Improbable Solution by Judith B. Glad

Author:Judith B. Glad [Glad, Judith B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alzheimer's, Contemporary Romance, Oregon, Paranormal Romance, small town
ISBN: 9781601741905
Publisher: Uncial Press
Published: 2014-08-15T07:00:00+00:00

INTERVAL

Energy.

Rich, lavish.

Pattern indicates ceremonial bonding follows physical bonding. Interim frequently protracted.

Potential dissipation of energy.

Perhaps additional nudge...

FOURTEEN

Gus walked Sally home about eleven. She was so tired, she felt as if she could fall asleep walking. She woke when he kissed her goodnight with thoroughness, a kiss that nearly buckled her knees.

She leaned against him, reluctant to let him leave. When he did, this wonderful, glorious day would end. "You and Lyle will probably be up half the night while those kids clean up their mess." She yawned, a real jaw-cracker. "I should feel guilty for not staying to help."

"You're already half-asleep. Go to bed." He kissed her again, this one a promise of passion to come. Without releasing her, he murmured against her mouth, "I'd like to come back and join you, but I think we've given the town enough to talk about for one day, don't you?"

So, he had heard Georgina. Sally could have strangled the café owner at supper when, in her usual straightforward way, she'd said, "From the looks of you, Sally, you've already had dessert."

Since Gus had been several people behind her in the line for baked beans, she'd assumed he hadn't heard it, or her own whispered, "Shut up, or I'll stuff a napkin in your mouth."

Georgina had shut up, but Sally knew several people had heard her and were smart enough to know exactly what she meant.

It wasn't that she was afraid of what her neighbors would say, but that she wanted to wait a while before giving them reason to say it.

She hesitated, her hand on the doorknob, remembering he'd told her earlier that he'd grown up in urban Boston. "Does it worry you, the way everyone in town is watching?"

"Not really bother, but I have to admit I'm not crazy about the way everybody's minding my business." He kissed her once more, a brief peck on her mouth. "See you tomorrow?"

"We'll have to stay close," she warned, "so I can hear Pop if he—"

"I know. But that doesn't mean we can't sit in the backyard and drink lemonade, does it?"

"Sounds wonderful," she said, and slipped inside.

Through the screen, she watched him stride away into the night. As he passed under the streetlight at the corner, she smiled. He still had the best rear view she could remember seeing, and she'd seen a fair sample, what with costuming dancers for so many musical productions.

* * * *

Back on Main Street, Gus oversaw the removal of the flagging tape, and Lyle directed traffic as the remaining out-of-towners dispersed. While the teenagers were undoing their handiwork, Gus listened to their comments.

The flagging tape, he learned, had been found at a garage sale by Lucie, whose mother was an antique dealer of sorts. Lucie had bought the entire box—worth close to a hundred dollars at a surveyor's supply—for seven bucks. Decorating the town with the brightly colored streamers had been Ben Kemp's idea, all right, but Gus wondered if he would have done quite so thorough a job of it without the encouragement of the other three.

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