This Time, Forever (2010)
“Of course it did, Marley thought, the realization irritating the heck out of her. It shouldn’t be clear and beautiful outside when inside she was a thunderstorm of chaos.
“You look like a kitten caught in the rain.”
Marley looked up from the document she’d been studying—well, not really. Her ability to focus seemed to be nonexistent this morning.
“You ready to go?” she asked, hardly sparing him a glance as she opened her desk drawer, pulled out her purse and stood. “We should head out as soon a...s possible.”
“I’m ready when you are,” he said.
She’d been hoping he’d be late. Then she’d be able to leave without him. But a glance at the clock revealed that, like her, he’d been early. It was only 7:50.
“Terrific,” she said, sliding past him without looking him in the eye. He had a duffel bag over one shoulder—a vivid reminder that they’d be spending the night in Atlanta—and it reminded her that she had one, too. She paused for a moment. Her briefcase sat in one of the side chairs opposite her desk, a tiny suitcase sitting on the floor.MoreLess
“You look like a kitten caught in the rain.”
Marley looked up from the document she’d been studying—well, not really. Her ability to focus seemed to be nonexistent this morning.
“You ready to go?” she asked, hardly sparing him a glance as she opened her desk drawer, pulled out her purse and stood. “We should head out as soon a...s possible.”
“I’m ready when you are,” he said.
She’d been hoping he’d be late. Then she’d be able to leave without him. But a glance at the clock revealed that, like her, he’d been early. It was only 7:50.
“Terrific,” she said, sliding past him without looking him in the eye. He had a duffel bag over one shoulder—a vivid reminder that they’d be spending the night in Atlanta—and it reminded her that she had one, too. She paused for a moment. Her briefcase sat in one of the side chairs opposite her desk, a tiny suitcase sitting on the floor.MoreLess
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