Lady's Man by Tanya Anne Crosby

Author:Tanya Anne Crosby [Tanya Anne Crosby]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books
Published: 2012-04-13T14:00:00+00:00

As promised, Jamie showed up at six with a basket and a giant cowhide bone for Lady. “To keep her occupied,” he explained and before she could protest that maybe they shouldn’t leave her alone with a bone she might choke on, he took Annie by the hand and dragged her out to the beach.

“As you’ve probably figured out, this end of the beach stays pretty quiet most of the time,” he said. “Locals come here to fish, but you can’t really swim because of the currents. By now they’re all sunburned and on their way home so we’ll have the beach mostly to ourselves.” He winked at her suggestively. “Maybe we’ll even get lucky and spot an incoming turtle doing her thing.”

They passed the remains of an old building. All that was left was a stone foundation that had become a canvas for graffiti artists. “What’s that?”

“Part of an abandoned WWII coast guard station.”

Annie started to take off her sandals. “No, wait til we get to the sand. There are killer burrs here. If you jab one into your toe you’ll scream so loud you’ll scare away all the turtles and you’ll be solely responsible for their extinction.” He winked at her.

Annie giggled and left her shoes on. As it turned out they had a bit of a walk. Beyond the dunes, this part of the beach was bordered by rocks and nearly deserted. A lone fisherman stood on the barrier rocks, shirt off, shoulders beet red, wearing only a pair of duck shoes while he repeatedly cast out his line and reeled it in.

Jamie took her by the hand and led her up to the top of a dune and then put the basket down and spread out a blanket, gesturing for her to sit. “I’ve never actually brought a girl on a picnic before so you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t get this exactly right.”

Annie laughed, amused. “We’re even,” she said. “I’ve never been on a picnic before.”

He cocked his head and said in an exaggerated manner, “Oh, really? Well, I guess we’ll have figure it out together. And look … I brought you this!”

Laughter erupted from her lips as he pulled out another bone. “Oh, no, that was just in case Lady whined and we had to bring her along.” He reached back in the basket. “This!”

This time, he pulled out a beautiful multicolored crocheted shawl and set it around her shoulders. He reached back in the basket without waiting to see her reaction.

“I wasn’t sure what color you’d be wearing tonight so I picked out something that would go with everything.”

Annie’s breath caught as she admired the gift. “Thank you,” she said, stroking it. Her eyes stung a little and she attributed to being emotional, but she couldn’t remember the last time anyone had given her anything besides a birthday card. Her grandmother had often surprised her with a favorite meal or a nice gesture, but most of their lives together, money hadn’t been plentiful.

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