Captive Kisses (Sweetly Contemporary Collection Book 4) by Blake Jennifer

Author:Blake, Jennifer [Blake, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press
Published: 2012-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Six

Green Lake, like most in Louisiana, was a man-made lake. It had been constructed through, the simple process of building a dam and spillway across a natural stream. The catch basin thus formed filled quickly, inundating thousands of acres, most of it woodland. Since the cost of clear-cutting the proposed lake site of trees was much too steep, the bulldozers were brought in beforehand to push out a main channel, usually along the deeper section of the old water course, and perhaps one or two minor channels. The timber left standing was gradually covered as the water rose. The pines and hardwoods died quickly; their bases rotted, and they fell, sinking beneath the waves where the process of disintegration continued. This along with constant dripping of sap from the living trees both in the lake and along the shore gave the water its customary dark and murky color. But the cypresses were trees of the swamplands; they thrived in watery conditions. And if one of them died, its wood was practically indestructible. After the passage of years, the cypress trees stood like sentinels guarding the lake channels, providing perches for egrets, cranes, herons, and water turkeys, while the mass of rotting timber beneath the surface made an excellent spawning ground for fish where the hatchlings could stay hidden for survival.

The judge had enjoyed pointing out such processes and their ecological balances and benefits. Humans, he said, when they dammed streams and rivers, were doing no more than another of Mother Nature’s creatures, the beaver, would have done if he had gotten there first. In the meantime, a man with a little luck and a good fishing rig could catch himself a mess of mighty good eating.

There was no pretense to the judge, none at all. He had been a farm boy before he became a lawyer, then a judge. He was open and honest, with a healthy appreciation for his country heritage. That was another reason why it was so difficult to connect him in any way with Charles and his kidnapping of the senator. Frowning a little, Kelly shook her head.

They gathered still more speed as they reached the open channel. Charles seemed to know exactly where he was going. He did not hesitate, but here, away from the danger of underwater obstructions, opened the throttle and sent the boat flying. After a few minutes, he swerved into the side channel and cut the motor to a low rumble, decreasing their speed so as not to disturb the water, or the fish, in the clearing ahead of them. A sunlit area not much larger than a fair-sized house and ringed about with trees, Kelly recognized it at once as one of the judge’s favorite bass holes.

Charles turned off the motor, and they drifted silently into the opening. When the boat was where he wanted it, he let down the lead anchor in the stern. He took out the rod and reel brought for her and attached a small silver-colored artificial fish while she waited impatiently.

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