A DISTANT ECHO, PART FIVE: WESTERN TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE by Hutchinson Bobby

Author:Hutchinson, Bobby [Hutchinson, Bobby]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: western historical time travel
Publisher: Sunflower Publishing
Published: 2015-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

She didn’t remember going up the stairs, although she must have climbed them.

Tom’s bedroom door was open, and she was relieved to see that he wasn’t yet in bed. He was sitting on the chair by the dresser, his dark, curly head bent, seemingly lost in thought. He looked up at her, and she steeled herself against the naked appeal of his blue gaze.

“I want you to pack your things and leave, immediately,” she said, keeping her voice flat, devoid of any feeling. “I’ll return the remainder of this month’s rent, of course.”

Her tone of voice and her impersonal words brought him slowly to his feet. “So you figure this whole thing is my fault, is that it?”

She turned away from him and wouldn’t answer, but with one quick step he moved up behind her. He took her shoulders and forcibly turned her, so she had to look at him.

“You’re making a big mistake here, Zelda.”

“I made a mistake, yes, but this isn’t it. Now take your hands off me. Whatever there was between us has ended, and I think it best you leave as soon as possible.” She reached up and tried to remove his fingers from her shoulders, but they were like iron clamps. She’d have bruises, some detached part of her reasoned.

“Zelda.” Her father stood in his bedroom doorway just across the hall, concern evident in his face. He’d obviously heard what had been said. “You mebbe want to think this over, lass. It’s not Tom’s fault Eli quit school, now is it? No sense doin’ somethin’ you’ll be sorry for later.”

“I know exactly what I’m doing, Dad. I want Tom out of here, now.” She turned on her heel and marched back down the stairs and along the hallway. She snatched her old brown coat from the peg by the door and walked out blindly into the mocking sunshine of a splendid spring morning.

Tom made a move to follow her, but Virgil put a restraining hand on his arm. “Best let her go, son. Sorry this had to happen. I tried to talk to her before you got home, but I didn’t get no further than you did. When women get an idea in their noggin, there’s no changing it sometimes.” His shoulders sagged. “Poor old Zel. She’s real broken up over Eli quittin’ school, and she’s vexed with me fer signin’ the paper so’s the lad can join the Mounted.” He looked into Tom’s eyes. “And you’ll be leavin’ her, too, most likely. That’s what this is all about, I reckon.”

Tom knew it was the truth.

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