Gracie's Sin by Freda Lightfoot

Author:Freda Lightfoot
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: WWII, Female Friendship, Historical Saga
ISBN: 9780340820018
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2002-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Clutched tight in Luc’s sweating embrace as he dipped his head into the vee of her dress, Lou jerked her head round, and gazed in stunned dismay into Gordon’s furious face. What followed was so swift, so totally unexpected, that no one had the chance to react, let alone prevent it from happening. One minute Luc was muttering undying devotion into Lou’s cleavage, the next he was flying through the air. His yell, as he hit the turf, was earth shattering. But it was only as Gordon, fists clenched, again flew at him did Lou come out of her daze. Gracie and Adam did likewise, and the three of them fell upon Gordon to desperately try to pull him off.

Luc was yelling as if blue murder were being done to him, and Gordon was swearing that there soon would be. The noise attracted attention and soon the place was teaming with airmen, foresters and the transport men, all eager to fight they knew not who, over they knew not what. But they were determined that if there was a fisticuffs battle going, they would be a part of it. The situation gathered a momentum of its own.

Adam and Gracie finally managed to drag Luc out of the fracas while Lou clung fast to Gordon. She looked as if she might never let him go again, as she had him clasped tight in a smacker of a kiss.

Gracie stood with her hands to her face and looked down at Luc. Curled into a protective ball, he looked what he truly was, a young, desperately unhappy boy. ‘Oh my godfathers,’ he’s dead.’

‘No, he’ll live, probably a wiser man. Fetch some water to clean him up,’ Adam instructed her. ‘I’ll get him to his feet.’

Lou was crying. ‘He meant no harm. He was just a bit drunk. Oh, Gordon, I’m so glad to see you.’

Subdued, and looking a bit shamefaced, Gordon held her close. ‘How was I to know? Seeing someone apparently attacking my wife, I just knocked his bleedin’ block off. What sort of a welcome is that for a chap when he comes home?’

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