Return to Cameron Country by Angelin Sydney

Author:Angelin Sydney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, australia, belle, cameron

Chapter 32

Truth and Consequence

BRYCE MOVED TO THE COUCH next to Belle. He had just shifted Her Lightness on his lap when the phone in his pocket vibrated. She said before he answered it, ‘My other condition to world peace is put the damn phones back to ringing.’

He fished out the phone from his left pocket. It was the black phone. She didn’t need to be asked; she left him to it and padded out to the kitchen of their rented cabin, so called ‘deluxe’ villa, which depends of course on one’s definition of deluxe. She boiled water for tea, grateful for the simple starter amenities.

The budget accommodation was adequate enough, but she was certain Bryce didn’t pick it as a romantic destination. The place was a little deserted, it being the off-peak season for tourist. Their accommodation was so close to the trees it gave a feeling of being in the middle of the bush, and she guessed it was why he chose it. He wasn’t exactly a marble lobby kinda guy.

So far, all she heard him say was his SF nickname and nothing else. She made tea for two and decided to bring them over to the living room inasmuch as there was nothing to overhear. At any rate, his one-way conversation was over in even less time than it took to boil water. He was done by the time she had tea brought in.

‘So,’ she said.

‘Tomorrow, after we take Mum home to Malanda, we head for Sydney.’ He mentioned wanting to take her there, but it still took her by surprise.

‘Wow. How long for?’

‘A week, more or less,’ he said.

‘You could have told me,’ she said stunned. ‘I could have packed a suitcase for us.’

‘We were supposed to go next week, but it’s been moved forward. Unexpectedly.’

‘Unexpectedly?’

He shrugged his shoulder and said nothing in reply. She gave him a cup of tea before nursing hers. She turned her back on him, raised her legs and bent them at the knees. She rested her back against him, and he in turn hooked an arm around her and nuzzled her neck. The atmosphere in the room was warm as their bodies fused together in that embrace. It was utterly quiet. Even as she blew the hot steam from her tea, she did so silently.

‘Thanks for the tea,’ he said. He felt her head bob up and down. Minutes later, Bryce said, ‘Is this going to be our own version of a tea ceremony?’

A smile cracked on her face, she turned around to face him, ‘Darling, how does telling me where you’re going constitute a State secret?’

He stroked her cheek. ‘It’s just protocol for operatives not to tell their families anything, to avoid compromise. What you don’t know, you can’t tell, whether inadvertently or under duress. It’s for your safety as much as mine.’

‘It’s too paranoid, don’t you think?’

‘Paranoia keeps us alive.’

‘OK, granted. What are we going to Sydney for?’

‘Can you keep a lid on your curiosity for 15 hours?’

‘Fifteen hours? That’s so long.

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