Undetected by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson [Henderson, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042040, FIC027020, FIC042060, Women—Research—Fiction, Sonar—Research—Fiction, Military surveillance—Equipment and supplies—Fiction, Command and control systems—Equipment and supplies—Fiction, Sonar—Equipment and supplies—Fiction, Radar—Military applications—Fiction, Christian fiction
ISBN: 9781441264534
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2014-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

Mark would give Gina points for focus. The envelope was crammed with writing across both sides. He took her hand as they left the movie theater. He might have only tonight before she marshaled her arguments not to see him while she was dating Daniel Field, and he wouldn’t be able to fault her if that was the decision she reached. But knowing this might be the only casual evening he had with her for a while, he was determined to put some substance into it.

“Ask your questions. We’re going to take a walk because it’s a comfortable night and the restaurant I want us to try isn’t far from here. I’ll answer what I can.”

She hesitated, looked at him twice, before she seemed to accept the open invitation with a cautious nod. “Why do you want to get married again?”

He glanced over, amazed at the opening question. “Interesting. Why I want to get married again . . . It’s simple. I miss being a husband.”

“That answer doesn’t tell me much. Could you elaborate?”

“It actually tells you a lot.”

He let her think about that rather than offer more.

“Why do you talk about Melinda so often?”

“She’s my history, my point of reference for what marriage is like. You need to know some of my story with her to understand where I’m coming from.”

“Why me?”

He hesitated, wondering what direction to take with his answer. He looked at her, smiled. “You’re not boring. That is worth a great deal to me.”

She bit her lip. The gesture reminded him again how young she seemed at times. He could guess at her likely rejoinder, the one which had just gone unsaid.

“Gina, I’m not making a play for your emotions tonight because I just tossed the idea of me being a date possibility at you. I won’t unpack the emotions I feel about the matter until you’ve had some time to shift what you think about me. It wouldn’t be playing fair.”

She nodded. “I think I’m grateful for that.”

He tightened his hand on hers. “I’m not going to kiss you good-night for the same reason. That has nothing to do with what I’d like, and everything to do with what I think is best for you.”

“Okay.” He felt her hand relax in his. She looked down at her envelope and bit her lip again. “You didn’t have a family with Melinda. Was that by plan?”

“We would have liked to have a family, but we hadn’t yet begun pursuing medical reasons for why Melinda wasn’t getting pregnant.” There was some remembered regret with that answer, that they had not had children even though he was glad a young child hadn’t been faced with losing a mom. Gina seemed to recognize the emotions around this too, for she changed the subject.

“You like fishing, hiking, rock-climbing. What else do you like to do?”

“Watch baseball. Build stuff around the house. Read.”

“I don’t have a sense of what your time is like. I know you’re at Bangor for long hours during the week.

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