The Alpine Recluse (2006)
“By the time I got to the ski lodge it was ten after six. Beth Rafferty hadn’t arrived yet, but the hostess who had replaced Heather Bardeen Bavich showed me to a corner table.
The Norse gods and goddesses who stood guard over the dining room looked blessedly cool. As I waited, I kept thinking about Sky Autumn. I could hardly do much else, given that the ski lodge’s décor is forest and streams and waterfalls. Maybe the painting was meant for me. Or, possibly having lost a lover, I wanted to repl...ace him with a live-in extravagance that didn’t require care and coddling. It would be better, I supposed, than changing my hair color as many women seem to do when they break up with the man in their lives.
Beth appeared, looking tired and hot. Her blond hair clung damply to her fair skin.
“I should’ve changed,” she said, allowing the hostess to seat her. “But then I’d have been late. It was awfully nice of you to invite me.”
I shrugged. “I felt remiss about not talking to you this morning.”MoreLess
The Norse gods and goddesses who stood guard over the dining room looked blessedly cool. As I waited, I kept thinking about Sky Autumn. I could hardly do much else, given that the ski lodge’s décor is forest and streams and waterfalls. Maybe the painting was meant for me. Or, possibly having lost a lover, I wanted to repl...ace him with a live-in extravagance that didn’t require care and coddling. It would be better, I supposed, than changing my hair color as many women seem to do when they break up with the man in their lives.
Beth appeared, looking tired and hot. Her blond hair clung damply to her fair skin.
“I should’ve changed,” she said, allowing the hostess to seat her. “But then I’d have been late. It was awfully nice of you to invite me.”
I shrugged. “I felt remiss about not talking to you this morning.”MoreLess
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