For All of Her Life by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham [Graham, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-1-4532-3408-2
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 2012-10-15T17:11:00+00:00

Thirteen

“JORDAN!”

Kathy came down the stairs just in time to see Jordan open the door to Tara Hughes.

The young woman entered the guest house with a great deal of enthusiasm, throwing her arms around Jordan and placing a wet, passionate kiss on his lips with almost frantic fervor. Kathy thought Jordan was rather stiff beneath the onslaught, but then maybe she wanted him to be not quite as receptive to his beloved as he usually was.

“Jordan, I thought I’d be working through Sunday at the earliest, but they finished up early and one of the photographers has his own little seaplane and was willing to deliver me right to a dock on the beach! I’m so glad to be here; I know how important this week is to you. Did the gorgon arrive? Is she behaving? Is... is...?”

Tara broke off, having seen Kathy standing at the foot of the stairs.

Kathy would have happily strangled Jordan at that moment. He had crawled into a nice, normal, conservative man’s bathing suit, but he had handed her a contraption with no back and a front so low it might as well have been next to nonexistent. She felt nearly naked, and even if she had half-killed herself with Jeremy at the gym, even if her most intimate, continual relationship of late had been with a Stairmaster, Tara’s startled scrutiny made her incredibly uncomfortable.

But the younger woman appeared stunned and humiliated herself. After all, she had just referred to Kathy as a gorgon.

“I... I...” the blonde stuttered, sounding very much like a version of Ricky Ricardo. “I—”

Kathy couldn’t bear to let her discomfort go on any longer. She stepped up to introduce herself, amazed to feel a certain sympathy, though why one of the most gorgeous young women in the world would want or need it, she didn’t know.

“Tara—” she began, but Jordan was already stepping in as well.

“Tara, this is—”

“Yes, it’s Kathy Treveryan, I, er, know. My God, you haven’t changed. You are Kathy, right? Of course. I’m babbling. I’ve seen your pictures. I’m sorry. I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean—”

“To call me a gorgon?” Kathy inquired, smiling.

“Oh, Lord.” Tara moaned.

“Kathy, Tara Hughes. Tara, the gorgon,” Jordan muttered wryly.

“I am sorry!” Tara repeated.

“It’s quite all right.” Kathy glanced at Jordan. “He has called me much worse over time.”

“He never called you a gorgon,” Tara said, then blushed furiously. She seemed to gather her poise then. “I am so sorry. I just didn’t expect to see you—here. I mean, so soon. I mean—”

“It’s quite all right. Really,” Kathy said. “And my name is Connoly. Jordan and I are divorced. Let me say that it really is a pleasure to meet you. You’re as gorgeous in person as you are in pictures.”

“Thank you,” Tara murmured. Her huge blue eyes wide, she looked from Kathy to Jordan. “I... didn’t mean to interrupt anything,” she said.

That was a lie. She’d be damned happy to interrupt anything brewing, Kathy thought. But Kathy was the one treading on Tara’s territory.

“How sweet, but don’t be ridiculous.

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