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After Caroline left, I couldn’t stop thinking about her parting words Damn her and her witchy ways

I stared down the dolls in the dining room that Jessica still hadn’t taken home, and fired off a text that said that if she didn’t colike toward the cliffs She responded with a very specific finger gesture

I organized the Johnny Mathis albums, which had been relocated froed the the by time line or by season Alphabetical when possible Did I Dewey decimal myself in order to keep ht to mind a very particular person as deterht out of the stacks, smack dab into the romance section

There was a sudden crack of thunder, and when I looked out the pictureI saw lightning stab the sea Great The rain that had been pro up, assaulting the hanging baskets of ferns on the back porch

I curleded into ood sulk tonight But the white V-neck T-shirt and cotton panties weren’t keeping iant pair of tube socks, and I’d pulled the them up even farther now to fend off the chill

My eyes roamed the room and stopped on the fireplace Hey, Contractor Joe told me the chimney was sound and safe to use Hey, there’s a bunch of wood there that looks dry and brittle Hey, Viv, , so I canI opened the flue, crumpled up sorate, which could hold a fire large enough to roast a beast I stacked kindling, breaking off some of the s sure there was enough rooh

That’s what novice fire builders forget about For the fire to burn long and bright and stay hot, you need a little space A little rooo out

Shaking ain, I struck aabove began to catch, crackling and popping Laying two larger logs on top, and continuing to feed twigs and snapped-off pieces beloithinout its war the area clear in front of the fire, I set the screen to the side so I could enjoy the view

I curled back onto the couch, watching as the fire grew, illuleae

But I wasn’t cheery My stomach was still in knots No one else seemed to see the ro in Or they did, but they didn’t think the coas the hero Was I still convinced?

Daer and frustration Resignation?

But when I saw Hank’s truck speed around the corner of the house and stop next to the barn?

Pure, unadulterated lust took center stage

I thought about nothing at all as I crashed through the house and out the back door, crossing the yard with a single intent

Must Have Now

He’d already stripped down, the shirt tossed casually aside as you do when you have hay to pitch, and the sight of his suntanned skin and muscles for days made me quicken my pace