Echoes of Edinburgh by JoAnn Durgin

Author:JoAnn Durgin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163957
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-11-26T05:00:00+00:00

12

Tuesday Morning, Day Four

Shelby doubted many tourists could see and do as much in Edinburgh as she’d already managed with Harrison in a few short days. Enjoying a leisurely morning, she was checking her e-mail, sipping tea, and nibbling on a scone with raspberry jam when he called. “Good morning, Sunshine. Put on your walking shoes. I’ve unexpectedly got the morning off if you’d like me to pick you up earlier.”

Thrilled as she was, Shelby tried not to sound overly eager. Even so, she’d already jumped up from her chair and headed into the bedroom of the suite to change. “How soon can you get here?” So much for restrained enthusiasm. Unbidden, the thought popped into her mind again as to how Harrison seemed to have so much free time. Maybe his morning appointment had canceled. Choosing not to worry about it, she pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind. Time to have fun.

Toward the end of their tour of Mary King’s Close—the tunnels beneath the Royal Mile—Harrison jumped out from behind a column at the end of the tour, startling her. Putting one hand over her chest, Shelby concentrated on calming her sputtering breaths. When he made a big show of trying to soothe her and pulled her close, she playfully pushed him away and sniffed. “Just for that, your penance is to escort me to the Magic Gallery this afternoon.”

“I’m shaking in my shoes,” Harrison said, laughing. “That’s not much punishment for a guy, you know.”

“Why do you think I suggested it? And I know the real reason why you lunged at me.” She was still reeling from being in his arms, brief though it was.

“Cause and effect, Miss Harmon.”

Ah yes, so clever, this man.

During lunch at a nearby hotel, Shelby tried Jerusalem artichoke soup but wrinkled her nose and shook her head when Harrison offered her a bite of his ravioli with ox tongue consommé. That sounded as bad, if not worse, than haggis.

Her meal of poached salmon with apple potatoes, mushrooms, and béarnaise sauce was the most scrumptious she’d had in Edinburgh, and she smiled to see how Harrison devoured his Scottish rabbit in short order. Her own appetite was better than ever, but she hated the thought of climbing back on the scale at her gym back in Chicago.

She pushed that thought aside, mainly because she’d started to dread the thought of leaving Edinburgh altogether. Truth be told, leaving Harrison. She also hoped to learn more about what was in the envelope that brought her to Scotland in the first place. But it seemed that part of the equation was up to Pops.

“I fear the vanilla crème brûlée did me in,” she said, patting her stomach as they left the restaurant. “I’m glad you helped me eat it, so I wasn’t such a single-minded glutton.”

“You looked great wearing it.” Using the tip of his finger, Harrison had swiped a dollop of the dessert when it dropped on her arm. She liked sharing food with Harrison in spite of her clumsiness and penchant for spilling or dribbling.

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