Lakeside by Davis Mary

Author:Davis, Mary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

Nine

On Thursday Garth’s eyes were bright with excitement as he stood in the breezeway outside her door. “How would you like to see the most spectacular light show in the world tonight?”

“What? Like at a planetarium or something?”

“Or something. Are you game?”

“Sure.”

“Great. I’ll pick you up at one.”

Lori’s mouth dropped open. “In the morning?” No, he couldn’t mean that.

“Mm-hm. Dress warm. I’ll see you then.”

Later she couldn’t decide whether to go to bed early and set her alarm or just stay up. She opted for getting some sleep, but it was a waste of time. She got up at midnight to make a snack and wait.

She jumped at the sudden knock on her door. She had been watching for Garth’s vehicle, but obviously he hadn’t driven. Where was this light show anyway?

“Here. Use this.” He held out a coat. “It’s my mother’s. She leaves it up here at the cottage. Saturday I’ll take you to a place where you can shop for a coat. They have the best wool sweaters, too.”

He guided her out onto the deck. She looked up at the diamond-studded sky. It was a beautifully clear night, and the stars were winking at her as though they had a secret. The kind of night made for romance.

She looked up at him sharply. That’s not what he was thinking, was it? She swallowed hard when he looked down at her and smiled. “I tho”—she cleared her throat—“I thought we were going to a planetarium or something to see a light show.”

He grinned at her. “It’s the or something. The light show is coming to us.”

In the deck light she could see a twinkle in his clear blue eyes. For a moment she lost herself in their depths. She gave herself a mental shake and turned back to the starlit sky.

She faced the rail, looking out toward the lake. He stood with his back to the rail, watching her. His gaze made her nerves tingle. She could easily give her heart to this man, but she couldn’t let that happen. “I only see stars. Are these your light show?”

“They’re only the prelude. Have you ever heard of the aurora borealis?”

She shook her head.

“Then the aurora borealis, or northern lights, is like nothing you have ever seen. It’s a curtain of colored lights rippling across the night sky, shifting and changing as if God Himself were gently blowing on it. A magnificent, heavenly symphony of lights. I like to think of it as a glimpse of heaven. A fraction of what it will be like to stand in the presence of Christ in all His glory.”

It was easy to get caught up in his enthusiasm. The picture he painted sounded beautiful, but she couldn’t quite imagine it. Was this another one of his stories? “When is this show due to begin?”

“Any minute.”

Her breath caught as the sky ignited in a luminescent curtain of wavering colors, just as he’d described it. “It’s almost like daylight out here.” An interesting quiet swishing, almost a crackle, accompanied the bright glow.

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