The Pineview Incident by Kayla Griffith

Author:Kayla Griffith [Griffith, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00QPGPNUA
Published: 2014-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Donna sat next to the kitchen window, smiling and seeing nothing at all. Her mind wandered among all the memories of Mark Lewis, both bad and good, as she tried to make sense of the direction her life now took. She automatically took another sip of coffee. She needed to get ready for church soon, but all she could do right now was remember and feel. In fact, she teetered on sensation overload.

Her lips were puffy and a bit tender. Her legs felt like they’d run a marathon, which she’d nearly done to get away from the Gilbertson farm. They even trembled when she stood too long. More importantly, her toes ached from overuse.

Who knew aching toes could feel so amazingly good?

Her body, with the exception of her legs, felt more alive than it had for the past five years. The tense pain in her shoulders was gone and she could finally breathe again, as if the loss of John had left her unable to catch her breath since his death. Her stomach tickled with an expectancy and energy she’d forgotten it could possess.

She closed her eyes and replayed the events of the day before. Her stomach responded to the memories, and she found herself giggling.

“Get a hold of yourself, Donna. You’ve got it worse than a school girl.” She opened her eyes and rolled them at herself. Still, she didn’t budge from her spot by the window until she heard a soft tapping and a head appeared where one shouldn’t be.

The coffee cup flew back and shattered against the refrigerator and she screamed loud enough to wake every neighbor on her street. When she managed to push her pounding heart back down into her chest, Donna made a beeline for the back door and yanked it open.

“Mark Lewis, don’t you ever do that again! You nearly killed me and broke a coffee cup. I could have—you wipe that smirk off your face this instant! What in the world were you thinking?”

Mark stood looking at her, his eyes sheepish and his mouth twitching at the corners.

“Well? What have you got to say for yourself?” she demanded.

Mark coughed several times to hide an obvious chuckle and then spoke with a slightly quivering voice. “I tried knocking on your door, but you never heard me. I came to make sure you’re all right. After last night, I figure we need to adjust our plans a bit. Our stories need to match.”

“You made me break my coffee cup because we need to change plans?” The tickling feeling that had been scared out of Donna’s stomach returned as a not-so-ticklish fire.

Mark’s eyes grew wide and he backed up a step. He raised his hands. “I meant that if we aren’t careful, the whole town will be involved in our relationship. And we need a story for what happened on the Gilbertsons’ land.”

“It’s seven in the morning. You couldn’t just call?” Donna’s eyes narrowed.

Mark looked down at his shoe. “I also wanted to see you.

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