Restless Heart by Emma Lang

Author:Emma Lang [Lang, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-75-826803-7
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Sam and Angeline walked to the restaurant in the sunlight, side by side, hands and fingers interlocked. He’d been craving peace for so long, he was surprised to find it in the guise of a young woman with more scars than he had. He hadn’t wanted to tell her anything about the battle at Sharps-burg. Hell, he hadn’t even wanted to think about it.

She’d bullied him into confessing every single detail until he nearly vomited. Damn sure cried about it too. Yet Ange-line didn’t make him feel stupid about having emotions. She listened to him, made him purge every bit of the past from inside him.

For the first time in ten years, he’d slept soundly and he’d never felt better. Angeline had taken a chance in the darkness of his bedroom and he couldn’t be more glad she had. Sam felt as if their relationship had reached another level the night before, grown even deeper than when he’d asked her to marry him.

They had bared their souls and in doing so, become one. Sam gently held her hand, knowing he’d hurt her in his dream state. He never wanted to be responsible for causing her pain again.

His father walked ahead of them, somewhat lucid and chipper that morning. It was as if the world had woken up in a good mood. Sam certainly had. It was the first of many mornings he would wake up with her beside him. He intended on having as many as he possibly could for the next fifty or sixty years.

They were about to tell everyone at the Blue Plate that An-geline was leaving permanently. Sam fingered the ring in his pocket, the worn gold band a gift from his mother. She had put it in his palm and told him he would know the woman to wear it when he met her. He would put that ring on Ange-line’s finger when they got married. Although he had no idea if it would fit her finger, something told Sam it was the perfect size.

When they walked into the restaurant, Pieter rose from a table by the kitchen door, his gaze locked on their entwined hands. Anger was evident in his expression.

“I hope you have a good reason for keeping Angeline from her bed all night.” Pieter’s frown could have turned iron into a molten mess. “You have ruined her.”

“No need to worry, Pieter. She helped me with my father and with my, ah, wounds from yesterday.” Sam smiled at An-geline. “And she’s agreed to marry me.”

The three waitresses were all serving various customers in the restaurant. At Sam’s pronouncement, Karen gasped and ran forward to hug Angeline. Alice simply stared at them with something that almost looked like wistfulness. Lettie shook her head and in her gaze Sam saw disapproval. He squeezed Angeline’s shoulder because he knew she held Let-tie’s opinion in high regard. He hoped the older woman would support Angeline’s decision and not cause problems in their wedding or their marriage.

When Angeline wrapped her arm around his waist, he knew everything would be all right.

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