The Wish List by Saxon Bennett

Author:Saxon Bennett [Bennett, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781594930225
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 1996-04-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“She’s in love with you, you know,” Karen said to Celia’s back. They had finished their business dealings, and Karen was in a mood to probe. She had seen how Maggie looked at Celia, and she’d seen Celia look back.

Celia was watching Maggie work through the large studio window. The jars of glaze on the shelves behind made her look like a madonna in a stained-glass piece.

Celia turned around. “What did you say?”

“I said she’s in love with you.”

“Who?”

“Maggie. Who else? She won’t have Emily because she’s got her heart set on you.”

“Emily?”

“The other half of rolling about on a dusty floor in the moonlight.”

“I thought it was a one-night stand.”

Karen produced a postcard. “One of many.”

“Really?”

“Maggie has been less than candid. She doesn’t want to hurt Emily’s feelings. If you ask me, it was a case of person as instrument. Unfortunately, Emily appears quite infatuated. Maggie’s gonna have to fess up but she doesn’t know how to do it.”

“Maybe you could help her with that.”

“No, I think you should just tell her that you’d like to be more than friends,” Karen said, taking Celia by the shoulders and shaking them.

“It would ruin our friendship.”

“Why?”

“Because neither one of us is strong enough. Because if it was meant to be, it would have happened years ago.”

“What are you afraid of?”

Celia turned to look at her. “Nothing.”

“Tell me the truth.”

“I don’t know what’s true anymore.”

“You do. Tell me.”

Celia studied Karen’s face, measuring the risk.

“You’ll tell her,” she said flatly.

“I won’t. I only pass gossip that doesn’t count. I swear,” Karen said, holding up two fingers. “Girl Scout’s honor.”

“I was a Girl Scout once.”

“In the heart of every Girl Scout lurks a dyke.”

“Karen…”

“You’re in love, aren’t you?”

Celia confessed. “I’m scared. I can feel myself falling in love. And I see her leaving when she’s through dabbling in social anarchy. I can’t bear that, Karen. So let it be. That’s just the way it is.”

“Celia, you’re a fool if you let her go.”

“Then I’m a fool,” Celia said with conviction. I won’t succumb, she thought. I won’t walk into her life and take what I have no right to. I hurt her once. I can’t do it again.

“I haven’t given her any of the postcards Emily’s sent,” Karen said.

“Give them to her. The property of the post is the person’s to whom it’s addressed.”

“Yeah, right.”

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