This Side of Heaven
“He had called her at least a half dozen times since his stomach had told him that it was time and past for lunch, and had gotten absolutely no answer. Had he not been certain, by the rattling of pots and the thud of a log dropped on the kitchen fire, that she was belowstairs, he would have been out of his head with worry. As it was, he was growing angrier by the minute.“Caroline!”The shout was made with enough force to hurt his throat. Coughing, Matt glowered at his open door, sure that this ti...me she would appear. But though he waited, and waited, she did not.“Caroline!”The growling of his stomach reminded him that it was past noon, and he had had nothing to eat all day. But there was nothing he could do but shout for her and wait, fuming, for a response. His helplessness heaped fuel on the fire of his fury. Confound the woman, just because he’d had a momentary lapse of judgment was no reason to starve him! So he’d found her attractive, and made the mistake of letting her see it!MoreLess
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