All About Eve by Liliana Hart

Author:Liliana Hart [Liliana Hart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781458142078
Google: OQ8CAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1469924692
Goodreads: 17189563
Published: 2013-11-05T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The explosion rocketed through the established neighborhood sometime after midnight, and Eve heard the tinkling of glass as it hit the wood floor in one of the front rooms.

“My windows,” she said, getting out of bed and throwing a robe on. Jake was already a step ahead of her and had his jeans pulled on and a pair of sneakers on his feet.

“Let’s go,” he said, pulling her by the arm. “I want you to stay close until we can figure out what the hell is going on.”

“What was that? It sounded like the whole neighborhood was destroyed. Do you think it was a gas line?” She bumped into Jake’s back when he stopped suddenly.

“No. It was the trailer,” he said, looking at what was left of his office. Fortunately, he hadn’t had anything important inside. He’d let Eve have the run of it during working hours since her own office inside the house wasn’t finished yet.

“Oh, no,” Eve said. “My work. It’s all gone.” She ran out the front door in her bare feet, hoping to salvage something of the papers that were flying down the street.

“Eve, wait,” Jake said, grabbing her hand. There was glass, metal and other debris scattered everywhere, and Eve’s feet were still bare. There’s nothing we can do but wait for the fire department to get here.”

She stopped beside him and realized she could hear the sound of sirens close by. Neighbors were all standing out on their lawns in various stages of dress. Dr. Gardener was fully clothed, just in from the hospital it looked like, and Mrs. Hansen was in a silk peignoir with a fur collar and matching slippers.

Mr. Panamaker was back on his front lawn, this time in striped pajamas. He sent her a sympathetic smile that probably had more to do with the courtside tickets to the Dallas Maverick’s she’d given him as an apology than with anything else. He was probably hoping she’d go off the deep end again so he could score hockey tickets.

But Jake was steady beside her, his arms around her in comfort and protection as she watched the violence of the flames. It wasn’t too long before she started to laugh, big, gasping guffaws that bent her body over to the knees.

Jake looked at the woman he loved with concern, pulling her close and trying to comfort as best as he knew how.

“It’s okay, Eve. We’ll figure out something. I’ll help you get caught up and sort through everything. Just think, more letters than ever will come in. You’ll see, it’ll be all right.”

“It’s perfect. Just perfect,” Eve said on a hiccup. “I don’t want to salvage anything. This must be fate. I was waiting for a sign.”

Jake looked at her like she was a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic and that made her laugh harder. “I’m not hysterical. I promise,” she added, when he looked like he wanted to argue. “But I think I’ve made up my mind about writing future articles for the newspaper.

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