The Weight of What Was: A Second Chance Sapphic Love Story by Pip Landers-Letts

Author:Pip Landers-Letts [Landers-Letts, Pip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rouxmaus Press
Published: 2024-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-One

February 2007

A persistent tapping roused Anna from a deep sleep; she groaned and rolled out of bed. Her body lagged with tiredness as she stepped over the luggage strewn across the bedroom floor and through to the hallway. She yawned and squinted against the daylight as she opened the front door. A gust of cold, damp air hit her, and she regretted not grabbing a cardigan.

“Grace! What are you doing here? I thought we weren’t catching up until tomorrow.” Anna folded her goose-bumped arms over her chest, acutely aware that her T-shirt offered little modesty.

“Surprise!” Grace said with an uncertain smile. Rain dripped off the hood of her yellow raincoat and trickled down her nose and chin. Tendrils of wet hair stuck to her face like tentacles.

Anna stared at her through wide eyes.

Grace frowned. “Can I come in or are you gonna leave me out here to drown?”

“Yeah, sorry. I’m not really awake yet.” Arms still folded tightly across her chest, Anna stood aside.

Grace stepped over the threshold and held out a sopping-wet bouquet of red roses. “I got you these. I saw them on my way here, and I thought they’d be nice… to welcome you home.”

Anna focused on the flowers as they dripped all over the floor. Grace removed her wet coat and hung it on the hook by the door.

“There, that’s grand.” She rubbed her hands together. “I bet you’ve not seen rain like this for a while?”

Anna shook her head, her eyes still trained on the bouquet.

“I’m sorry for just showing up, unannounced like. I didn’t think you’d mind. I was on my way to work but I had to see you. I couldn’t go the whole day knowing you were back here, and I hadn’t seen you yet.”

“Grace, I…” Anna strained for words, gave up and sighed. “Sorry, I’m still half asleep. Can I make you a drink?” Not waiting for an answer, she walked through to the kitchen, placed the flowers in the sink and flicked the kettle on. When she turned around Grace embraced her.

Anna’s heart raced at the perfect fit of Grace’s body pressed into her own. Grace’s hands on her back, pulling her close. She breathed in the sweet, musky scent of her and for a moment nothing had changed. But no—

Anna opened her eyes and stepped back. Grace reached out and touched her cheek.

“It’s so good to see your face. You’re so tanned, look at you… and you’ve cut your hair. It suits you. God, I’ve missed you so much.”

Anna swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry. She tucked some loose strands of hair behind her ear. “I’ve missed you too, Grace, but there’s—”

“Before you say anything, I have to say a few things. You know how you said we needed space and time to figure things out?”

Anna looked at her and nodded.

“Well, you were right. My mind is clearer than ever. All of this time you’ve been away, you’re all I’ve thought about. I’m leaving Rupert. I want us to be together.

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