California! by Ross Dana Fuller

Author:Ross, Dana Fuller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Holt, Whip (Fictitious character), Miller, Rick (Fictitious character)
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books
Published: 1981-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

had to make the best of a sticky situation. *^y apologies, Mr. Holt," he said. ''Sony I didnt know you." He reached beneath the bar for a bottle of his best brandywine, which he held up as a peace oflFering.

Melissa Austin, dazzling in white, took the bottle and carried it to the table, along with two glasses.

^Thanks, Melissa,"* Whip said T didn't want anyone to be hurt."

She seated herself opposite him, her face masklike. *1 knew the second I saw you that you came here because of me. Apparently George knew it, too, and was trying to protect me.**

THe went about it the wrong way.** Whip studied the heavily made-up girl, but there was no hint of censure in his voice as he said, TEulalia sends you her love. So do the Cannings. And the Thomans. And a great many other good friends.**

"When you go back to Oregon,** she said, speaking evenly, "tell them to forget me. The girl they knew no longer exists.**

Whip caught hold of her wrist. "Look at me, Melissa," he said, a quiet urgency in his voice.

Melissa forced herself to lift her gaze to his for an instant before she flinched and turned away.

Tlick Miller has told me about his talk with you,** he said. "I don't beKeve in going over the same groimd again, just as I don*t beheve that beating a dead mule will persuade him to haul a cart. All I ask of you, Melissa, is that you give some thought to the possibility of coming home. Don t reject it automatically by telling yourself that nobody gives a damn about you. A whale rf a lot of people give a very big damn."

"Ill never forgive you if you make me cry,** she said in a choked voice. *

He rose to his feet, his movements surprisingly swift and agile for someone with his arthritic condition. '^Well just make good and sure the door is left open," he said and started toward the bar. The men who were crowded there moved aside

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