Stranger in my Arms by Rochelle Alers

Author:Rochelle Alers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2007-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Alex spent the rest of the afternoon eating, drinking, dancing, swimming and interacting with her many relatives. The sun had set, the caterers were gone and those who’d planned to spend the remainder of the weekend in West Palm Beach claimed bedrooms in the twenty-four-room mansion.

Michael and a very pregnant Jolene decided to stay with his parents at their Palm Beach condominium. With his wife in her eighth month of confinement, Michael had opted to drive to Florida in lieu of flying.

Alex returned to Boca Raton with her parents while her siblings stayed behind to hang out with their many cousins. There was talk of them going to a popular West Palm Beach dance club.

She was scheduled to fly back to Mexico Sunday morning along with Emily Kirkland, her three children and her cousin’s sister and brother-in-law, Sara and Salem Lassiter, and their children. The Kirklands and Lassisters would deplane in Las Cruces, New Mexico, before the jet continued on to Mexico City.

She checked her cell phone and realized she’d missed Merrick’s call. Pressing a button, Alex listened for a break in the connection. She smiled when hearing his signature “Hey, baby.”

“Hey, yourself,” she whispered. “What are you doing up so late?” The glowing numbers on the clock on the bedside table read 1:10 a.m.

“I couldn’t sleep.”

Vertical lines appeared between Alex’s eyes. “I’ve never known you to have insomnia.”

A deep sensual chuckle came through the earpiece. “That’s because whenever we’re together I don’t have a sleep problem. You’re like morphine.”

“What do you know about morphine?” she teased.

There was a moment of silence, and Merrick said, “Forget I mentioned it. Even though it’s a little after midnight where you are I’ll let you go. I’d planned to call earlier, but thought perhaps you’d gone out with your friends.”

“I’m not in Mexico City, Merrick.”

“Where are you?”

“I’m in Florida. I came early this morning and I’m leaving later on today. The family got together to celebrate my cousin Diego taking over as CEO of ColeDiz. I wanted to call you and ask if you wanted to meet me here, but there wasn’t enough time.”

There came another pause from Merrick. “Have you told anyone—your family, about us?”

“No. And I don’t like keeping secrets from them.”

“You want them to know about us?”

“Yes, I do, Merrick.”

“I’d like you to wait before you tell them.”

A cold chill snaked its way down her spine, and she went completely still. There was something in his voice that set off warning bells in her head. “Why do you want me to wait?”

“I can’t tell you now.”

“What are you hiding from me?”

“Nothing, Ali. It’s something I’d rather not discuss on the telephone. I’ll tell you everything when we see each other again.”

“That’s not going to be until the beginning of June,” she said in protest.

“That’s when I’ll tell you.”

She squeezed the tiny instrument in frustration. “You offer me some cryptic mumbo jumbo and expect me to wait two months for an explanation.”

“What I’d like for you to do is trust me, Ali.

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