Silver Tears by Weyrich Becky Lee

Author:Weyrich, Becky Lee [Weyrich, Becky Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Romance/General
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

The arrival of summer brought little relief to Alice’s troubled mind. Several short messages arrived from Chris, telling her he was well and that he missed her. But still he could give her no hint as to when he might return. The situation in Maine, he said, was still dangerous and unpredictable, and talks with Baron de Saint Castin were at a stalemate. “We’re sitting on a powder keg up here” was the way he described the situation in one of his letters. His words did little to ease her.

One surprise development of July at first distressed Alice, but turned out to be rather a pleasant arrangement all around. Will Phips contracted Jonathan Hargrave to captain one of his new ships. While construction of the vessel was being completed, Will asked Hargrave to move out of his room at the inn and into the Phips home, residing in the guest room Gunn had formerly occupied. Though Will was not terribly fond of the captain, he had to admit Hargrave was one of the best seamen in Boston, and he hoped they could work closely together even after normal business hours. And with Alice married and Gunn away, Phips did not anticipate further trouble from him, particularly under his Mary’s roof.

Alice would have raged in protest when she first heard the news, but since she was accepting the Phipses’ hospitality, she felt she had no right to dictate whom they allowed to stay in their other spare rooms.

The first few days after Jonathan moved in proved uncomfortable for him and Alice. Meals became silent, strained affairs, and the rest of the time Alice avoided him as often as she could.

It was not until one hot night in August that the emotional ice melted. Mary, Alice, and Will had been sitting in the side yard after supper, trying to catch a cool breeze off the river. Captain Hargrave had been away from the house all day and had not returned for the evening meal. Now, as the stars twinkled overhead and the oppressive heat of the long day faded to gentle warmth, the three friends sat together chatting about nothing that would tax their brains.

Finally Will yawned and stretched. “I’m done in, ladies. If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to bed.”

“I will not excuse you, William Phips,” Mary said with a chuckle, “but I’ll join you.”

Will sighed in feigned disappointment, then said, “I thought sure I’d be able to go up to my bed and get right to sleep for a change. But a husband must do what a husband must do.”

Mary cuffed his ear good-naturedly as they said good night and left Alice alone with her thoughts. Of course, they were all about Chris: Where was he now? Was he all right? When would he return? Did he still love her?

Lost in these questions, she looked up and spied a dark figure leaning against the old elm tree a short distance away. Her heart raced. Could it be?

“I hope I didn’t startle you, Alice.

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