybe some good can come out of your ex coming back to town after all,” she suggested coyly.
    “No, Krista,” his face flushed with anger. “You know I don’t like to bring attention to my life in Fairfield Corners. I want Jenna to have a normal childhood, and that won’t happen if the paparazzi are following her.”
    “At least think about it. Three years is a long time to be