Accepting Elijah's Heart by M. Michelle Derosier

Author:M. Michelle Derosier [Derosier, M. Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781954427006
Publisher: In DisQovery Press

“Is she shorter than me?”

“Quite a few women are shorter than you, so yes. One question left.”

Eli grinned when Reina rolled her eyes at his comment.

“What I know so far: the woman is a well-known actress, she’s shorter than me, curvaceous, white, older than twenty but younger than forty, and has starred in a blockbuster movie based on a comic book in the last five years—”

“One more question.” Eli interrupted, waving his right index finger.

“Is she a blonde?”

“Hmm…she’s been a blonde, brunette, and a redhead. I’ll give you back that question.”

“Have you ever had a crush on her?”

“Men don’t have crushes.”

She looked at him sideways and rephrased her question with sarcasm. “Do you find her attractive?”

Eli didn’t get to respond before she said, “I’ll take that red spot on your face as a yes.”

He gave her a boyish grin. “Your guess?”

She named a bombshell who’d been plastered in several celebrity magazines recently.

He turned his head to look at her. “Ten wins later and I think I’ve been hustled.”

She raised both shoulders and offered her most innocent expression.

“Are you the same woman who, when we started this trip, insisted she was horrible at guessing games?”

“Dumb luck?” She grinned at him.

“Please pass my water bottle, Ms. Dumb Luck.”

She handed him his request and checked her phone for the time. “Is it too late to turn back?”

“Barely half an hour left. But if we turn back now, who’s going to eat this welcome feast my mother’s preparing?”

“She’s cooking for a small village?”

“Did France gift us Lady Liberty?”

She groaned. “She should reserve that kind of treatment for your future wife.”

The need to tell her that in his mind they were the same brought him physical pain. He rubbed the tension out of his neck.

“The offer still stands for me to drive,” Reina said.

“Direct quote from you: the road test instructor said I passed by the skin of my teeth.”

“Are you hiding a court stenographer in your back pocket?”

“Attention to details. A byproduct of being born into seven generations of lawyers and judges.”

“I’ll have to be careful about what I share moving forward.”

He touched her hand. “Don’t ever feel like you have to hide anything from me.”

Though he only turned his head for a second to glance her way, the spark that passed between them could fuel their trip to Brookline and back.

“Finish telling me about Ellen and William Craft,” Reina said. “I’m still amazed by their story.”

“I’m not even sure it was part of the District curriculum, but you couldn’t pass Mrs. Litt’s 9th grade U.S. History class without being able to recite the history of the enslaved people who lived and worked in Brookline.”

“She’s the one you said sparked Elizabeth’s interest in writing historical fiction.”

“Same one. She’ll be at Saturday’s event. She and some other members of the Hidden Brookline Committee were on the research team for Liz’s book. Their motto is ‘Fiction with roots in truth’.”

“I can’t wait to meet her. I’m curious to learn more about Brookline’s history with slavery, especially being a route on the underground railroad.

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