Black Ice by Sandy Curtis

Author:Sandy Curtis [Curtis, Sandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Thriller, Crime Fiction
ISBN: 9780987160478
Publisher: Clan Destine Press
Published: 2011-11-16T13:00:00+00:00

Kirri was quiet as Daniel drove the hire car to Taronga Zoo. She knew he needed to concentrate on driving on what he termed the "wrong" side of the road, and she needed to collect her thoughts.

It was only as they were pushing Catelyn's stroller through the zoo grounds that she voiced those thoughts.

'Didn't your father or your grandparents tell you anything about your mother?'

'My grandma often talked about her, but never about how she died. When I asked my father, he'd only say she died in a car accident. Grandma made her come alive for me, so that even though I hadn't really known her, I missed what we might have had together.'

Catelyn cried out, and started to climb out of the stroller. They'd come to the monkey enclosure, and she burbled excitedly, pointing to the playful animals, then lifted her arms to Daniel. He swung her high, and she squealed with laughter.

As Daniel held her against his chest, Catelyn patted his cheeks with her tiny hands. "Daddee,' she said, and landed a sloppy kiss on the corner of his mouth.

Daniel went still, his face filled with awe, as though he had just witnessed a miracle. Kirri knew what he was feeling; that unbelievable moment when a parent realises what a wonderful, exhilarating, frightening responsibility they have to the child they have created; and the bond of love that will stay with them to the grave.

Catelyn turned her attention to the monkeys, and Daniel, with a dazed smile, walked closer to the wire. Kirri stayed back, an avalanche of emotion coursing through her. Never before had a man affected her as Daniel did. Was it love she was feeling now, this wild, exuberant, poignant roil of emotion that was almost physically painful? Two years ago she would have had the confidence to know; now she could only hope.

'Kirri?' Daniel was holding out his hand to her. She smiled, and linked hers with his.

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