The Wrong Sister by Kris Pearson

Author:Kris Pearson [Pearson, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B006MZH7XU
Publisher: Kris Pearson
Published: 2011-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Christian hacked Amy Houndsworth’s chicken pie to pieces and dumped wedges on the dinner plates. The vegetables followed with about as much finesse. Dinner was enjoyed very much by Kathy, and by Christian’s widowed father.

To Christian it was something to take out his frustration on. He bit savagely at the crisp pie-crust...reduced the vegetables to pulp without tasting them. His mind returned constantly to Fiona’s tart request that he not kiss her again. He was in so deep, so fast, that his heart and brain were still at war with each other. He glanced across the table at her every now and again. From her expression, she wasn’t enjoying herself either.

Good, he thought. Why should I suffer alone?

Once the first course was finished and the dishes cleared away, he pulled three kinds of ice-cream from the capacious freezer and doled them out to order for dessert. Kathy drizzled bottled chocolate sauce over Nicky’s portion, adding encouragement about brushing her teeth before putting her to bed and departing for an evening with friends.

Christian gathered cups onto a tray. “Coffee, Dad? Fee?”

Fiona nodded her thanks.

He watched her limp slowly across the room to stand looking at the view while he prepared the coffee. It was a perfect evening—he’d thrown the huge patio doors open to the soft air. The harbor lay tranquil in the subdued light. Insects still buzzed in the flower-borders Jan had planted and tended with such love. The fragrance of jasmine and honeysuckle drifted in the slight breeze. There were so many reminders of his wife...her sister.

A sudden blinding desire hit him. To keep Fiona silhouetted against that backdrop forever, safe with him and Nicky instead of half a world away. Where he could love and protect her—although not from what had killed Jan, he thought with impotent frustration.

He shot a probing glance across to her once she sat down, but she returned only the blandest of smiles.

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