A Love Beyond Words by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods [Woods, Sherryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2001-10-19T22:00:00+00:00

With Allie settled more happily at the kitchen table with her paperwork, Ricky congratulated himself on the brilliance of his idea to get Gina Dayton to drop by.

After casting one last look at her, he stripped off his shirt and went outside to try to tame some of the shrubbery that was threatening to take over the front lawn.

He was hard at work, when he sensed he wasn’t alone. Allie was sitting on the front stoop, arms around her legs, chin resting on her knees. She looked totally downcast again. He set aside his clippers and dropped down next to her.

“I didn’t mean to distract you,” she said.

“Then what did you mean to do?” he teased. “Get an eyeful of the scenery?” He deliberately glanced down at his gleaming chest.

Allie reacted with predictable embarrassment. “Of course not. I was just…” Her voice trailed off.

“Restless again?” he inquired sympathetically.

“Not exactly.” She met his gaze. “I’ve been thinking.”

“About?” he prodded when she didn’t continue.

“I think I need to go back to my house.”

He stared at her incredulously. “What? No way!”

“I have to do it. Your sister mentioned it the other day and today Gina brought it up.”

He shot to his feet and began to pace. “They’re both nuts,” he declared. “Why would they suggest something like that?”

He felt Allie snag his hand and pull him to a stop, her expression frustrated.

“What?” she demanded.

He repeated what he’d said, then added flatly, “It’s not a good idea.”

“I think it is,” she said with a determined jut to her chin. “Maybe some of my things can be salvaged. And even if they can’t, I have to deal with what happened that night. I have to face it and move on. Will you take me?”

He struggled with the wisdom of what she was suggesting and his own fear that she wasn’t ready to face that night. “Allie, I don’t know.”

“I’ll find some other way to get there, if you don’t.”

He knew she would do it, too. Unlike the idle threats she’d made about sneaking back to work behind his back, he sensed that this time she’d made up her mind. She would go with him or without him. There was no way he would let her face it alone.

“I’ll take you,” he finally conceded. “When?”

“Now,” she said with grim determination. She stood up to emphasize her declaration.

Ricky sighed. “Okay, now it is. Just give me a minute to clean up and put on a shirt.”

“It’s not like we’re going someplace fancy,” she protested. “We’ll probably get filthy.”

“Give me a minute,” he insisted.

Inside, he made a quick, desperate call to Jane. “Do you think she’s up to this?”

“If she says she is, you don’t have a choice. I’ll meet you there,” the elderly woman said decisively.

“Want me to pick you up on our way?” Ricky offered.

“No, then she’ll know you called. It’ll be better if I just show up.”

“Thanks, Jane. You’re an angel.”

“You can buy us both lunch when this is over. I have a craving for a nice, thick pastrami on rye with some kosher pickles.

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