Red Sun by St. Pierre Raven

Author:St. Pierre, Raven
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Naturally, Ruthann was in a great mood when I got in and I did my best not to sully that. I smiled a little when I waved and sat down on the stool so that she could tell me about her night.

“So?” I asked.

Her smile grew. “It was wonderful! He was wonderful! I’ve never been treated like he treated me in all my life.”

My own troubles began to fade away as I listened.

“We ate; we talked; we danced.” She sighed when she became overwhelmed. “I don’t know what took me so long to say yes to him,” she added.

“Sounds like ol’ Lou really made an impression on you.”

“That is such an understatement, Solei. He didn’t just make an impression on me, I think he changed my life in one night.”

“Wow…”

She nodded. “Yeah, when you get as old as me, you don’t have all day to wait for your heart to tell you what it wants. You have to learn to tell it what you want.” A smile crossed her face. “And I want him.” She was giddy and all red in the face just like a little girl.

“I’m so glad you had fun. When’s the next date?”

“Tonight.”

I laughed. “Not wasting any time are you?”

“Nope. I already did enough of that, giving Lou the runaround all these years he’s been asking me out. I just wish you’d come into the picture sooner to talk some sense into me. Might not’ve been single so long.”

She moved to put her inventory book back on the shelf. “But how was your first night alone in the house?”

I shrugged, unsure if I should tell her where I’d really spent the night. “Mmm….it was..…” I found it harder to lie to her than it is to lie to my dad. “Truthfully, I didn’t stay there,” I finally admitted.

She looked at me curiously, waiting for me to explain. “No?”

“No. There was a mouse in the kitchen and I couldn’t stay there after that.”

“So, where’d you go?”

This was the part I didn’t really want to tell her. “Well, Elan came by and caught the mouse, and…….”

She nodded, understanding. I couldn’t tell if the look on her face was disappointment or concern.

“Nothing happened though. We just sat around watching movies and talking. I promise we didn’t…..”

She waved me off. “Solei, I wasn’t worried about that.”

I was puzzled.

She looked me in my eye. “I was just wondering how you dealt with being in the house with both brothers.” She smiled a little. “I’m sure feathers were flying last night.”

Ruthann knew more than I gave her credit for. “No, but…..how’d you know that….”

“Elan’s very forthright about everything; always has been, so his feelings have been clear to me since I first saw him around you. But Jolon is the one you always have to figure out and decode everything he does and says. He may not come out and say that he cares, but he shows it.” She paused. “And you, on the other hand…..I see it all over your face when either of them comes into the shop.

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