Echoes From The Past (Women of Character) by Brannigan Grace

Author:Brannigan, Grace [Brannigan, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Questor Books
Published: 2012-04-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Christie was glad when the rain tapered off and the sun began to shine through the clouds. As they drove down the highway she felt an incredible sense of happiness.

"Look at the rainbow," she said as they crested a hill. "What an awesome sight."

A ribbon of translucent color spread out before them. Farmland, fields and sky, the colors stretched as far as the eye could see with an occasional purple thunderhead serving as a backdrop. Christie had never witnessed anything so spectacular.

"I suppose you see this all the time," she said.

"It’s nice to see it through someone else’s eyes," he assured her gravely, turning his glance from her back to the highway.

She looked down at Hannah who sat between them and realized she’d fallen asleep.

"She was up really early this morning," Garrett said.

Christie pressed the child against her shoulder as her head bobbed forward. "I used to wish I’d find the gold at the end of the rainbow," she mused.

He smiled. "A leprechaun’s pot of gold?"

"My aunt Rose would say if you let your heart follow your dreams you’d find the gold."

"Your aunt Rose is a wise woman."

"Yes," she agreed with a lift of her chin. "She was. As I mentioned, she died when I was ten. Ellen was thirteen. It was an awful time in our lives. The blanket of security that Aunt Rose provided was yanked out from beneath us."

"Another loss."

"That was a long time ago," she said quickly. She looked out her side window. "I don't think I've ever seen so many fences. Everywhere you look there's a fence, and those stones, what type of stone is that?"

"Limestone, they're native to the area."

Garrett slowed the truck and pulled to the side of the road. He half turned in his seat toward her. Christie splayed her fingers on her thighs as she stared at his face, taking in the faint shadow of beard along his jaw and the sharp inquiry in his eyes.

He tapped the steering wheel. "Christie, if you don’t want to talk about your past I’ll respect your right to privacy, but you can trust me if there’s something you need to say."

"Strangely enough, I’ve probably told you more than I have anyone else in the last six years."

"Trust me," he said.

Those two words were like stones dropped in a still pond. Christie managed a short laugh. "You say that now, but I know from past experience -- "

"Christie, we don’t have any past experience."

"Garrett, I learned years ago to keep my emotions in check. It’s safer. Old habits are hard to break." She pressed her fingers together nervously as he shifted the truck into gear and pulled back on to the road.

Desperately, she battled the doubt twisting within herself. How much to reveal? Damn. Damn. Her past wouldn’t let her be anything but cautious. She cleared her throat. "You know things about me. I think we should talk about you, Garrett."

"I’m just a guy trying to make a living."

"Tell me what it was like growing up in a place like this.

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