Mating Dance
“Cleared of all charges, I mean.” Her voice was weaker than she liked when she finally looked up to meet his warm brown gaze.
“I know. I looked into it. The New York press treated you badly. You did all you could for those kids. It wasn’t your fault.”
His strong, solemn tone touched her, even as the horror of the past that had sent her running from her big corporate job in New York with her tail between her legs came back, hitting her once more. It had been a long time since she’d been confronte...d by such an out-of-the-blue reminder of everything that had happened. She’d run home to her sisters, and they’d taken her in and let her join them on their next adventure.
“Then you know it all,” she said, knowing her tone was as bleak as the desolate place inside her that had been utterly destroyed by the events that had run her out of New York on a rail.
“Most of it.” He stood and pulled a chair over, close to her, sitting opposite her.
He was easy to be around. He didn’t rush her to speak or bombard her with questions.MoreLess
“I know. I looked into it. The New York press treated you badly. You did all you could for those kids. It wasn’t your fault.”
His strong, solemn tone touched her, even as the horror of the past that had sent her running from her big corporate job in New York with her tail between her legs came back, hitting her once more. It had been a long time since she’d been confronte...d by such an out-of-the-blue reminder of everything that had happened. She’d run home to her sisters, and they’d taken her in and let her join them on their next adventure.
“Then you know it all,” she said, knowing her tone was as bleak as the desolate place inside her that had been utterly destroyed by the events that had run her out of New York on a rail.
“Most of it.” He stood and pulled a chair over, close to her, sitting opposite her.
He was easy to be around. He didn’t rush her to speak or bombard her with questions.MoreLess
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