Maire's Song by Suzanne D. Williams

Author:Suzanne D. Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical fiction, western, romance, romantic suspense, rape recovery, Christian fiction, saga, series, 19th century, legal drama, Ireland
Publisher: Suzanne D. Williams
Published: 2016-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

He feared the night less now that they had talked, yet he feared it still, all the hours of lying by her side. How could he do that and not react in some fashion? Especially when so far, he’d failed miserably. But at least, he told himself, she knew now how she affected him. Her knowing was infinitely better than him hiding it all the time. Though it didn’t dispel his fears entirely. He still wondered if how he felt made him no better than Daniel, whose face had begun to appear in his head at odd moments.

Gerritt muffled it, choosing to concentrate on his marriage instead.

They attracted attention at dinner by holding hands. Michael had looked decidedly confused, his expression causing her parents to gaze back and forth between them. After dinner, Maire went with her father and brother to talk about song choices, not a conversation he needed to be in, and so he found himself face-to-face with Anne O’Fallen, and a whole mess of time on his hands.

“Would you like to walk?” he asked, gesturing toward the promenade.

She smiled and stepped out before him, her hair billowing in the ocean air. “I’m surprised Michael hasn’t turned green by now,” she said.

Michael O’Fallen’s hatred of boats was common knowledge within the family.

“Maybe he has too much else on his mind.” Gerritt stepped to the rail.

She joined him there. “That could be. Between the concert, arranging the songs, finding practice time, and wondering if you and Maire are actually in love, there is a lot to consider.”

Gerritt visibly flinched at her words. Anne O’Fallen had always been direct. She had a way of approaching topics that seemed to come at you unexpected. Here, she’d done it again, justly deserved. Her sharp gaze met his.

He did his best to act unperturbed “What has he decided?”

Her expression never changed. “He hasn’t decided. He’s still wondering. One minute you’re both cold as a fish, the next you’re holding hands.”

Gerritt turned to her. “Are you wondering as a person or as the mother of my wife?”

Her face creased into a smile. “The mother of your wife mostly.”

“She fascinates me.”

Her eyes flared wider. Not, probably, the words she wanted him to say.

“Tell me. When you married Mr. O’Fallen, how long did it take to fall in love?” he asked. A sudden need to purge himself of his thoughts took hold.

Anne rested a hand on the rail. She still had such youth about her. Even in middle age, her skin was clear and fresh. “Him, two days. Me, two weeks. But we were forced to marry under horrible circumstances. You were not.”

“Who says?” He didn’t like the look on her face, but his question was out there. He couldn’t take it back.

“Gerritt Finnegan, for the love of your mother, explain that statement.” Her expression became a mixture of anger and worry.

He wanted to cause her neither one. “I chose to marry her because someone had to, and she wanted it to be me.”

Her fingers tightened on the rail, and her voice cracked.

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