An Unexpected Song (2013)
“Daisy asked as she reached for the handle of the car door.
“I might as well.” Jason got out of the car and came around to stand beside her on the street. “I haven’t seen him since yesterday.” He slanted her a look shimmering with recklessness as he started up the walk toward the cottage. “Maybe I’ll play him another number from Night Song.”
“No!”
He stared at her with mock innocence. “Whyever not? He liked it.” He added softly, “And so did you.”
“I thought we weren’t going to talk about this.” ...She glanced sidewise to see the same dark moodiness she had noticed before in his expression and asked quietly, “Why do you want to hurt me?”
“I don’t want to hurt you.” He shrugged wearily. “Or maybe I do. Tit for tat.”
“I’m not hurting you.”
“Aren’t you? Then why does it feel as if you are?” He threw open the door and stepped aside to let her precede him. “Never mind. It’s a moot question when I—”
“Charlie!”
Charlie was lying sprawled in his favorite easy chair, one hand hanging limply over the arm.MoreLess
“I might as well.” Jason got out of the car and came around to stand beside her on the street. “I haven’t seen him since yesterday.” He slanted her a look shimmering with recklessness as he started up the walk toward the cottage. “Maybe I’ll play him another number from Night Song.”
“No!”
He stared at her with mock innocence. “Whyever not? He liked it.” He added softly, “And so did you.”
“I thought we weren’t going to talk about this.” ...She glanced sidewise to see the same dark moodiness she had noticed before in his expression and asked quietly, “Why do you want to hurt me?”
“I don’t want to hurt you.” He shrugged wearily. “Or maybe I do. Tit for tat.”
“I’m not hurting you.”
“Aren’t you? Then why does it feel as if you are?” He threw open the door and stepped aside to let her precede him. “Never mind. It’s a moot question when I—”
“Charlie!”
Charlie was lying sprawled in his favorite easy chair, one hand hanging limply over the arm.MoreLess
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