Unlaced Corset by Michael Meadows

Author:Michael Meadows [Meadows, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Climax
Published: 2015-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

15

Mary

The room was small and shabby. Mary knew it, and she wasn't exactly afraid to admit it, but it had seemed like it would be rude to say so in front of James. He was young, though, she thought. It wasn't as if he'd had years to make his fortune. Her eyes fell on an envelope with his name on it, and the sign of a hospital.

She shouldn't pry, it was awfully rude. But it seemed so terribly tempting, and he shouldn't be home for a little while now. After all, he'd need to go over quite a bit of material, she was sure, with the solicitor. The two of them both had quite a few questions, and James had the best hope of finding the answers.

But at the same time, the place was quite bare. She hadn't even thought to bring a book along, an oversight that she hadn't realized until she was sitting alone in the room. She couldn't go out; she hadn't any proper money, and she didn't know where a bank could be found. Certainly not her bank.

Her biggest hurdle, though, was what she was going to do when James got back, and later in the evening. She wanted to be near him, to spend time with him, but she knew that he was trying not to pursue her, and she could understand why.

She'd been in the middle of a fight, it seemed, and yet when he had come along she'd felt intensely relieved. She sat down. There would be plenty of time to sort out her feelings, later. She could smell James's scent softly as she lay in the bed, and she thought about him.

Then the doorknob turned and her heart leapt out of her chest. She heard the door open from the bedroom and snapped back up out of bed. How on earth could he be home so soon?

Mary rushed out into the front room just in time to see James slump back into a large cushioned chair. He had a blank look on his face. She wasn't sure that she should be less or more worried that he didn't look defeated. He looked…tired.

"What happened?"

He didn't answer. He didn't even look up at her, and that was when she knew that she should be more worried. Her chest felt tight, and she couldn't breathe. She couldn't think clearly. Whatever she could do, she needed to get James back to normal again. She needed him to be there for her.

If she could help, then she would, but she'd need to have the explanation from him first about what had happened at all. He looked like he was having trouble, though, with finding the words, or with finding the energy to express them.

She sat back and tried not to panic, but it was a lost fight by then.

"James!" He looked at her, but he didn't see her. "What happened with Mr. Stump?"

He slumped lower in the chair. Whatever it was, he clearly didn't want to talk about it.

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