Make Me Yours (Bellamy Creek, #2)

by Melanie Harlow

I hesitated, and Mariah grabbed my hand. “Please? I really do need your help with something.” “Okay,” I said, letting her pull me into the kitchen. Right away, the dog came trotting over to say hello, and I knelt down to give him some attention. Then I stood up and looked from daughter to father. “So what’s going on here?” Cole wore the sweater I’d given him for Christmas. His brilliant blue eyes, as always, put my heart in a vise. “I have things I want to say to you,” he said, “but I promised Mariah I would let her talk first.” “I’m sorry I lied about the math problem,” Mariah began solemnly. “I’ll never do it again. But I was scared he was going to mess this up.” “Mess what up?” I asked, bewildered. “Winning you back,” she said. “And I really want him to get it right, because I miss you so much.” My eyes filled. “I miss you too.” “So will you give him another chance? He wants to take you somewhere.” “Where?” I asked, dabbing at my eyes before I looked at Cole. “Home.” He reached for my hand. “Let me take you home.” “What home? Whose?” He and Mariah exchanged a smile, then he looked at me again. “Ours.”