Stay by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B009DS3YCG
Published: 2012-09-18T22:00:00+00:00

Syd opened her eyes at dusk. Her hands reached for Lucas before she was even fully awake, but his side of the bed was empty. She rested her palm there for a moment. The sheets were still warm.

It was déjà vu all over again.

The thought made her laugh. What a redundant redundancy. Déjà vu was all over again.

Her stomach rumbling, she sniffed the air. Lucas was cooking. Smelled like grilled cheese sandwiches, sliced tomatoes, and maybe some melon. She couldn’t remember what she had in the fridge. It was nothing special, but a simple grilled cheese made by Lucas meant the world.

She slid out of bed and pulled on her clothes, ran a quick brush through her tangled curls. She hoped to god she wouldn’t find Lucas suffering from buyer’s remorse.

“Hi.” He looked up from the fry pan.

When she saw his smile her heart melted. “Hi.”

Syd felt the blood rush to her cheeks. After the way they’d spent the afternoon it was a little late to be embarrassed.

“We need to eat something before we check the cows. Hope you like grilled cheese.”

“I love grilled cheese.” She grabbed plates and set them on the table. “So you don’t mind if I ride out with you to check on the cows?” She shot a quick glance out the window. The skies had cleared.

“They’re your cows.” Lucas grinned at her. “Besides, I figured we’d take the truck. I’m waiting on five heifers and I moved them all into the south pasture so I can keep an eye on them.”

Syd sat down as Lucas cut her sandwich in half and slid it onto her plate. “I’m impressed. You’ve learned your way round the ranch fast.”

He sat down across from her. “Well…” Lucas rubbed his jaw. “There wasn’t much else to do.”

Syd didn’t know how to respond.

“Until now,” he added. He lifted his sandwich. “Not having second thoughts, are you?”

Feeling awfully self-conscious, Syd shook her head. Instead of meeting his eyes, she pretended to concentrate on her food.

“Why don’t you tell me about him?”

Her head flew up. “What?”

“Wolf. Tell me about him.”

Syd felt a tremor in her hand. She hurried to set her sandwich down before she dropped it. “What do you…? What do you want to know?”

Lucas shrugged. “Who was he?”

“I don’t know, exactly.” She kept her eyes on his mouth, watched him chew and swallow.

“That’s not exactly the answer I was looking for,” he said.

Be brave, Syd. She looked him in the eye. “It’s about the best answer I can give you.” She decided to lay her cards out on the table. “I think the better question is, what was he?”

Lucas snorted. “Like he was what, a werewolf or something? A ghost, maybe?”

“No.” She shook her head. “I don’t know what Wolf was any more than I knew who he was. The truth is, I don’t know much.”

“But he looks like me, huh?”

Syd wanted to say, he smells like you, he tastes like you, he laughs like you, he fucks like you, he is you, you stubborn cowboy, but she kept her mouth shut.

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