Ginger Snap by Marisa Masterson

Author:Marisa Masterson
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Theo struggled to keep the relief from his face. This lovely woman and Guy were one and the same. The bird and dog proved it.

The odd twinges he’d felt around Guy had made him mostly avoid the young man. Now he knew the reason for those feelings. He was a she. And what a she!

There’d been a moment when he wanted to bang his head against a wall. How stupid could he be to have been fooled this way?

The memory of the attraction he felt, then and now, actually reassured him. He knew that, on some level, he’d realized Guy was a woman.

The draw didn’t decrease after seeing the female underneath Guy’s disguise. No, now that he’d seen her, the feeling of rightness when he was with her exploded.

He raised a hand, wanting to touch the chain hidden by his collar. Afraid that something might happen to it, he’d taken to wearing his grandmother’s locket under his clothes.

His grandfather’s words came back to him. “Give this to the girl waiting for you.” Was the Holy Spirit leading him to Ginger? How could that be? She didn’t even accept his calling to be a minister.

Later, alone in his room, he’d hit his knees. Only prayer and time could answer those questions.

At this moment, he waited for Ginger’s explanation. Theo decided to fix a thunderous look on his face. He’d listen to her excuse and then find a way to help her overcome whatever forced her into the disguise.

Next to him, Ginger cleared her throat. She wrung her hands at his look in her direction. “Mrs. Hooper is probably in her sitting room. I’d like her to be with us when we talk.”

His outstretched arm indicated for her to precede him. As she walked in front of him, he mentally coached to keep his eyes to himself. After all, he had no reason to feel possessive of her. She wasn’t his.

Not yet.

A short half hour later, Mrs. Hooper smiled at him and waited for Theo’s response. When he continued to sit quietly, she frowned.

“You do understand Ginger’s reasons, don’t you?”

Nodding, Theo took one more minute or so before speaking. He rose and hunkered down next to the chair where Ginger sat. Taking her hand, he looked into confused and wary eyes.

His words came out softly. In the tense silence of the room, even his tender whisper came out sounding loud. “Is this the lie you mentioned that day? You know, in the grotto.”

His face gentled as he remembered being stunned by his first sight of her coming up from the water. “The one that made you think you couldn’t be the woman God means for me.”

He reached for her hand as she nodded. When she squeezed his hand, relief rippled through him. This was the only lie. She was a victim who needed to be freed from her Step Pappy’s machinations.

Emotion clogged his throat. He cleared it more than once before he could speak again.

“I understand why you pretended, but I am wondering if your uncle really did leave you out of the will.

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