Island by Mary Davis

Author:Mary Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

Nine

Haley blinked her eyes open for a moment, then shut them again. What had she seen? Brent? She opened her eyes.

Brent’s mouth spread into a smile. “You’re awake.”

Haley sat up. “I must have dozed off for a moment.”

“A little over an hour.”

She widened her eyes. “I was asleep for an hour?”

He nodded.

“Great. Some date I am.” She had only meant to rest a bit while listening for Brent to come back inside.

“I can’t say you didn’t warn me.”

She raked her hands through her hair and yawned. “What? I told you I was going to take a nap?”

“The other day when I asked you what you did on your day off. The first thing you said was ‘sleep.’ ”

“I’m really sorry, Brent. Please don’t think I consider you boring or anything. Because you’re not.”

“It just means you’re comfortable around me and trust me. That’s a compliment.” He slid off the green recliner chair onto one knee in front of her. “But since you feel in debt to me at the moment, I’d like to ask you something.”

She didn’t like what his position insinuated. She wished he would stand up or something.

“Will you. . .” He paused to take a breath.

Haley held hers. He couldn’t be. He was bold but not that bold. She stood and faced him.

He stood, too.

That was better.

“. . .allow me to kiss you?”

She released her breath. Was that all? “You’ve already kissed me. Why ask now?”

“That was a stolen kiss. Things stolen are never as rewarding as things freely given.” He stepped closer. “I want to know that you want me to kiss you. Because I want to kiss you.” He put his hand on her cheek. It was warm and comforting.

The front door opened. “You’re here.” A brown-haired man, who looked to be around Brent’s age, stepped inside with a bag in his arm. “Oops. You’re busy. I’ll come back later.” He turned and walked out.

“Dalton, wait.” Brent went to the door.

Was that a “saved by the bell” or a “go away, you’re interrupting”? Her cheek cooled quickly where Brent had touched it.

Dalton gave a sheepish grin. “I can tell when I’m interrupting something, and I’m soo interrupting.”

“Get in here.”

Dalton came back inside.

“Dalton, this is Haley. Haley, Dalton. This is Dalton’s house.”

A shock of dark brown hair hung down on Dalton’s forehead. She stepped forward and held out her hand. Dalton shifted the bag and shook her hand.

He turned to Brent. “I bought chicken and sides, figuring you wouldn’t have eaten. There’s plenty for three, but you probably have other plans.”

Brent glanced at her.

She smiled. “The chicken smells great. I’m starved.”

❧

After eating and helping clean up, Haley said to Dalton, “I noticed you have an electronic keyboard out in the garage. Would you mind if I played it?”

Dalton gave Brent a quizzical look. Brent nodded. Then Dalton said, “Sure.” He led the way out into the garage and turned it on. “It works pretty much like a piano but has many more features.”

Dalton was cute. He was trying to be gracious but wasn’t sure how to instruct her in using the instrument.

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