Mythe: A Fairy Tale by P J Gordon

Author:P J Gordon [Gordon, P J]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781477417843
Amazon: 1477417842
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-07-23T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

They relocated after a late lunch with David and Stacey. By dinner, Manda was settled in her new room in the penthouse. These accommodations were much more luxurious than her old room had been—though the old one had been very nice. The penthouse even made Josh and Richard’s original suite seem small. In addition to the four bedrooms, the new suite boasted a dining room, office, and a sitting room furnished with a baby grand piano (which Richard declared to be perfectly tuned).

During the next few days, Richard put the piano to good use in his very successful efforts to amuse Manda. He played for her again the songs he’d written about her, insisting that the piano would do them more justice than the guitar had. Manda was skeptical at first, certain that they couldn’t possibly be more beautiful than they had been when Richard first sang them for her. It had been their first evening alone after Sarah and Daniel left and she’d been left speechless. Richard proved to her once again that it was foolish to underestimate him, however. When he played them on the piano they were impossibly more beautiful.

“He’s classically trained on both the piano and the guitar, you know,” Josh had informed her when she commented on Richard’s playing. Of course he was, she thought, and wondered if there was anything he couldn’t do.

The piano was only one of the many ways that Richard kept her entertained. He was, he told her, determined to make sure her hard-earned vacation wasn’t ruined. For the first few days, while she was forced to stay off of her injured ankle completely, they stayed in the penthouse. Richard arranged diversions such as picnics on the rug in front of the massive fireplace, where they roasted marshmallows. He had dinner brought in from the finest restaurants and they snuggled up on the sofa and watched movies or sometimes he read to her. She particularly liked that, as the sound of his voice was mesmerizing.

By the end of the week she was able to put some weight on her ankle and their diversions expanded to include concerts, sleigh rides, mountain drives, and actually going out to many of the fine restaurants that Vail boasted. After Manda had recovered a bit more—and with her leaning heavily on Richard—they explored local art galleries and a few interesting shops that intrigued Manda. Richard was very wary of letting her overexert herself on these forays however, and interspersed these energetic activities with more sedentary pursuits.

During lunch on the Wednesday of their second week in Vail, after a particularly adventurous morning, Richard suggested that they cancel their afternoon explorations.

“You seem like you’re favoring your ankle a little more than usual. Did we overdo it this morning?”

“Maybe a little,” Manda admitted. Her ankle was aching. “I probably won’t be climbing any mountains this afternoon. It’s a shame, too, because it’s beautiful outside.” The weather was unseasonably warm, which was the primary reason behind their over-ambitious morning. They had both been enjoying the warm sunshine too much to come back indoors.

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