The Memory by Barbara Kaylor

Author:Barbara Kaylor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-01-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“You’ve been mighty glum since Elliot left.” Perry appraised his granddaughter over lunch on Thursday.

“I’m just worried about him, Grandpa. He’s all mixed up.”

“You mean because he can’t remember the woman he’s engaged to, but remembers a woman he hasn’t seen in seven years. I’d call that more than mixed up.”

Geneva took a bite out of her tuna-salad sandwich and mulled over her grandfather’s assessment while she chewed. After a swallow of iced tea she replied, wearily. “I think he should forget the memory of me. It’s just a malfunction in his brain brought on by the accident.”

Perry shook his head. “I think it’s more of a God thing, myself.”

“You say that about everything, Grandpa.” Geneva smiled.

“Usually, I’m right. Nobody but God could make this happen.” Perry chuckled. “He wanted to bring you two together. That’s what I think.”

“Whoa! Grandpa!” Geneva put down her sandwich. “Elliot and I are not getting together! He just came here because he thought I could help him remember who he is, that’s all. Don’t go making it into something it isn’t.”

“He seems like a nice man.”

Geneva shrugged and rolled her eyes. “He has amnesia, Grandpa. He doesn’t remember anything about his life.”

“Except you,” Perry said with a wink. “He remembers you.”

“Only the day he fired me,” Geneva qualified.

“I think he remembers more than that,” Perry noted. “I may be in my seventies, but I’m not blind. I see the way he looks at you. I hear the way he talks to you. He respects you. He’s a gentleman around you.”

“So, he’s got manners.” Geneva swirled a carrot stick in the ranch dressing on her plate.

“It’s more than manners. I think it goes deeper.”

“Believe me, Grandpa, Elliot Starling with his memories intact, wouldn’t give me a second look. Men like him want women like Olivia Swanson. They like ambitious, assertive, self-important types.”

“Maybe God wanted to change his mind.” Perry gave Geneva a long look over his last bite of sandwich. “Maybe this is about you. Maybe it’s what God wants for you. Have you thought about that?”

Geneva was dumbfounded the rest of the afternoon as she considered her grandfather’s comment. Her thoughts made her restless. Only a long walk could line her ducks back in a row. She hurried through her last chores then set out with Russell, padding joyfully beside her.

Twenty minutes later, she was stretching out her legs under her favorite shade tree. A breeze fluttered through the leaves as she lifted her mind and heart to God.

“Is this about me, Dear Lord? Did you bring Elliot Starling back into my life because of the way I felt about him years ago? Was it just to forgive him and move on, or does it mean something more? That’s what puzzles me. I’m not sure what to do about this whole Elliot thing.”

Her mind wandered over everything that had happened since Elliot had showed up the week before. There had been moments when she had felt a connection with him. Elliot’s gaze had been caressing during those moments.

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