A Storybook Finish by Lauralee Bliss

Author:Lauralee Bliss [Bliss, Lauralee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-30T07:17:06+00:00

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grown up in this town, most of her friends had moved away.

She still had family around and her church family as well. Yet

they all seemed so busy, caught up in their own little world.

She was grateful Jeff thought enough to share in a little

world, even if it was filled with musicals and visions of fairy

tales from long ago.

And little did he know, but he had also rescued her from

what might have been a very bad evening.

91 The pizza was just the way Jeff liked it, coated with pepperoni

and stringy mozzarella, yet he hardly tasted any of it. Ever

since he’d stepped inside Lindsay’s house, he felt as if he had

made a huge mistake. The horror at finding another man

inside the apartment was almost too much to bear. He nearly

left, were it not for the guy’s hasty departure and Lindsay’s

cool explanation. At first he was surprised to hear the guy

introduce himself as Ron. Didn’t Lindsay mention a Skip at

the coffee shop? Now he wondered if Lindsay had numerous

guys floating in and out of her life. If that were the case, he’d

rather not be counted as one of many. He didn’t need or want

competition.

Hold on now. You don’t know where any of these guys stand in

her life. As Candy said, for all you know, Skip could be her big

brother and the other man her cousin. You’d better find out what’s

cooking first before you begin leaping to judgment.

Despite all the uncertainty, Lindsay seemed eager to have

him in, so he followed along with the game plan. He sat on

the sofa, slowly eating his third slice of pizza, realizing he

should say something as they watched the Sound Of Music.

What was he doing here anyway? An act of desperation? An

illustrative example to convince his sister he did get together

with other women? Or a test to see if they had any future?

Jeff pushed the questions aside and turned his attention to

the movie. He found his interest sparked at the setting of the

92 movie during the invasion of Nazi Germany. With American

history his specialty, he also held a fascination for the world

wars. His grandfather had stormed the beaches of Normandy

as a young man and lived to tell his remarkable story. When

Jeff mentioned this fact to Lindsay, she focused her chocolate

colored eyes on him. For the first time, he dwelt on her

attractiveness—flowing

hair, high cheekbones tinted red, and large

eyes. No wonder guys were marching in and out of her life.

Yet the real question still remained: Did she care about any

of them?

“I don’t know very much about World War Two,” she said,

carrying dirty plates to the kitchen. Of course, everyone has

heard about Hitler and the terrible things he did to the

Jewish people in the concentration camps.”

Jeff wanted to expound on the details of the war, America’s

involvement and so on, but remembered he was here to scout

out Lindsay’s interests. Instead, he asked her if she liked other

musicals.

Lindsay settled back in an easy chair and mentioned a love

for Fiddler on the Roof and Oklahoma and another favorite, State

Fair. All at once, she laid her hand against the back of

the chair with the palm extended.

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