Sparks in Spearfish by Kari Trumbo

Author:Kari Trumbo [Trumbo, Kari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inked in Faith Publications
Published: 2017-09-13T05:00:00+00:00

To have and to hold, to have and to hold… Hadn’t that been a line in each of the weddings she’d attended in the last five years. He wanted to have her. He’d loved her. The memory of the heat of his arms around her, holding her, his lips pressed to hers.

Without her, he wasn’t himself. It was a weighty and heady thought all at once. Were her goals more important than Barton? A mere month ago, the answer would have been ‘no’. She pressed the butterflies in her belly into submission as she walked back to the classroom for her books. She hadn’t run, but after he’d kissed her into distraction, and told her he wanted her for always, he’d told her to go. Even now, her body rebelled. Her feet wanted to turn and rush right back to him and hold onto him until he told all his secrets. Until she figured out this sudden ache inside her.

While she hadn’t learned anything about his past, she had learned there was power in her touch. He might want her, but with a glance, a word, he’d give her the world. All she had to do was give up everything she’d ever wanted. Was it worth it? Could she give up every dream for Barton? She wasn’t just here for herself. She was the first Arnsby to ever try to get an education. Wouldn’t they be disappointed in her?

Her books lay in the classroom where she’d left them, the board still a cloudy mess from Barton’s rushed exit. It would take but a minute to put it to rights and then he wouldn’t have to do it before he locked up. Because he was the only teacher, there was a long list of chores on his shoulders. She collected the rag and cleaning alcohol from under the desk and set to work. The smell was horrid, but the board soon gleamed black, ready for tomorrow.

Two minutes later, she reached the library and immediately found Izzy – in high dudgeon. “There you are! I was wondering if you’d come by. Harland and Amos want to go to ice cream tomorrow. We’ll have to leave right after morning classes, or we won’t make it back in time for studying. So, will you go?”

A purely wicked thought took root before she could pluck it out. “I’m sorry, Izzy. Mr. Oleson assigned me more lines to do after you left for not leaving his room promptly and telling him he has turned into a weasel. I guess it’s just too hard to keep my mouth shut. I was to start by cleaning the board for him.” She held up the rag as proof, even though it wasn’t true.

Izzy’s eyes widened. “Why, Lula. Last time, you barely finished your lines and your homework. I think it’s just horrid that he would do that to you. He’s been so different since he took over teaching. Maybe he just doesn’t recall all the work we need to do.

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