Rose-Coloured Love by Amanda Carpenter

Author:Amanda Carpenter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

It took careful negotiation to pull around Ryan’s rented car, but Devan managed that with more ease than she had managed to back out. The dilapidated garage door was still left open, so she drew smoothly in and switched off the engine. Total silence reigned in the car. “Right,” she said, sternly, and opened her door. “Come on, you two.”

Janie and Gary followed along behind her, Gary’s steps lagging quite noticeably. They trooped in the back door and found Helen serenely cleaning out the refrigerator. She looked up with a smile as they entered. “How’d everything go?” she asked, glancing to Devan, who stood in eloquent silence. Helen’s face then changed, and she stood to brush off her knees. “All right, what happened?”

Devan reached back and grabbed Gary’s shoulder as he started to slink away. She thrust her nephew forward, and said grimly, though her eyes were twinkling, “I think he should be the one to tell you.”

Gary swallowed and said hollowly, “All of it?”

“All of it.” Devan headed for her library with her purchases, longing for peace. “And Janie, you make sure he tells the truth.” She stopped at the doorway, and turned. “And I’ll tell you this,” she said succinctly. “Never again will I take you horrible brats anywhere.”

“That’s what you said the last time,” said Janie.

Devan’s lips twitched before she pulled them into severity. “This time,” she stated with dignity, “I really mean it.”

She went to the privacy of her library and sank into her armchair with a heartfelt sigh. Much as she acted the part of a disapproving aunt, everyone knew it to be an act, for she tremendously enjoyed her niece and nephew. But they were exhausting, and she was feeling distinctly limp. After a bit, she drew out her new books and looked them over with interest. Then she made room for them on her shelves.

She wondered where Ryan was, but didn’t especially want to backtrack to the kitchen to ask Helen, as she rather suspected that Gary’s crimes were still being judged, and punishment for his disobedience being meted out. She headed for the stairs, intending to put her bag away in her room. Paris greeted her, stretched across the bottom stair, and she bent to pat his head before stepping over him. As she reached the first floor, she heard nothing but silence. All the lights were off in the light of day, and she glanced into the open door of the guest room.

Then she stopped. A dark form was stretched out, fully clothed, on the top of the bedcovers. Her fingers loosened on the strap of her bag and let it slide gently to the floor by the door as she looked at Ryan. The sight of him drew her footsteps, slow and quiet and reluctant. She stood by the bed, looking down. He was big, even lying down, his long legs stretched comfortably out, one arm flexed back, the hand tucked under his pillow. His head was turned away from her, his face smoothed, his well-cut hair tousled.

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