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was
looking to maybe move here. This was her chance to see if she could make a new
life for herself in this country and I feel we should let her stay the agreed
three weeks to try it out. Also, if she stays, we would both get our fees back
from the agency when nothing comes of your meeting. What do you think?”
    “No,” Jake answered shortly. The very
idea of having to see Laura on a daily basis for three whole weeks scared the
crap out of him.
    “Why not?” Kerry pushed. “Give me one
good reason?”
    “I don’t have to. The answer is no!”
Jake insisted.
    “This is my house too and I want to
make up for what I did and let her stay.” Kerry’s voice began to rise with her
temper.
    “Now, now Kerry,” Bill interjected
with a wicked gleam in his eyes. “We can’t make Jake agree to let Laura stay
here when her presence obviously bothers your brother.”
    “She doesn’t bother me!” Jake gritted
out. Some days he could cheerfully throttle that man. “This isn’t some hotel or
guest house. This is our private home. You know I hate people invading our
home. Find her somewhere else to stay. Maybe in town if that’s where she’s
thinking of living.”
    “But Laura isn’t just anyone and I
refuse to dump her just because it suits you,” Kerry persisted. “She’s become
my friend, the only real female friend I have around here…..”
    “Don’t be ridiculous!” Jake
interrupted, becoming more and more desperate to change his sister’s stubborn
mind. Why couldn’t she just let it go? “You’ve only just met her. You know
nothing about her!” He waved his hand in Laura’s general direction, keeping his
eyes on Kerry. “She could be a complete lunatic for all we know.”
    “Now who’s being ridiculous?” Kerry
hit back, anger flowing through her hot and strong. She’d had enough of Jake
and this attitude of his to last a lifetime. She threw her fork on the table
with a satisfying thud. “You just don’t want her here because she was sent by a
dating agency for you. Her presence obviously bothers you because she might
actually get under that barrier you have up and make you feel again. Heaven
forbid you should actually turn back into a human being with feelings that
don’t revolve around large amounts of anger! I honestly think you like being
like this, the way you hold on to it…..”
    “So that’s what you think of me? You
think I enjoy feeling like this?” Jake snapped at her, his lips thinned in his
fury. He refused to let her see how much she’d hurt him or how close to the
mark she’d hit. He didn’t enjoy what he felt but he did refuse to let go. He
never wanted to forget what he’d been through and he never wanted to give
another human that power over him ever again. He didn’t think he’d survive a
second betrayal.
    “What else can I think?” Kerry
snapped back. “You have made no effort to change things in all this time. You
hang on and hang on to the past, making everyone else’s life a misery. Victoria
is still here, poisoning our lives and you keep her here. You still haven’t
spoken to Dan…”
    “Don’t mention that man’s name to
me!” Jake thundered. “How dare you bring him up after everything he did!” He
slammed down his cutlery and stood up so fast, his chair fell back to the floor
with a thud.
    “But he’s tried to talk to you, to
apologise and you just keep knocking him back. It’s not right, Jake. He was
like a brother to you until she got in the way…..” Kerry leapt to her feet,
leaning over the table to get her brother to hear her.
    “Why are you pushing me on this?
First you bring some woman into our home and now it’s Dan you bring up? What
are you really up to here Kerry?” Jake hit back, his eyes narrowed in
suspicion. “It seems less and less about my wellbeing and more and more about
yours, since you obviously think I am making your life a misery. Is that what
this sudden need to fix me is really about? You?”
    “Jake! Kerry!”