Carn Mo'r by Murison J W

Author:Murison, J W [Murison, J W]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Earlier in the day, Connie had found Robyn in her room. ‘Robyn, where have you been?’ Then she saw the tears streaming down her face, ‘oh no, not again.’ Robyn simply nodded. ‘What did he do this time?’

Robyn sniffed. ‘I tried to apologies, but he wouldn’t accept it.’

‘What did you say?’

‘I tried to tell him that I got a fright at their swordplay.’

‘He didn’t believe you?’

Robyn shook her head. ‘No he told me I wasn’t a very good liar.’

‘Well that’s true.’

Robyn smiled weakly, ‘then he gave me a little lecture about how he wasn’t the only person here scarred and that’s when I really screwed things up.’ She took a deep breath, ‘I said it was only his back that was scarred and his face and front were all right.’

Connie’s hands flew to her mouth in anticipation of what was coming.

A tear squeezed out of Robyn’s eyes as she went on with her terrible tale, ‘he said a woman doesn’t hang onto a man’s face when he makes love to her.’

‘Oh he didn’t?’

Robyn broke out into a flood of tears again. Connie clasped her to her bosom, ‘Whiesht now lass, don’t let the big buffoon get you down.’

Robyn struggled upright, ‘but it’s so true, my God, how could I have been so stupid and thoughtless?’

‘You weren’t being stupid or thoughtless, Robyn, you were trying to spare his feelings.’

‘It was a mistake.’

Connie sighed, ‘don’t blame yourself, its Alasdair we’re talking about here. You never just know how he’s going to react. It’s strange though, he normally never gives it a second thought these days.’

‘I should have known better, Connie. My father’s a surgeon. I've been with him many times on visits to the hospital. I have seen men so badly disfigured they refuse to go home and I never reacted to them the way I did with Alasdair. I just don’t know what's come over me.’

Connie watched Robyn torture herself. She knew exactly what was wrong with Robyn, but what could she do about it and what could she do about Alasdair?

‘I think once Alasdair tastes the ribs you’ve prepared he’ll forgive you anything.’

A sparkle returned to her eyes, ‘do you really think so?’

Connie grinned. ‘Oh I know so.’

Her face fell a little, ‘but what if he doesn’t and ignores me all night?’

Connie’s heart skipped a beat. She realised Robyn had spoken from the heart, without thinking. She was in love with Alasdair even if she never realised it herself.

What should she do, should she help this beautiful American woman or just let it go? But the look in her eyes melted Connie’s heart. ‘He’s your host and your father and you are his guests of honour. It would shame the whole Glen if he ignored you.’

‘It still doesn't mean he wants to talk to me, Connie.’

‘Robyn you’re a woman, make him want to talk to you.’

She bit her lip, ‘how?’

Connie stood up. ‘First let’s see what you’ve got in your wardrobe.’

They went through Robyn’s wardrobe and between them crafted an assault on Alasdair Sinclair’s senses, the likes of which he had never felt before.

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