Under a Falling Star by Caroline Fyffe

Author:Caroline Fyffe [Fyffe, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, General, Western
ISBN: 9781503951044
Google: GD4nswEACAAJ
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Pacing back and forth across the darkened office, Susanna didn’t like the direction her mind had wandered. Until today, Albert had been a married man. A married man! That was his wife on the train coming here, not a sister, or aunt, or guardian. No, he’d never kissed her, or whispered love words into her ear, but she’d felt his attraction, and let him see hers. Why was the woman on that train? They hadn’t gotten to that question before he’d left to walk the street.

Anger mixed with a deep, abiding hurt threatened to engulf her. What should she do now? Was he just like the men who’d used her mother? That couldn’t be. She didn’t like to think it of him.

He’s a widower now, free and clear. Did that change her feelings at all? The immensity of the lie of omission he’d perpetrated loomed between them. No wonder he hadn’t been in a hurry to marry her. What a fool she’d been.

Feeling lower than the day she’d boarded the stage for the unknown, she glanced at the clock behind Albert’s desk. Twenty minutes had elapsed. How long did it take to walk down to the hotel and back? Surely not this long. Most likely he and Thom had gotten to talking, and he’d lost track of the time. When he was sheriffing, time could stand still.

Exhaustion pulled at every fiber of her being. Her eyelids felt as heavy as horseshoes, and her muscles ached. All she wanted to do was don her well-worn nightgown and crawl into bed and sleep for a week. Then she would forget about Albert and the mess that had descended. The only thought that brought a smidgeon of relief was the boy. Nate was the spitting image of his father.

Agitation moved her to the window. The street was dark, but across the way, lamps were lit in the upstairs windows of the haberdashery and the bakery. Deciding her exhaustion couldn’t be put off another second, she went to Albert’s desk. She pushed a few papers aside until she found a blank sheet. Sitting, she picked up a pencil.

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