“It’s never too soon to lay it all on the line,” Callie said. “I watched the two of you together and it’s so obvious that you guys are in love.”
“I do love her, Callie, but I’m not sure she feels the same,” he confessed.
“There’s only one way to find out,” she said, a glint in her eye. “Tell her! Wait for the right moment and tell her how you feel,” Callie pleaded.
“I can’t believe my baby sister is giving me romance advice,” Mac said with a contented sigh. “This right here is a dream come true. You know that, right?”
Callie leaned in to hug Mac. “Of course I do, because I feel the same way.” She held out her pinky. “Let’s make a promise to never roam very far from each other. Not ever again.”
Mac locked his pinky with Callie’s. “I promise never to roam too far from where you are.”
If he squinted his eyes a little he could almost pretend that he was locking his pinky with the brave little girl who had always loved sparrows and hated thunder storms. Their lives truly had come full circle. Now, providence had afforded them a new beginning with each other, one he wasn’t about to squander.
Callie clutched his arm and looked up at him. “I feel like I’m five years old again. I just knew you were the bravest person in the whole wide world. And you still are.”
Mac didn’t know if he was even close to the bravest person in the world. After all, he still couldn’t find a way to tell Delilah that he was in love with her. Each and every day the feeling had become more solid until now it was sitting squarely on his chest like an anchor. Somehow—perhaps when they made it back to Cape Cod—he would lay his heart on the line and pray that her heart was in line with his own.
“Believing in myself has always been hard. I think that when you fall in love—really truly in love—it gives you wings. It helps you soar. Suddenly, you’re not so afraid anymore that you’re not enough. You’re one step closer to being the person you’ve always wanted to be.”
Delilah Dalton
Chapter Ten
Delilah let out a sigh as Mac rounded the corner that led to her house. Being in Savannah with Mac as he located Callie had been amazing. They had stayed in Savannah for four days. Mac had been ecstatic about reuniting with his sister. It had been as if finding Callie had set him free. He seemed more relaxed and laid back. There was no longer anything holding him back and tying him to the past. She was extremely proud of him. Being away from Breeze Point had made her feel less secure in her relationship with Mac. It was hard to put her finger on why she was having doubts, but she knew it had nothing to with Mac and everything to with herself.
Did she have what it took to make a man like Mac happy? Was she the type of woman whom a man would want to spend a lifetime with? She hated these insecure thoughts that rolled around in her head. She knew she was a good person. And she deserved her happy ending just like everyone else. So why did Tim’s cruel words keep rolling around in her head? Why was she so uncertain of her worth?
She let out a yawn as Mac pulled up in front of her house. He smiled at her. “Sleepy? I know it’s been a whirlwind trip.”
“I always get sleepy at this hour,” she said, covering another yawn with her hand. “As soon as the clock strikes nine I’m bleary eyed.”
“Thank you for coming with me. I appreciate your support more than you’ll ever know,” Mac said. His eyes flickered with warmth and gratitude.
She didn’t know what to say to him. She loved this man, yet she couldn’t seem to get the words past her lips. That was the big reason why she had made the trip to Savannah with him. Her heart had led her to be with him as he reunited with his long-lost sister.
I love you.
Mac. I am in love with you.
I’ve fallen in love with you.
That wouldn’t be too difficult to tell him, would it?
Ugh. She had said those three little words in the past to several men who hadn’t deserved it, nor had they repeated the words to her. What if that happened this time, with Mac? What if she laid it all on the line and he didn’t return her feelings? Or what if he did and she managed to mess things up with him the way she always had in the past? What if things just didn’t work out, no matter how much she wanted it to?
“Let me get your bags for you while you get the door.” Mac easily carried her two suitcases from the trunk and followed her to her front door. When she opened the door, a blast of hot air met her. She needed to open up all the windows and air the place out. It was stuffy inside. And tomorrow morning she would have to pick up Zoey from Layla and Nick’s house. They had graciously been dog sitting in her absence.