The Shadow of Your Smile by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
ISBN: 9781414369310
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Not until we finish our dance.

Emma drove home with the stars winking at her and the memory of Kyle’s scent, his amazing arms around her.

In two days, he’d managed to mute the haunting memories of Deep Haven, to make her listen for something more.

So maybe she’d stay in Deep Haven just a little longer.

She pulled into the driveway of her dark house. After the wedding, Kyle had driven her to his cabin, tucked her into a baggy snowmobile suit, and lured her onto the back of his sled. With her clinging to his parka, he’d motored them through the woods down to town and over to Honeymoon Bluff, where they could watch the moon trace silver ripples on the lake.

He stopped the engine and let the song of the night spill over them, his voice crisp and small in the darkness.

“The summer before I went away to college, we all took a canoe trip to McFarland Lake. Kelsey and I were in one canoe, my dad and Mom and Kirby in the other. We set up camp, and my dad made his favorite biscuits on a stick. I think the dog ate every single one of them. But the best part was the fact that Kelsey made us all get up at the crack of dawn, before the sun was even up, and look for the morning star. I’ll never forget—we sat in the canoe, our paddles on our knees, shivering and waiting for Venus to appear over the horizon. She said it was her favorite part of the day—God’s reminder of His faithfulness right before the dawn.”

Emma had climbed off the machine then, sat on a picnic bench, her snowmobile suit crunching under the stiff grip of cold. “She had great faith, Kelsey did. Always made me a bit angry that she could look at life so positively. Like nothing touched her.”

He came and sat beside her, their shoulders brushing against each other. “Things touched her. Like when Jazz, that kid from my class, was killed in a snowboarding accident. She mourned him even though she barely knew him.”

“I remember him. Loved Dr Pepper?”

“I think the randomness of it shook her.”

“She wrote a song about him, you know. About the people that pass through life, leaving their imprint in the grace of fresh snow.”

“She had amazing poetry.” His breath crystallized as he spoke. “Kelsey told me once that faith wasn’t about trusting God when it was easy. Faith appeared when God seemed farthest away.”

“Like right before the dawn, when the stars have faded?”

“And the morning star appears.”

His voice was like a melody, sweet inside her.

But maybe she was simply stuck in the nighttime.

They’d sat there on the bench, talking way too long about memories of Deep Haven. He recounted the state championship basketball game but then moved on to his training days in Alexandria. She’d told him about Tim and Brian and the other guys she’d gigged with, and he’d gotten real quiet when she mentioned some of the venues.

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