By the Book by Mary Kay McComas

Author:Mary Kay McComas [McComas, Mary Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780553446241
Amazon: B00A11CDIA
Goodreads: 16144822
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 1998-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

STEP SIX

Whether you think you can

or think you can’t, you’re right.

—Henry Ford

The power of positive thinking far exceeds that of a hydrogen bomb. It cures diseases, discovers new worlds, takes pictures of Mars, and, in general, makes you feel just fine. Try it. Be that Little Engine that could. Think you can, and you will.

SHE WOKE UP HUMMING. She had her whole day planned before she had her eyes open.

Ellen figured there were good points and not so good points to every season that passed through Quincey—hence she had no favorite. Winter was cold but beautiful, peaceful. Spring was fresh and new; unpredictable and soggy at the same time. Fall was busy and dying at once. And summer was hot and hotter with a scattering of days that were so perfect, they renewed the soul and made life a pure joy.

It was one of those days—the pure joy kind. The sky was a bright, bright blue with fluffy white cotton clouds drifting slow and lazy from west to east. Pushing them was a cool soft breeze that kept the t-e-r from connecting with hot, as it rustled the leaves in the trees. Birds sang and flowers perfumed the air. Felix was safe and sober, albeit hungover, in jail. Her mother was planning to bail him out at noon and take him home while Ellen straightened things out with Tom Krane. But best of all, she was in love—and she and Jonah had rescheduled their dinner for that night.

All in all, a perfect summer day. Felix was safe, her heart was full of love, and the little green book predicted success—she was thinking that a little artful seduction was in order. Either that or she was going to start gnawing on the furniture. She’d tossed and turned the whole night through, waking fully once or twice to wonder if her restlessness was due to Felix’s imbroglio or the titillating dreams she incurred whether her eyes were closed or not.

She hadn’t actually done much seducing in the past. Too-nice people tended not to be vamps. But she’d been to the movies and had a general idea of the concept, and with the looks Jonah had given her the previous night, and the kisses ... well, how hard could it be? Besides, Jonah was taking too long. If she’d kissed any other man the way she’d kissed him, at the very least some serious groping would have occurred by now. But not with Jonah. Oh, he wanted her, a doorknob could see he wanted her. But despite the intimacy of his kisses and the controlled passion in his eyes, his hands and his manner had been nothing but gentle and tender and respectful.

She buttoned the button and zipped the zipper on her dark moss-green slacks and didn’t miss the cunning grin on her face when she stepped in front the mirror to check the fit. She hadn’t missed the I’ve-had-sex-around-the-world-in-eighty-days-and-you’ve-never-been-outside-Indiana disposition he’d displayed either. An excited giggle escaped her. Experience wasn’t everything. He’d have a whole new perspective and a different kind of respect for her after tonight.

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