A Trick of the Light by Tina Wainscott

Author:Tina Wainscott [Wainscott, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945143786
Publisher: Written Musings

It was nearly dark by the time they hitched the boat trailer to the car. Chloe stayed out of sight at the marina. She didn’t want anyone telling the press she was with Dylan.

He smelled like engine oil and the soap he’d used to wash it off when he got into the car. “Ready?”

“Ready.”

She wished she’d gone to the Keys alone. Then the pressure wouldn’t be on her to prove Lena’s vision was right. No one would have to know. But Lena had been right before.

And the child had already been dead.

“You all right?” he asked.

She started playing with her owl pendant. “Just worried.”

“We don’t have time to worry. We need a game plan.”

“Game plan?” What did she know about games? Except that playing games meant you were either opponents or … “Does a game plan make us a team?”

“Let’s not push it.” He gave her a sideways smile that nearly stopped her heart. Their eyes held for a moment, and she hoped he couldn’t see what she was thinking. He shifted his gaze ahead. “We’ll stop along the way and distribute posters.”

He turned on the CD player, and classic rhythm and blues poured out of the speakers. He started to quietly sing along with a song about lonely teardrops. She hadn’t figured him for anything as soulful as R&B.

“I can’t believe that you believe in Lena’s vision,” she said.

“A person’s allowed to change their mind, aren’t they?”

“I suppose. I’d like to believe that. But no matter what happens, you can’t ridicule either her or me.”

“I promised, didn’t I?”

“Yeah,” she said, sitting back with a sigh. “But men break their promises.”

“Did Ross break a promise?” He looked a little surprised, as though he hadn’t intended to ask that.

“You talked about me, didn’t you? That day at your office. And they say women gossip!”

“We didn’t gossip. He regrets letting you go.”

“Yeah, I’ll bet. His high-society wife is making all the right connections for him, taking him to all the right parties — not that I keep up with that kind of thing. I’ll bet he just misses the heck out of me.” Seeing Dylan’s smile, she asked, “Did he say that?”

“Do you want him to miss you?”

She wiggled to get comfortable in the seat. “I don’t care. Okay, it’d be nice if he did. It would be even better if he called her by my name once in a while, particularly during those crucial moments.” She gave him an impish grin, but it faded. “Nobody misses me. They wipe their hands over their foreheads and say, ‘Whew!’”

He grew quiet for a moment. “Still love him?”

“No.” She shook her head. “I don’t think it was love anyway. More like intense infatuation. At the time … well, I admit to glancing at bridal magazines. I know the difference now.”

“Do you?”

The way he looked at her … Chloe felt her insides implode. “Oh, yeah.” She cleared her throat, embarrassed by the strangled sound in her voice. “What do I know about love anyway?” All she knew was that what she’d felt for Ross was nothing like the way Dylan made her feel.

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