Lisa by Ellen James

Author:Ellen James [Ellen James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459270534
Publisher: Harlequin

IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON as Matt tore off another strip of cloth tape and ran it along the bottom of the plane's windshield. He'd be finished masking in no time, and then it was on to the paint stripper. An hour or so ago, he'd escaped the less-thanconvivial birthday celebration at Bea's, and come straight to the barn for a good spell of work. He was making progress with this old Stinson bush plane. Too bad he wasn't making any progress with his thoughts. They kept returning over and over to last night on the beach with Lisa Hardaway.

Yes, he wanted her. But what did he have to offer? Sometimes it seemed that it took everything he had just to keep going one day at a time, just to go through the motions that other people took for granted. It wasn't only the way his body fought him despite all the time spent in rehab. It was the effort required to keep unbearable memories at bay, an effort that was becoming more and more difficult all the time. Coming back to Hurricane Beach hadn't helped. Neither had seeing Lisa again.

Gradually he became aware that he'd stopped working. He was just standing here in the barn, holding a strip of tape in both hands, thinking about the woman who deserved more than he had to give.

And then, as if he'd conjured her, she appeared in the doorway of the barn. Lisa Hardaway, slim and golden-haired.

“Hello, Matt,” she said, and then she got right to the point “I thought we should have a talk, after…after what happened.”

The problem was that he didn't have talking on his mind. He saw the sensual curve of her mouth, the fire banked deep in her eyes. She pretended to be aloof, but Matt knew better. He knew about the warmth underneath that controlled exterior. As he stepped toward her, he saw the rose color suffusing her cheeks.

“No, Matt,” she said evenly. “We really do have to discuss something. I've finally figured that out. I just came from seeing my father…and it made me realize that people too often don't speak their minds. My parents, for instance. It appears that my mother spent years not speaking up in her marriage, so now she's gone overboard, big time, and moved right out of the house.”

Matt was pretty certain that Lisa hadn't come here to discuss her parents. She paced restlessly just inside the barn, as if working up her courage for something. Or maybe she was getting ready to bolt.

“I'm listening,” Matt said. That was enough to stop her. She turned and faced him, the color still high in her cheeks.

“Here goes, Matt.” She took a deep breath, as if to steady herself. “Fifteen years ago, I made love to a boy for the first time in my life. I didn't stop to consider the consequences. I just made love with him again…and again. I didn't know how to stop— I didn't want to stop. Most of all, I wanted him to stay with me.

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