Blindsided
“Good timing, that is, if the situation were some sort of romantic farce being played on stage in Broadway or the West End of London. In that case, when the hero reassures his innocent leading lady that he has no evil designs on her virtue just as the lights go out, the audience would laugh.
Kerin Smith didn’t seem to find the sudden plunge into darkness amusing. He clearly heard a sudden intake of breath as it happened, almost like a little moan. Another fierce volley of wind swallowed the soun...d.
It was funny, even after the room vanished from sight and he was left blinking and blind, he could still see her eyes, wide and very blue, looking at him with a sober regard that might be disconcerting if it wasn’t so apparent that the woman was afraid.
And not just of him. Of him, certainly, but not just of him. When he’d knocked on the window of her car, he’d seen then her face was already pale and still and she’d started as if the very devil might be asking entrance instead of being glad that someone had stopped to help her.MoreLess
Kerin Smith didn’t seem to find the sudden plunge into darkness amusing. He clearly heard a sudden intake of breath as it happened, almost like a little moan. Another fierce volley of wind swallowed the soun...d.
It was funny, even after the room vanished from sight and he was left blinking and blind, he could still see her eyes, wide and very blue, looking at him with a sober regard that might be disconcerting if it wasn’t so apparent that the woman was afraid.
And not just of him. Of him, certainly, but not just of him. When he’d knocked on the window of her car, he’d seen then her face was already pale and still and she’d started as if the very devil might be asking entrance instead of being glad that someone had stopped to help her.MoreLess
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