Harbor of the Heart by Katherine Spencer

Author:Katherine Spencer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

DANIEL needed to study for a practice exam that was going to be given on Tuesday, and decided he couldn’t return to the island for the weekend. Liza tried hard not to sound disappointed when he told her on Friday afternoon. After all, he needed to focus on his studies and not worry about her, too. And it was nearly the third week of July, smack in the middle of her busy season, and she had an inn full of guests to take care of, didn’t she? It wasn’t as if they got to see each other all that much on weekends, anyway.

But she did miss him and did look forward to their phone calls—which were small consolation at times like this, when Daniel had to fit them in during study breaks, and sounded so tired and distracted.

Liza tried not to worry about it. A situation like this was bound to put some strain on a relationship, even a strong relationship. She didn’t really worry about him getting interested in other women while he was away. Though she did like to tease him about it. And she was sure all the women in his classes had noticed him. What woman wouldn’t? she wondered.

It was mainly that she missed him. It made her feel sad and tired and even short-tempered at times. It made her work at the inn seem so lackluster and routine, wishing the days would pass quickly until Daniel was back on the island again.

She missed his unpredictable visits and moving through the day with a feeling of expectation, knowing that any moment, his truck might come rolling down the drive and she would see his brilliant smile and slip off to spend a few stolen moments with him.

This separation phase wouldn’t last long, she kept reminding herself. It just felt that way. She wasn’t sure if he was counting the days until his exams. But she certainly was.

On Tuesday night, Daniel sounded a bit more relaxed during their evening phone call. His test was over and he was able to talk a little longer than usual.

“Hey, do you know what Friday is?” she asked him.

“Give me a minute. I can get this . . . Friday is the day I get sprung from this study dungeon and spend the weekend with you?”

“Well, that, too. But that’s not what I was thinking of exactly.”

He thought a moment. “I know it’s not your birthday.”

“Right, that’s in October.” She heard the worried tone in his voice and thought it very cute. She was sitting outside on a wicker love seat, her legs curled beneath her.

“It’s not our anniversary,” he said, more definitively. “Do we even have an anniversary?”

Liza laughed. “Sometimes we celebrate our first date. But that’s really hard to calculate,” she admitted. They had spent a lot of time together as friends before their first “official” date.

Daniel had once found her on her bike, riding in the rain, and brought her to Daisy Winkler’s teahouse in the island’s village center.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.