Snowy Summer by Patricia Weerakoon

Author:Patricia Weerakoon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance;drama;Snowy Mountains;Australia;Sri Lanka
Publisher: Rhiza Press
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

She had responded to Roy, just the way she had on the night of the masquerade ball. She knew Roy had recognised her by her reaction to his kiss. It had been bittersweet, both a revelation and a self-betrayal. She had always prided herself on her self-control and reserve. All it had taken was a meeting of lips to tear down her defences.

‘You think he recognised you?’ Dan’s arms tightened around her. ‘Calm down, girl, you’re shivering.’

Dan assumed she was shivering with fear. Better he think that, than he know she had betrayed herself with a kiss: a sort of reverse Judas.

‘Sheva, what happened?’

‘He called me Annie. It’s strange, but he seemed surprised himself when he said it.’

‘You did tell him, how to Anglo men, all subcontinental girls look alike.’

‘No, it isn’t so simple,’ Sheva shook her head, ‘somehow, he saw through my—my persona as Sheva. I think he noticed my medical journals on the dining table. He’s smart. He would have recognised that the articles aren’t what a country GP would read. He also commented how my work on his arm was more surgical than that of a country doctor.’

‘Did he question you or threaten you in any way?’

‘No, more like—’

The squeal of car wheels skidding on gravel rent the quiet of the Jindabyne night. Dan leapt to cover Sheva’s body with his. He shoved her back into the room and slammed the front door shut, his movements lightning fast as he snapped the double lock shut and flicked off the light.

Grabbing Sheva’s hand, he dragged her to the kitchen and pushed her down on a chair. He stood between her and the kitchen window. The lace curtains on the kitchen window barely blocked the light outside, and the street lights shone through the drapes, reflecting a dull golden glow into the room. ‘Like a blasted shop display. I need to get thicker curtains installed on all these windows.’

‘Dan, is somebody watching me. Could Sunil or his partners have traced me? Could someone be stalking me?’

‘No, not without us knowing.’ He pulled out his phone. He paused with his finger poised over the dial. ‘Your clinic attendant, what’s his name?’

‘Peter.’

‘Have you got his number? He might have seen something’

Sheva moved to the sitting room. She opened her bag and read out Peter’s number.

‘Peter, this is Dan Cooper.’ He smiled. ‘Yes, I am here across the road with Sheva. Did you see a car break all speed limits leaving here?’ He listened and chortled. ‘Thanks, good night.’

‘What the heck is so funny, Dan?’

‘Don’t get your knickers in a knot, Doc. Peter tells me he saw a Land Rover parked in the corner with lights off. He saw it when he returned from the pub. He looked out when he heard the skid and it was the Land Rover.’ He chuckled. ‘Your stalker is Roy Knight.’

‘Roy. But why would he—’

‘You threw him out, Sheva. He is hurt, bewildered and curious. He watched me drive up to your place and—’ he paused— ‘he saw you fall into my arms.

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