Jovah's Angel (1998)
“Caleb hurried forward to grab her arm but she jerked away, hot with mortification. She could feel the heat rising to her brows, the stickiness of tears drying down her face; she had never felt more completely at a disadvantage.
“Angela, are you—?” he began, but she interrupted before he could complete his sentence.
“What are you doing here?” she demanded, running ineffectual hands through her hair, down her skirts. “How could you just walk in without knocking, without permission—?”
“The angel s...ent me here, he said you would be glad to see me—”
“What angel?”
A tentative grin crossed the visitor’s face. “Well, he seemed to recognize my name and I didn’t ask him his,” he said a little whimsically. “He said you would want to see me right away.”
She turned her back on him, endeavoring to compose herself. Her breath still caught raggedly in her throat. It would not take much to start her crying again, and she would not do it in front of this man. In front of anyone.MoreLess
“Angela, are you—?” he began, but she interrupted before he could complete his sentence.
“What are you doing here?” she demanded, running ineffectual hands through her hair, down her skirts. “How could you just walk in without knocking, without permission—?”
“The angel s...ent me here, he said you would be glad to see me—”
“What angel?”
A tentative grin crossed the visitor’s face. “Well, he seemed to recognize my name and I didn’t ask him his,” he said a little whimsically. “He said you would want to see me right away.”
She turned her back on him, endeavoring to compose herself. Her breath still caught raggedly in her throat. It would not take much to start her crying again, and she would not do it in front of this man. In front of anyone.MoreLess
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