Silver Brewer_The Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge by L. B. Dunbar

Author:L. B. Dunbar [Dunbar, L. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.B. Dunbar Writes, Ltd.
Published: 2019-09-11T23:00:00+00:00

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Sunday, we head to brunch. It’s what she does with friends, she says, only today she wants me to herself. We window-shop as we walk back to her place. The temperature has dropped.

“Hang around for a bit, it will change again.” She laughs about the Midwest weather, but there’s something deeper in her comment.

Could I stay here?

I can’t. I have too many responsibilities back in Georgia.

Could she leave?

She can’t. She’s waiting on a baby.

I don’t like the odds of hopeless, so I smile through clenched teeth as we make our way through the morning with my departure weighing heavily between us.

When we return to her place, time becomes awkward. It’s almost as if we know I need to leave too soon.

“I can’t thank you enough for coming to the wedding.” It was only the reception and not long enough, but I lean forward and press my forehead to hers as we stand in her living room. “It was the best of surprises.”

“Why do I feel like this is goodbye?”

“Isn’t it?” she softly asks, and her voice cracks. I pull back to find a tear slipping down her cheek.

“Cricket, what’s this?” I tenderly swipe at the tear, holding her face in my hands.

“I’m never going to see you again, am I?” Another tear falls.

“Do you want to see me again?” I weakly smile with hope.

“Yes.” Her enthusiastic nod brings a quiet chuckle from me.

“Then let’s work this out, okay? In two weeks, the pub hosts an Oktoberfest. Can you come back to Georgia?”

“I think so. Let me check my calendar.” She pauses, another tear slipping from her eye. “I’ll make it work.”

“There’s my Cricket. She never gives up.” I lean in for her mouth, and we kiss through her salty tears before I have to tear myself away and head back to Georgia.

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