Valerie Parv by The Dreaming Dunes

Author:The Dreaming Dunes [HR-2655, MB-2179] (v0.9) (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER SIX

The next few days passed in a pleasant haze during which Tori slept a lot and caught up on some of the tasks she had been neglecting. She was horrified to check the date on her foster parents' last letter and find that they had written to her over six weeks before. Guiltily, she wrote half a dozen pages telling them all about her temporary job and the fascinating things she was learning about film making. But when she tried to tell them about Grant, her pen refused to function.

She supposed if they were going to be married she would have to tell Miles and Elizabeth soon, but she decided to postpone it for the present. Her foster parents weren't due to return to Western Australia for many months yet, so there was plenty of time. If she and Grant decided to have a quiet wedding, it might even be a fait accompli by the time the Duncans returned. Miles would be hurt if she did that, but she didn't think Elizabeth would mind. It might even be for the best since things were so cool between her and Elizabeth these days. She certainly didn't relish the idea of telling Elizabeth that she would also become Nicholas's stepmother. It would be like rubbing salt into her emotional wounds. In the end, she finished the letter without mentioning Grant except as her employer.

On one of his last visits to check up on her, Doctor Oliver promised to post the letter in Cervantes for her. 'Although you're almost well enough to be up and about on your own errands,' he said.

'That's wonderful,' she enthused. 'When can I get up?'

'Tomorrow if you like, but only to sit in the sun. Don't plan on doing any work for a couple more days yet.'

Laughing, she agreed to his terms. The next day she was eager to be up and about and she was only sorry that she had slept through Grant's departure. The night before, he had mentioned they would be filming at the Pinnacles itself, and she had been hoping to go along now Doctor Oliver had given her the all-clear.

As it was she would have to content herself with relaxing outside the caravan until Grant and the others returned. Impatiently, she swung her legs over the side of the bunk and reached for her clothes. As she dressed, she couldn't help recalling how Grant had undressed her and put her to bed the day she had become ill. Her body throbbed with remembered sensations.

Emerging into the main part of the van, she stared around in amazement. So this is where Grant had been sleeping. While she had been ill, probably during her many long naps, he had tidied away all the film paraphernalia and left the van looking spotless. Two more bunks had been freed for use and everything gleamed from the spring cleaning.

She sat down on the lower bunk. He knew she wasn't happy with the state of the van so he had cleaned it up as a surprise for her! A warm glow suffused her—this was what love was like.

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