Beyond the Pine
“I smirk, taking in the threadbare nightgown she’s wrapped in, jealous of the water droplets that still cling to her skin. “Josiah said I could crash here. What are you planning to do with that pail?”
“I heard a crash,” she explains, blushing slightly as she lowers her arm. “I thought you might be a raccoon,”
“If I’d been a raccoon, what would have done with that bucket?”
“I’m not sure. I panicked and maybe didn’t think things through,” she admits. Her words have me wondering if she’...s referring to the pail or to me, her eyes grazing over my bare chest as she takes a step further into the bedroom, studying the items I’d placed onto the mattress. “What is all of this?”
I watch her take another step closer, her sweet scent invading my senses as she traces the edge of the frame still resting on the mattress. Her lips curve upward, the smile on them managing to heal my tired soul in ways nothing else has ever been able to.MoreLess
“I heard a crash,” she explains, blushing slightly as she lowers her arm. “I thought you might be a raccoon,”
“If I’d been a raccoon, what would have done with that bucket?”
“I’m not sure. I panicked and maybe didn’t think things through,” she admits. Her words have me wondering if she’...s referring to the pail or to me, her eyes grazing over my bare chest as she takes a step further into the bedroom, studying the items I’d placed onto the mattress. “What is all of this?”
I watch her take another step closer, her sweet scent invading my senses as she traces the edge of the frame still resting on the mattress. Her lips curve upward, the smile on them managing to heal my tired soul in ways nothing else has ever been able to.MoreLess
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