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Chapter 6, Excerpt 4

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 13, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

She relaxed into the seat, reveling secretly in the warmth that now enveloped her. Soon it would be less bearable, the heat more pronounced. For now, though, she acquiesced to the laughing sun that fell across her bare hand. She closed her eyes, imagining them at their picnic, wondering what it would have been like [...]

Chapter 6, Excerpt 3

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

She turned away, to the window and the outside world. The sea across her eyes shimmered and shrank away and she angrily wiped away the sudden tears. She looked back at Charles. He looked alone, alone and tired. She wanted for all the world to feel this way, now. Even in the midst of overwhelming [...]

Chapter 6, Excerpt 2

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 23, 2003 ⋅ One comment

Lindsay sank into the sun-warmed leather seats and Charles hurried to the other side of the car and opened the door, quickly seating himself facing her. His face and eyes held a questioning look. She wondered at this, realizing (perhaps for the first time) that Charles was also caught up in the whirlwind, that he [...]

Chapter 6, Excerpt 1

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 23, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

She could only close her eyes and the tears would fall as sorrowful rain; she knew it the instant he looked at her that her life was shattered. From that moment all things good and familiar were dashed heartlessly to the ground and something new built up, a wall, cold, hard, impenetrable. He stared hard. [...]

Chapter 5, Excerpt 5

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 6, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

They stood there together, facing the window, each lost in reflection. He had left the window open and the night air had sufficiently cooled the room, and now Lindsay was shivering. He guided her with his hand, turning her around to face the door, saying, ?Let?s get you back to your room.? It was at [...]

Chapter 5, Excerpt 3

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

She turned her eyes down, and he, lost in the moment, brought his hand up to her chin. He felt a great burden, as if she had suddenly unloaded everything in her tepid and torrid life onto his shoulders. He didn?t want it, didn?t need that pain, that torture. He had enough of his own. [...]

Chapter 5, Excerpt 4

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

The affair had been short, until he had broken it off with a violence that surprised even him; at the end of it she had sought for comfort in Stuart?s arms, his remonstrations over their transactions was so great. Thinking back, Charles was sure his anger and violence was related to the inequities of their [...]

Chapter 5, Excerpt 2

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 15, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Charles opened his window that looked out into the field. On the boys? side of the house, Stuart had gotten the ocean view, and he had green fields. There was only the wind and the sound of the ocean that reminded him he was far from home. He pushed open the shutters and breathed deeply, [...]

Chapter 5, Excerpt 1

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 14, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

He was more in doubt now than any time in his life, that he could remember. There were times when his head felt enlarged, like a melon, so full it was of confusion and fright. How he ran from those thoughts (he doesn’t love you, he doesn’t even want you!) when they came looming at [...]

Chapter 4, Excerpt 5

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 1, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

?I am Rimbald. Pietr Rimbald. What is it you seek, my dear?? he said, and he took her hand, bending to kiss it with aplomb. She returned his kiss with a small curtsy, and he turned, leading her away from the men and women who were now walking away and laughing amongst themselves. ?I could [...]

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