Longing for Home
“He hadn’t the slightest worry she was actually frightened of him. He’d wager she simply didn’t know what to make of him. And, seeing as the feeling was entirely mutual, he found it endlessly amusing.
“Didn’t your mother teach you not to sneak up on a person?” She didn’t look over at him as she spoke. The stern set of her mouth didn’t fool him for a moment. Katie meant him to believe her angry, but he didn’t think she was as irritated with him as she worked to appear.
The woman could do with a f...air bit of teasing, she could.
“You know, I don’t think my ma ever mentioned that.” He made a show of pondering the idea. “Perhaps we should go pull her aside and let her know you don’t think too highly of her abilities as a mother.”
For just a moment he saw panic flit across her face, quickly covered with an overdone look of scolding. “I knew you were trouble the moment I laid eyes on you.”
“Oh, come now.” He kept close to her side and smiled to himself when Katie inched further away.MoreLess
“Didn’t your mother teach you not to sneak up on a person?” She didn’t look over at him as she spoke. The stern set of her mouth didn’t fool him for a moment. Katie meant him to believe her angry, but he didn’t think she was as irritated with him as she worked to appear.
The woman could do with a f...air bit of teasing, she could.
“You know, I don’t think my ma ever mentioned that.” He made a show of pondering the idea. “Perhaps we should go pull her aside and let her know you don’t think too highly of her abilities as a mother.”
For just a moment he saw panic flit across her face, quickly covered with an overdone look of scolding. “I knew you were trouble the moment I laid eyes on you.”
“Oh, come now.” He kept close to her side and smiled to himself when Katie inched further away.MoreLess
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