Crossing the Line by Solomon Carter

Author:Solomon Carter [Carter, Solomon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Great Leap
Published: 2014-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

When the alarm went off, Eva found herself lying close beside Dan with his arm draped over her body in the same old way, curled around her hips, his hand splayed palm down on the mattress. She woke slowly at first, and then with a jolt. The familiar felt good for such a short time. She could feel his firm hard body against her own, and then she realised just how much of her naked skin was against his, and how little clothing there was between her and a heated moment she felt she would soon regret. He was asleep. She pulled her back away from him, and got out of the bed, hurling the duvet back and away. Suddenly alert, and newly modest, she made a grab for the garments she left on the sofa as Dan yawned and woke up. She turned to face him. He yawned, gazed at her and smiled, his eyes rolling down her blouse to her belly and long shapely legs. She felt naked under that kind of gaze, so she shifted, half turned and blushed. Her hip eclipsed the view he would have preferred, but Dan didn’t mind that view too much either, so he rested and watched her a moment more.

“You don’t need to hide from me, Eva. What’s the point?”

“There’s every point, and you know it. That’s very old ground, Dan. Let’s not go there.”

She looked at him with what was meant to be a hard glare as she finished putting on the armour of her skirt, but he sensed the secret playfulness in her eyes. Not offended, he smiled back, encouraged. Eva rolled her eyes at him in disbelief and disdain, but also at herself. She was falling back into old habits too easily. The truth was, unconsciously she was worried that if they’d had more time, she would have relented. Where was her backbone, her commitment to the promise she made herself about never going back? In that moment, she hated herself. But it was ridiculous; she had no intention of returning to her past, to her old flame, or to anything else. Eva liked being a person who stuck to her guns, meaning what she said. With heat in her cheeks and fire in her belly, she was annoyed at her own inconsistency. Dan’s smug flirting was damned annoying, condescending, sexist and inappropriate right now, given the situation. But, the bastard, it was working just the slightest bit. No way, she said silently, no way. He would take it as a victory, and remembering the old Dan, she didn’t want to give him any kind of victory whatsoever. As she combed her hair in the mirror and made it as neat and flat as she could, Dan dragged on his old trousers, and the German’s jacket. They would have to replace those terrible clothes in the morning. He looked like a refugee in need of a hospital visit. Then Eva’s phone vibrated with a text.

“What does it say?” asked, Dan, holding the pistol and putting it in his inside jacket pocket.

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