A Love Surrendered by Julie Lessman

Author:Julie Lessman [Lessman, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC027050, FIC042040, FIC042030, Nineteen thirties—Fiction, Sisters—Fiction, Boston (Mass.)—Fiction
ISBN: 9781441239716
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“You never get tired of it, do you?” Emma said, peeking up at her husband with a touch of tease in her tone, knowing full well Sean O’Connor never got tired of sports.

“Nope. But gosh, Emma, can’t you see why? Man alive, what a night!” Sean tucked an arm close to Emma’s waist as they strolled home from his game, the trill of tree frogs and locusts lending a buzz of excitement that rivaled that of her husband’s voice. A ragtag group of boys was playing kick ball in the street as they passed, soon disrupted by the honk of a horn before they scattered from the path of a Model T. The scent of fresh-mown grass and exhaust mingled with the telltale smell of a Snickers bar as Sean released a contented sigh. He pressed a kiss to her head that tugged a smile to her lips. “I think this may just be my best team yet, don’t you?”

Emma’s chuckle merged with the sounds of the summer night, Sean’s little-boy enthusiasm tickling her as much as the playful pinch of his fingers. “Well, given this is the first season I’ve attended your games,” she said with a hint of brogue usually reserved for a tease, “I may not be the perfect person to ask.” She nipped his waist right back, not surprised when her hand met hard muscle. “But yes, Coach O’Connor, I’d say you have a contender on your hands.”

At her words, he halted in the middle of the sidewalk and pulled her to him so fast, she let out a little squeak that was promptly swallowed up in a kiss. The heat of embarrassment over his display of affection quickly turned to heat of another kind, confirming that although Sean O’Connor had been a bachelor who avoided women most of his life, he was a natural athlete who excelled in all manners of sport. He finally pulled away, but massive hands still anchored at the small of her back, firmly pinning her to a chest as solid as the concrete beneath her feet. “Ah, but you are the perfect person, Mrs. O’Connor,” he said with that easy grin she loved. “Because there’s no one’s opinion—” he kissed the tip of her nose—“or kiss I’d rather have.”

Hooking her back to his side once again, he relinquished another heavy sigh, a hint of longing creeping into his tone as they made their way to their house on Dorchester Street. “I’ll tell you what, I hope our sons have half the ability of Bobby Dalton, because that kid can sure sail a ball over the fence when you need him to.”

Emma lowered her gaze, eyes fixed on the cracks in the sidewalk as the smile faded from her lips. Sean continued to chatter while he ushered her up the steps of their traditional clapboard row house with its pretty bay window flanked by azaleas and hostas. Lightning bugs blinked as the glow of dusk gave way to the dark of night.

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