With This Ring by Ruth Hay

Author:Ruth Hay [Hay, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Hay

Chapter Fourteen

Two days after their trip to Santorini, Stavros judged the time was right to show his wife the site of their proposed new home. Lynn was visibly more relaxed and she had acquired the light tan that made her skin glow and brought her silver hair into sharp and attractive contrast with the dark eyes and eyebrows that gave her face distinction.

She wore a new peach dress he had bought for her with broad straps, a flowing skirt and a gold belt around her neat waist. She looked like the young girl he had first met on the Greek islands so many years before and his heart accelerated to see her so content.

He had waited for the perfect moment; a brilliant day with just a light breeze and fresh green dappling the stony hillsides. Borrowing a ramshackle old car from one of his many cousins, they drove out of town after a particularly good lunch shared on the patio of a tavern. He had ordered one of Lynn’s favourite dishes; fresh lobster thermidor with green salad and feta cheese washed down with a delightful semi-dry white wine that even he realized was worth every penny it cost.

A recent rain had damped down the dusty road and after a drive of a few pleasant miles, he turned off the main road and down a bumpy track towards the Aegean, slowing deliberately so that the incredible view would come into sight gradually, unrolling slowly before them for the greatest effect.

Lynn was aware that she was getting the full treatment. Not only lunch, gifts and a country drive, but, more importantly, her husband’s complete attention. Despite this awareness, she could not but respond to the influence of the day and the occasion.

She held her breath as the car slowly advanced onto soft sand, and stopped. The windows were down and the first thing she noticed was the sea-scented air blowing her hair gently back from her face. The small bay before her was enclosed by two low and curving headlands, like the fingers of a lover caressing a beloved face. Between them was the brilliant blue of the sea and in the sheltered bay the waves creamed on the shore with scarcely a murmur.

At first Lynn could not speak, or even tear her eyes away from the combination of sight, scent and sound. In the back of her head she knew this occasion had been choreographed by Stavros for maximum impact. Her own impressions were what mattered most now and she would be true to herself and still give this amazing place a fair chance to work its enchantment on her.

She sensed her husband’s impatience to speak, but she held up a warning hand and opened the car door so she could see and experience everything.

The sand was soft and warm through her sandals. She walked parallel to the shore line until she came to the ruins of a wooden shack situated right in the centre of the bay but about 200 yards from the sea.

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