Memory House: Memory House Collection (Memory House Series Book 1) by Bette Lee Crosby

Author:Bette Lee Crosby [Crosby, Bette Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bent Pine Publishing
Published: 2015-04-14T05:00:00+00:00

He arrives at the apartment fifteen minutes early, and again he has something hidden behind his back. “I brought you something. Guess what it is.”

He is recreating the old game they played, and this time Annie goes along with it.

“A box of candy,” she says.

He shakes his head. “Guess again.”

“A puppy.”

“Wrong again,” he says and produces a second bouquet of yellow roses from behind his back. As he hands them to Annie, he pulls her into his arms and whispers that he misses being with her. Although she is wearing a dress he’s seen a thousand times before, he tells her she looks lovely and when they leave the apartment building he wraps his arm around her waist and snuggles her close.

“I’ve missed you,” he repeats, and his words carry the sound of sincerity.

He has the evening planned. First there is dinner in a quaint French restaurant, smaller by half than Luigi’s but three times pricier. He orders a bottle of pinot noir and tells the waiter they will share a chateaubriand. Only after the waiter has left with the order does he ask if that is okay with Annie.

He is remembering the things that were special in the earlier days, so she of course approves. Back then the red wine was an inexpensive Chianti and the steak was a porterhouse, but the intimacy of this moment is as it once was. He stretches his arm across the table and takes her hand in his.

As they wait for dinner he talks of the good times. The summer they rented a beach house; the weekend visits to the aquarium; dinners at Luigi’s; late night walks in the park. He says nothing about the problem that drove a wedge between them.

Even as he eats, his eyes are still on her face. “Remember that weekend in Manhattan? Dinner in the Rainbow Room.”

Annie’s mouth is full but she nods and gives him a smile that says, yes, I remember.

“I don’t think I’ve ever danced as much as we did that evening.” He sips his wine then adds, “We should do it again.”

It is a sweet thought that Annie does not know how to answer.

“Things have changed,” she says wistfully.

There is a heavy pause before Michael answers. “They don’t have to. It can be the same as it was before.” He again takes her hand in his and his voice is softer. “Over these past months I’ve come to realize how much I need you, Annie. My life is empty without you. I miss the fun we had together, I miss making love to you, I miss—”

Annie interrupts. “My life was pretty empty when you left.”

Her words have a sharp edge to them. Even though she has moved on, the pain of those months is easily remembered.

“I know.” The smile has left his face, replaced by a mask of penitence. “I was a jerk, and I’m sorrier than you can possibly imagine. It was the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. Take me back, and I swear I’ll spend the rest of my life making it up to you.

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