Elizabeth's Heart - Book Two (The 1929 Series) by Gardner M.L

Author:Gardner, M.L. [Gardner, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

I don’t know how much time passed or how we got there, but I found myself hovering over her on the twin bed, trying to get the top of her dress down and the bottom of it up, alternately. It snagged and slipped out of my grasp several times as I frantically tried to push it up to her waist.

“Hurry, Simon,” she whispered, hugging my hip with her thighs.

“I’m hurrying, I’m hurrying,” I said. Too overwhelmed to be graceful, I moved my hips around, prodded blindly, searching.

“Wait!” she said, grabbing my face, one second before I found her.

“Wait?!” I gasped, eyes wide open.

“I hear something.” Her brow furrowed in concentrated listening. I hovered with gasping breaths, so close to heaven, writhing in agony. Then I heard her mother’s voice echo up the stairs.

“Shit!” I jumped up and scrambled for my pants.

“Wait, Simon. Just be quiet!” Elizabeth whispered, adjusting her dress. I froze with my pants hanging open around my waist. We listened as they argued back and forth about something they were looking for.

“Maybe it’s upstairs,” her mother snapped. I heard three heavy thuds and my heart raced. I looked around and wondered if we could make the jump out the window without too much injury. The footsteps on the stairs stopped mid-way.

“No, I remember bringing it down,” his deep voice called. After a moment, we heard the backdoor slam shut and breathed a sigh of relief. Elizabeth fell back on the bed and blew out her breath, moving loose strands of bedraggled hair out of her face.

“We should get out of here,” I said while I threw on my clothes. She ignored me and held out her hand to me, wiggling her finger for me to come closer, holding an insinuating smile.

I looked down and then shrugged helplessly. All traces of excitement were long gone, and there would be no getting it back with the fear of being caught. Her face dropped in disappointment and she stood up. She peeled off the dress and quickly changed into a warm shirt and riding pants. She stuffed the dress into her bag and nodded toward the door.

“Let’s go then.”

I opened my mouth to apologize, but she had turned her back and was opening the door slowly. She peeked out each way down the hall before tiptoeing out. Each step caused the stairs to creak and groan under our weight, no matter how slowly we went, and my heart pounded in my ears. By the time we reached the bottom, sweat had beaded up on my forehead. All I could think of was to run back to the cabin, grab our things and continue north to Canada.

We rounded the corner into the kitchen, and Elizabeth stopped short with a gasp. I grabbed her arm and pulled her back against me when I saw him.

“Daddy,” she breathed.

An older man, salt and pepper haired, tall and work worn, turned slowly toward us. My heart stopped and, though my instinct was to grab Elizabeth and run, my feet were frozen to the floor.

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