Three Thousand Miles - Jealousy (book #2 of Three Thousand Miles Series) by Deila Longford Page B

because of her mother’s own experiences.” This is starting to sound familiar to me. The mother ’ s concerns and the name Emma strikes a liking to Maggie and Adrian’s sister Emma. I shake of the feeling and I think it is just a coincidence.
    “Did the mother have a bad experience with a guy?” I say still with the crazy idea in my head that Dr James is referring to my Adrian’s distant family.
    “Emma’s father left them and I don’t think her mother ever fully got over that.” I am stumped the similarities that just keep coming.
    “What was the mother’s na me?” I ask him and it feels as if my heart has stopped beating as I await his answer. 
    “Maggie I think , ” I gasp loudly and I can see that Dr James looks puzzled by me.
    “Is there something wrong?” H e says. My mind is racing and I do not know what to say, what a small world this is, my doctor is the ex-boyfriend of Adrian’s sister. This type of thing does not happen.
    “I know the mother, Maggie.” He looks confused.
    “How do you know her?” I sigh, “The boyfriend that is MIA, Emma is his sister.” He sits silent and reflects on what I have just said after a brief pause he finally says.
    “I wasn’t aware she had a brother.”
    “They literally just found out.”
    “How can this be? Is he a step brother or a biological brother?”
    “He is her half-brother, they share the same father, and he also left Adrian when he was very young, and I guess that he did the same to Emma.”
    He shakes his in disbelief. “Has he met her?”
    “I don’t think so, I only found out about Emma on the day I was shot.”
    “Ho w did you find out about her?” H e asks.
    “Maggie is a chef and she was working for Adrian at the condo in which I was staying. S he told me about her daughter and we finally came to understand that she and Adrian were siblings.”
    “This is unbelievable.”
    “I know, but you have to understand that there is a reason why Maggie acts in that way about relationships.”
    “I had a feeling that she was hurt before by a man, whenever I asked Emma about it she wouldn’t tell me.” I nod in agreement and I feel that Dr James deserves to know the truth.
    “Maggie met Emma’s father when she was a young college student in Chicago. Maggie had dreams to become a journalist and while she was out on a work experience programme, she met and fell in love with Edward Black. He was the most gorgeous man she had ever seen. Soon after they got together Maggie found out t hat she was pregnant.” I look at Dr James’s face as he processes the new information he has now found out about the girl that he loved. I feel sorry for him and I think that he still loves her. I wonder about Emma and if she has any issues that go further than commitment. I know for sure that Adrian has suffered and he has problems still to this day, about what happened to him. Although Maggie was the best mom she could be and always put Emma first, I can not help but think that perhaps Emma suffers in silence about her father leaving her.
    “When Emma was born, Edward wasn’t around a lot and he refused to marry Maggie. She heard rumours every day , that he was with other women, but she ignored them until one day he left her and a one - year - old Emma.”
    “I never knew any of this; I wonder why she never told me?” Dr James says his voice is sad and I think that he feels sorry for himself. I reach over and take his hand and he looks up at me .
    “You still love her don’t y ou?” He sighs and agrees with what I am saying.
    “Yes , I love her but I can never be with her, her mother won’t allow it.”
    “The thing with Maggie is that she had to put her dreams of becoming a journalist on hold, while she looked after Emma, and Maggie believes that love is not the most important thing. She feels that love finds you and , until it does, you should focus on your career. She said she would never let her daughter fall stupid in love and throw away her