Storms by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill [Hill, Gerri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, ! Yes, Lesbian
ISBN: 9781594932496
Google: 6j9kkgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1594932492
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2011-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter tWentY-One

After her shower—which she’d drawn out as long as she

could—and after drying her hair thoroughly, Kerry nervously

made her way downstairs for dinner. She hadn’t seen Carson

since their impromptu breakfast picnic, and she wasn’t entirely

certain who had been avoiding whom. To say their conversation

had rattled her would be an understatement. But was it the words

or the looks? Or was it the electricity that seemed to pass between

them so easily? She knew Carson felt it too. Her eyes just pulled

her in and Kerry couldn’t look away, couldn’t—wouldn’t—break

the spell. Her heart had been pounding in her chest, and it was

with perfect clarity that she saw them together. .as lovers.

She nearly stumbled over the last step as the image remained

in her mind, and she paused, trying to shake it. She was so lost

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in these thoughts that she gasped as Mr. Cartwright’s nurse

appeared, carrying a plate and a bottle of water up the stairs.

Kerry simply nodded as the nurse passed by her without a

word, her pace brisk. The encounter was enough to somewhat

derail thoughts of Carson from her mind. She went in search of

Martha.

“Smells wonderful,” Kerry said, leaning over Martha’s

shoulder as she stirred the stew.

“I think it turned out great,” Martha said. “The bread is

warming.”

Kerry took a glass and filled it with water. “I met the nurse

on the stairs,” she said. “That’s only the second time I’ve seen

her.”“Oh, she doesn’t talk much. She made it clear she was only

here for Mr. Cartwright. She wasn’t here to socialize or make

friends,” she said. “Only comes down to collect meals. Of course,

it’s only for her now. He hasn’t eaten in days.”

“Have you seen him?”

“No. Not since they brought him back from the hospital.

The nurse does everything for him, including changing his

sheets. I just do the laundry and bring it back up.”

“Carson seems to think it’ll be any day now,” she said.

“Yes. Chance told me that when he left. It must be a terrible

feeling riding away, knowing your father will most likely die

while you’re gone,” Martha said. “They were all close.”

“Were they?” Kerry really hadn’t gotten that impression at

all. Or maybe since he’d been sick for so long, they’d just accepted

his dying and had the chance to prepare for it.

“Well, he was a difficult man, abrasive with them sometimes,

but he was still their father,” she said. “They were always

respectful to him.”

Kerry didn’t say anything, but she knew that respecting

someone and deeply loving them were two completely different

things. When Carson had told the story of her mother dying,

the pain and anguish in her voice, in her eyes, spoke of a truly

loving relationship. She felt none of that between the brothers

and their father.

“Have you seen Carson?” she asked as nonchalantly as she

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could. Martha glanced at her, a smile on her face, as she covered

the stew pot again. Kerry remembered their conversation from

that morning and hoped Martha wouldn’t bring that up again.

“She went upstairs earlier. You didn’t see her?”

“No. Actually, I haven’t seen her since breakfast,” she said,

hoping that would signal to Martha that they weren’t spending

all that much time together.

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