Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson

Author:Richard Matheson [Matheson, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: General, Fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy - General, Historical, American Science Fiction And Fantasy, Romance, Fiction - Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Love stories, Fantastic fiction, Time Travel, Actresses, Romance - Time Travel, San Diego (Calif.)
ISBN: 9780765361394
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

No word was spoken until we reached the door of her room. There, she turned and looked at me, attempting to smile but managing only a faint grimace.

"I'm sorry about what happened, Elise," I said.

"You have nothing to be sorry about," she answered. "This is Robinson's doing. He is playing it low-down now." She actually bared her teeth, giving me a momentary- and, I admit, startling-impression of a tigress lurking underneath her carefully restrained exterior. "Of all the cheek," she muttered. "I will not be ordered about by him."

"He does have rather a kingly manner," I said, attempting to lighten the moment.

She would not accept the attempt but made a scoffing sound. "It would take an epidemic to make him a king."

I couldn't help but smile at her remark. Seeing it, she tightened, thinking for a moment, I suppose, that I was laughing at her, then realizing why I smiled, managing a smile herself, though one devoid of humor. "I have always been his most malleable-and most remunerative-of stars," she said. "He has no reason whatsoever to behave toward me like this. As though we were wed by marriage contract rather than business." Again, the scoffing sound. "People have actually thought we are secretly married," she added. "He has never sought to dissuade them."

I took both of her hands in mine and held them gently, smiling at her. She tried, I could see, to control her anger but, obviously, what Robinson had done had struck too deeply and her anger would not be dismissed. "Well, he is wrong," she said. "If he thinks this scandalous and tawdry, that is his lack. It is my heart, my life." She drew in shuddering breath. "Kiss me once and let me go," she said.

It may have been a request but it sounded more like a demand. I did not argue with it. Leaning over, I touched my lips to hers. She did not respond in any way and I wondered if her telling me to kiss her was, in her mind, more a personal defiance of Robinson than a desire for my kiss.

Then, as though by magic, she was gone and I was staring at her closed door, thinking that nothing had been said about our seeing each other again. Did that mean she didn't intend to see me anymore? I could not believe that, in light of what had happened in the railway car. Still, my confidence was not exactly at a crest either.

With a sigh, I turned and walked from the public sitting room onto the Open Court. Crossing to the outside stairs, I trudged up to the third floor and my room. Unlocking the door, I went inside, removed my coat and boots, and lay down on the bed. Stretching out, I realized how tired I was. Thank God there hadn't been a fight, I thought. Robinson would have killed me.

The entire experience with him had drained me. How fiercely he protects her. Obviously the man's feeling for her far exceeds the regard of manager for client.

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