Old Fashioned by Rene Gutteridge

Author:Rene Gutteridge
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance
ISBN: 9781414381886
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2014-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

AFTER DRINKS, he didn’t want to say good night. It was a little chilly for a walk, but Clay liked walks. He’d learned how much he liked them after his life had taken such a dramatic turn. With few friends left and a lot of questions to answer for himself, he’d started walking. Sometimes for two or three hours, with nowhere to go, really. He’d follow train tracks and running tracks. Bike paths. Wilderness. Lakeshores. And the more he walked, with no music and nothing but air and space, the more he began feeling that tug on his heart, the inexplicable whisper that said so much without uttering a single word. It was most often, aside from his workroom in the back of the antique shop, where he found peace.

And now, with Amber beside him, as darkness settled over their town, it was exactly where he wanted to be. And who he wanted with him. She was such a marvel to watch, dancing to no music, singing off-key, struck by the way a star twinkled. Over the past nine years, he’d been looking into himself so much that he’d rarely looked up and out. He didn’t notice the trees changing or the blazing spray of color at dusk.

Or in this case, how the streetlamps cast a warm aura over the cold concrete sidewalk in the town square. She was kind of like his own personal streetlamp.

She’d wrapped her arms around herself as the wind picked up. He took his coat off and helped her slip into it. He noticed the way her body curved as she pulled her arms through the sleeves. He noticed how he kept his hands on her shoulders longer than necessary.

“Thank you, kind sir.”

“My pleasure.” They continued to walk.

He watched as she stuck her hands in the pockets of the coat, scavenging like a little mouse. She pulled out a small plastic shopping bag. “What’s this?”

“I got you something, my lady.”

Amber stopped, looking genuinely shocked. “You did?” She held up the bag. “Wrap it yourself?”

“No, I paid extra for that.”

He watched her dig into the sack. First she pulled out the magnifying glass. She peered through it, her eye enlarging as she tilted it up to him. “I’m completely blown away by how hot your pores look.” He laughed as she examined the magnifier with a questioning expression. “Um . . . thank you?”

“There’s more.”

She reached in and pulled out the CD. “Mastering the Spanish Language.”

“To help you focus. Comprende?”

“Comprende. And gracias. Very thoughtful.”

“It’s a start.”

She stepped closer to him, the way she always wanted to test the boundaries—the way she always melted his heart, even with a cold wind beating against his back.

“It is,” she said. “Keep trying.”

Another step closer. He stared into her eyes and it took everything in him to turn and start walking again.

Within a step or two, she was right by his side, so close he could smell her perfume. “Where are we going, anyway?” she asked.

“I wanted you to meet someone.

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