Tuesday Tales: From the Word ARM

Welcome to November and this week’s Tuesday Tales, the blog hop that features the work in progress of a small group of bestselling authors. Each week, we write to a word or picture prompt. This week, our word prompt for a 400 word scene is ARM. I’m continuing with my upcoming holiday romance Forever in my Heart, the fourth book in my Winter Wedddings collection. I’m hoping to have it finished and ready to release by the end of 2021.

Enjoy!

“I may never understand why it happened, Becca, but now I can never tell her I’m sorry I reacted the way I did—not giving them a chance to explain anything. You said that I have to forgive them to move on, so how can I ever fall in love and get by this if I can’t tell her I forgive her? It’s as if part of me is dead, too.” She rubbed her cold arms.

“Cassie, I’m sure God knows how you feel, and He’ll make sure she knows.”

“I wish I had your faith, but what if she doesn’t? What if I pushed her away once too often? When I woke up this morning, I was in pain. I thought it was just the hangover, but what if it was her, trying to reach me, trying to say goodbye?”

“Now you’re creeping me out. You’ve never been able to feel her before, right?”

“I’m not so sure of that. When I was ten, I had these massive stomach pains. The doctor thought it was appendicitis, but then the tests were all negative. The same thing happened back in April. I was in agony. It lasted for about seven hours, and then I was fine. I never put it together until now. Cassie had her appendix out when she was ten. I learned a few weeks ago that she had twin girls. My guess would be that they were born in April. Maybe I could feel her pain. We all know that there’s a lot of weird folktales about twins and ESP. I remember Luke telling me he knew when Mike was unhappy or sick.”

“Anything is possible, and if she was reaching out to you the way you think she was, well, maybe she did manage to get a message to you. Listen, eat your ice cream, take another shower, and then I’ll help you pack. I’ll even take you to the airport. Vancouver or Abbotsford?”

“Abbotsford. It’s a direct flight. Can you look after my mail and my plants, too?”

“Sure. Now, eat up and then we’ll get to work.”

Callie nodded, spooned the melting ice cream into her mouth and savored the sweet taste. Cassie had been the one to introduce her to maple syrup on ice cream. It was one of the few things they’d both loved—well, other than Luke.

That’s it. Stay safe and don’t forget to check out the other Tuesday Tales