A Case for Love by Kaye Dacus

Author:Kaye Dacus [Dacus, Kaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Romance, Fiction/General
ISBN: 9781607421481
Google: wsOxFZyUPAYC
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Published: 2010-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Alaine stood at the rear of the sanctuary. Most of the people who came to this Saturday night service were young—and dressed to go out afterward. Would they leave here to go hit the bars and clubs in midtown, feeling as if they’d had their dose of church for the week so it was okay to go get plastered afterward?

Her sorority sisters had lived that way—and so had she, even for a few years after college. It was so much easier to maintain good church attendance when one could go before getting smashed instead of dealing with the hangover while trying to look properly worshipful on Sunday morning.

“Alaine? Alaine Delacroix, it is you.”

She turned at the masculine voice. Her heart gave a little lurch at the sight of Shon Murphy. She could rack it up to his dark good looks, but in all honesty, running into him embarrassed her more than excited her. Seeing him reminded her of her current status as one of his company’s clients ... and the several e-mails from him she hadn’t yet responded to.

“I didn’t know you went to church here.” Wow. Great opener, girl.

“This is my first time to come to the Saturday service. Tomorrow’s my mama’s birthday, and I promised to go to church with them over in Pineville.” He looked around the sanctuary. “Looks like we’d better find seats. Mind if I join you?”

“Please do.” She took a few deep breaths when she turned to start down the central aisle, trying to keep the heat climbing her throat from progressing into her face. She stepped into a pew in the middle of the large room and edged her way down to the center of it.

Shon sat beside her and flipped open his order of service. Alaine did likewise but didn’t take in anything on the page. While she hated attending church alone—and alone was how she’d always felt in the regular services on Sunday morning, looking around at all the couples and families—the idea of sitting with the guy she’d paid to set her up on blind dates was a bit weird and uncomfortable.

“Did you have a good week?” Shon’s soft voice startled her.

“I did. But really busy. And you?”

“Same here. I saw your piece on the dance studio opening down in Comeaux. Looks like you had a really good time. Was that Forbes Guidry you were dancing with?”

Heat burst full force into her cheeks. “It was. I ... I met him at theBonneterre Lifestyles bachelors’ dinner, and since there was an uneven number of people at the dance studio, he asked me if I’d partner him.”

“You looked like a natural. That wasn’t your first dance lesson, was it?”

“Thanks.” She curled the corner of the bulletin, rolling it between her thumb and forefinger. “My mother thought that my brothers and I should at least know a couple of basic ballroom dance steps, so she taught us at home. It came in handy more for the boys than for me come prom time.

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