Blue Flame by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary Women, Contemporary, Fiction, romance, Suspense, Erotica
ISBN: 9781455547654
Publisher: Forever Yours
Published: 2013-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

12

The next morning, Amy made a large breakfast for the cheerleaders before their expedition out to some historic Apache sites. Having been spoiled by the Japanese businessmen who’d eaten every crumb she’d cooked, she was shocked when all the dishes came back with much of the food left over.

Marge laughed at her concern, saying it wasn’t the food but the carb content in it. The cheerleaders were all fit and lean, so that made no sense to Amy, but the following morning she experimented with Marge’s suggestions, and served eggs and lean bacon with no toast or muffins. It all vanished.

Seemed she’d have to be flexible. No problem, she’d been born flexible. She politely thanked Marge, who shocked the hell out of her by ignoring her hands-off aura and giving her a warm hug in return.

That night Amy stood in the kitchen cleaning up after a light chicken stew. Happy chatter came through the walls from the dining room. The guys had all made a point to be around for dinner the last few nights—big surprise given who their guests were, but she didn’t mind.

Humming, she scrubbed the stovetop and the floor, and whatever else needed a good cleaning. It took her a while to recognize that she was enjoying herself.

Callie had asked her to join the dinner group but she’d declined, and she didn’t regret that. It gave her comfort to work in peace without having to socialize, while knowing the house was full and she wasn’t alone. Plus, she felt partly responsible for those people enjoying themselves out there, and that felt good, too.

She knew when she turned to clean out the already spotless refrigerator that she was merely delaying the moment when she’d have to go back to her empty cabin.…

But that lingering fear made her mad, mad enough that she put down her sponge, straightened her aching back, and headed resolutely to the back door.

No more fear.

That had been her promise to herself, and she’d nearly forgotten it, damn it. She was eighteen, a legal adult. Sure, her father could find her if he tried hard enough, but he couldn’t make her come home as he’d been able to all the other times.

Knowing that, she headed out into the night, but her feet faltered on the grass, and not just because Goose showed up out of nowhere looking to chase her. Her cabin was dark, too dark. And inside it, waiting for her, were her nightmares.

Lifting her chin, she turned and headed toward the barn instead. Goose watched her closely but since Amy stepped off the grass, the bossy creature didn’t try to block her path. Amy rewarded her with a pat on the head, then let herself into the barn. She wanted to touch the horses, wanted to put her hand on a warm flank and be in the company of a living thing that couldn’t talk, demand, yell, hit…couldn’t do anything but just be.

She turned on the lights and smiled when a few of the horses blinked balefully at her.

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