A Kiss in the Night
“Then she broke the seal and unfolded the letter. She heard his voice in her mind as she read the bold script: By day we are theater actors, but beneath this shallow exterior, I am made of longing. Longing for what can never be, longing for a violent transport into the glimpses of what life should have been. I see the same longing in thy eyes. Answer thy longing, my love. Tell me denial has become as awesome as death; desire has become thy life, dictating the beat and pulse of your heart. Tell m...e, Linness...
She read the note again and then twice more.
Glimpses of what life should have been.
She saw him every day now, many times a day. Each and every afternoon Paxton escorted her and Jean Luc on sojourns to the river, and these were the glimpses of what life should have been.
Glimpses of the family they might have been. Longing and desire were stirred by nothing more than the music of his laughter, his storytelling and wit, the intimate probe of his questions. Witnessing his natural ease and love for Jean Luc plunged her into a depth of feeling she had never known before.MoreLess
She read the note again and then twice more.
Glimpses of what life should have been.
She saw him every day now, many times a day. Each and every afternoon Paxton escorted her and Jean Luc on sojourns to the river, and these were the glimpses of what life should have been.
Glimpses of the family they might have been. Longing and desire were stirred by nothing more than the music of his laughter, his storytelling and wit, the intimate probe of his questions. Witnessing his natural ease and love for Jean Luc plunged her into a depth of feeling she had never known before.MoreLess
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