One December by Kyle Hunter

Author:Kyle Hunter [Beale, kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monceau Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

It was close to one-thirty in the afternoon when Nikki finally arrived at her apartment building on Rue St. Sébastien. She was encouraged to have found a church family fairly quickly, and figured she’d had some divine help. Talking to Philippe she hadn’t seen the time pass. Maybe she’d see him again once he moved to Paris. It would be nice to meet the other members of the fellowship as well. She’d plan to attend the weekly Bible study next Thursday.

After a light lunch alone in her sunlit apartment, Nikki turned on her computer, which she hadn’t checked in several days. Her heart jumped when she saw Mike’s name pop up. Maybe his deadline was finished now and he’d had time to write some news. She looked forward to telling him all about her new church and the people she’d met there.

Trying to discipline herself, she read her parents’ email, then one from Elaine. She’d met a new guy, Eric, from church and was interested in him. Before leaving in June, Nikki had given her email address to Torrie the Terror, and had received a note from her that she had registered for French Three for the coming school year.

She saved Mike’s email for last, but with disappointment saw that it was brief. “I’m a bit swamped now, but will write when I can. Hope you’re having a good summer. Love, Mike”.

A good summer? She frowned. Did that mean he wasn’t planning to write to her again? Was his cryptic phrase equivalent to “have a nice life”? The tone was nothing like his previous warmth, especially his last email and his birthday note. It didn’t even sound like Mike. Maybe one of his roommates or colleagues had written in his place, as a practical joke.

Nikki shook her head. That would be stretching it. More likely, he realized he was starting to sound like he actually liked her, and got terrified of having sent the wrong message. He was backpedaling, just so she understood, just so she wouldn’t jump to conclusions about his intentions. Just friends. Nothing more.

She swallowed hard, her eyes stinging. She’d heard his message loud and clear.

# # #

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.