Sunset Flames: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan

Author:Maryann Jordan [Jordan, Maryann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-21T18:30:00+00:00

18

Two days. She had not seen Zac in two days and he crossed her mind continually. She missed his smile, the way he linked his fingers with hers, and the way held her tightly whether they had just had sex or were just talking. If this is what it feels like to just be friends with benefits, what would real love feel like?

Blowing out a puff of breath, Madelyn bent over her task. She realized she worked better without David’s distraction. She had changed his system of categorizing, without undoing anything he had accomplished. The antiques with value were now divided into two more categories; those she would sell and those she wanted to keep.

The thought had surprised her, but after talking about her father to Zac, she knew she wanted to keep some memories. Allowing her mind to travel back in time, she recognized a few of the pieces as ones he had accumulated when she was still living at home and taking “antickkin’ trips” with him.

The other furniture, pieces that had no real monetary value but were in good condition, she moved to a different part of the room. She lugged more of the household junk to the shed, deciding that she would have someone pick it up all at once to haul it to the dump or to the donation center.

Without David flitting about, she was able to think about her father. What had the past years been like for him? When the divorce was final, what did he think? And when Mom re-married someone else? She knew the answers to those questions might lie in the journal upstairs, but fear had kept the pages shut. She would read them, as her heart allowed. And since I’m not leaving for a little while, then there’s time.

She stopped at a small table with Depression Glass on top. The green glass was exquisite. She picked the plate up and remembered her father showing it to her, “Look at this Dancing Girl pattern, Maddie. Isn’t it pretty?” She remembered he explained it was actually the Hocking Glass Company’s Cameo pattern, but was often known as Ballerina or Dancing Girl. A smile slipped over her face at the memory. Heaving a great sigh, she carefully placed the plate back onto the stack. David had explained that, while the pieces were not overly valuable, they were great collector items and he would be able to auction them easily, getting the most for the set.

Without hesitation, she picked up the plate again and placed it on the other side of the room where she was gathering pieces that she wanted to keep. The memory of her father buying the piece when she was with him was fond enough for her to want the keepsake.

Her gaze drifted over a spinning wheel sitting on top of a table, her smile still in place. David had been exceedingly excited for the eighteenth-century piece that had been painted blue in the nineteenth century. He had claimed it would easily bring over a thousand dollars in an auction.

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