Susanna's Dream: The Lost Sisters of Pleasant Valley, Book Two by Marta Perry

Author:Marta Perry [Perry, Marta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780425253755
Amazon: 0425253759
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2014-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

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Chloe had insisted on helping clean up after the huge lunch Emily Hartman had served when they’d awakened. At the moment she was putting plates into the glass-fronted dish cabinet that took up half of one wall in the kitchen and covertly watching Seth dry the last few cups.

The T-shirt Emily had found for him to wear while she washed his clothes stretched across his broad shoulders, and a strand of wheat-colored hair fell onto his forehead. He looked up, caught Chloe’s gaze, and smiled.

Her heart lurched. After what they’d been through together, she was finding Seth very nearly irresistible. She longed to let go of everything that urged caution. What would happen if she did? Warmth seemed to spread through her.

“Feeling better now?” he asked.

Maybe it was best he not know what she was really feeling. “There’s nothing like hot water and a hot meal to get a person feeling human again, is there? How is that working, anyway? I thought the power was off.”

“It is.” Seth hung the dish towel neatly on the dish rack. “Dave has a generator big enough to power the whole house, and he has a well. He says he can’t be in charge of emergency services unless he’s prepared for emergencies himself.”

“Makes me feel a little guilty, being warm and clean when so many aren’t either.” She set the last dish in the cabinet and closed the door.

“We’ll be better able to help others if we feel better ourselves,” Seth said, sounding practical. “By the way, I spoke to my mother just before you came down. She had a message from Lydia, saying they’ll be here to help as soon as the bridge is open again.”

At some level, Chloe had known that Lydia wouldn’t be able to stay away, but it still cheered her to think of seeing her sister. “How is it in Pleasant Valley? Did they get any flooding?”

“Some basement flooding from the creek, that’s all. My mother said they’ve been able to get most houses and stores pumped out today.”

Seth carried the cups over and reached above her head to put them in the cabinet where they belonged. Chloe discovered she was holding her breath at his sudden nearness.

She cleared her throat. “Your mother and Jessie are all right, though?”

“They’re okay.”

Something in his voice told her that wasn’t entirely true. She put her hand on his wrist. “Something’s bothering you. What is it? Your mother didn’t fall, did she?” That was one of his recurrent worries, she knew—that his mother would try to do too much and end up with another broken hip.

He shook his head, his lips twisting slightly. “It’s Jessie. She’s determined to come with the work crew to help, and Mamm’s just as determined to keep her home. They both want me to side with them.”

It reminded Chloe uncomfortably of her relationship with her grandmother. “Is there any real reason why Jessie couldn’t help? I mean, physically she’s fine, isn’t she?”

He nodded slowly. “I suppose so.

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