Sweetest Salvation by Kacey Hammell

Author:Kacey Hammell [Hammell, Kacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2013-03-21T01:13:20+00:00

Chapter Five

“Come in,” Andy called after she heard a knock on the door.

“Andy, dear,” Mrs. Morrow greeted as she entered the room. “Here’s your tea, just how you like it.”

The Bed and Breakfast owner was one of Andy’s favorite people in the world. Since meeting her the first time when she and Patrick vacationed here on Wolfe Island, the older woman instantly found a place within her heart. The grandmotherly type—now a retired psychologist——she was the perfect hostess who enjoyed taking care of everyone.

Andy always found her easy to love.

“Oh, thank you.” Andy placed her clothes in the drawer and reached out to take the tray from her. “You always know just what I need.” She placed it on the dresser, then cupped the mug in her hand and waved Mrs. Morrow to sit down. “Have a seat, please. How have you been?”

“I’ve been fine, just fine.” Andy smiled a little as the older woman started fluffing the pillows on the bed instead of taking a seat. Her hostess always had to make sure everything was perfect for her guests. “I’m glad to see you, my dear.”

“I’m happy to come back. I had to be here.” Andy shook her head and set the mug on the side table. Clenching her fists in her lap, she blew out a shaky breath. “I guess I don’t know why the need drove me here but it did.”

Mrs. Morrow moved around the bed and sat on the end. “I know what it’s like to lose the man you love. It’s not easy. Even to this day, I think about my Frederick many times a day. And he’s been gone seventeen years.”

“You never remarried?”

“Oh heavens no, my dear. He was the only man for me. That I know.”

“But,” Andy swallowed hard, uncertain how to ask the question, running wild in her mind. “Umm, that’s a long time, what about—”

No, she couldn’t ask.

Mrs. Morrow chortled. “The look on your face!” She shook her head. “It’s okay. Obviously you’re thinking about sex.”

Andy blushed.

“I said I’ve never remarried. I didn’t say I hadn’t found solace in another man’s arms now and again. I might be getting on in age but I still know what I need.”

“I didn’t mean to offend.”

“Oh, child, think nothing of it. I don’t offend easily. I’ve had a few men in my life over the years but no one was quite right for me.”

Andy nodded. She had a great marriage and Patrick was everything she’d ever wanted in a husband. To be blessed with Peter as well, her life had been perfect.

“If another man came along and made you feel as your husband did, would you consider marrying again?”

“At my age, I’m not sure. I’m seventy-one, my dear, probably too old to get married again.”

“But if you did meet a man that you wanted to marry, you would?” Andy persisted.

The older woman’s gaze narrowed on her. Andy could practically see the questions churning through the other woman’s thoughts.

“I guess it’s a possibility. Andy, are you really all right?”

She shook her head, tears filling her eyes.

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