Camryn Eyde Short Story Collection by Camryn Eyde

Author:Camryn Eyde [Eyde, Camryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Morning came with bright sunshine and the chorus of chirping forest birds. What a way to wake! Smiling and stretching, I once again found myself alone, but the indent on the bed beside me was still warm. Isobel must have beaten me by mere minutes.

I followed the smell of brewing coffee after washing up and pulling on some clothes I found in the closet, and padded to the main cabin area.

“Morning,” I said, my voice still croaky from sleep.

“Morning. Coffee?” Isobel said, holding up a spare cup as she relaxed on the sofa with what looked like a script.

Nodding, I took my liberties and stole a kiss from her before taking my cup and sitting beside her.

“Hungry?” Isobel asked, gesturing to the fridge.

“Not yet.” I took a sip of my coffee and put it back on the table. It was just as I like it. Milky and sweet. Shifting to get comfortable, I stretched out along the sofa with my head in Isobel’s lap. She looked amused by my actions. “So, I hear you had an affair,” I said.

Isobel chuckled. “Yes, I did. Some little reporter. She was putty in my hands.” Stroking a hand through my horrendous case of bed hair, she said softly, “I don’t know why I get all the awards, darling, for you are an amazing actress. I almost felt jealous of your wife.”

I smiled and winked up at the woman I had married three years earlier after a two-year courtship. “So you should be. My wife is a much better lover than you.”

“Oh really?” Isobel’s eye brows arched and she pouted.

“Yeah, really. She at least invites me into the shower when she’s getting herself off.”

Isobel narrowed her eyes and shook her head at me. “You got yourself off in the bathtub. Where was my invite?”

“Must be in the post.”

Isobel laughed. It was a joyous sound that made me smile and chuckle to myself. Sighing, I shuffled to get comfortable against her thighs. “It’s so good to have you home,” I said, my eyes closing.

She leaned down and kissed my forehead. “I’ve missed you, too.” She then let out a long ominous breath.

I cracked open an eye. “What?”

“So…you know how Melanie has been asking to visit?”

My stomach dropped. “Yes?”

“She arrives today.”

I loved my sister-in-law like she was my own, but Isobel and I had been apart for nearly two months. I groaned at the loss of quality time with her.

Isobel pinched the skin through my robe. “Hey. Don’t be like that.”

I rolled over and tucked my face into her stomach. “You’ve only just got home. Can’t you tell her to come next week?”

“I’ll be in Canada next week.”

I groaned again. Hearing her put down her latest script, I felt her fingers brush through the tangles of my hair. “Cassie, sweetheart, I’ll only be away for a month this time, and you’re always welcome to visit the set.”

“I know,” I said, my voice muffled by the soft toweling robe she wore.

“And she’s only here for the weekend.

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