A Taste of Eden

the long version

"For God's sake Tasha, grow up!" Ben's last words to her echoed through her mind. The words stung now as they had on their wedding night so many years ago. Even across the years the memory of Ben Craig, her husband yet not her husband, still had the power to wound. How ironic that when Ben had said those words, he hadn't known how young she was or how much in love she'd been. Well, she was grown up now. The old hurt had been tucked away in the secret hiding places of her heart. Only in the night the loneliness crept back...