The Mermaid by Caroline Lee

Author:Caroline Lee [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

It was a silent walk back to the lake. Skip was thinking about the look of sheer joy on her face when he’d found her in Arabella’s store and had told her that they were “going home.” He hadn’t meant to say it like that—he’d only meant to tell her that they needed to go back to his house so they could get some lake water—but once her lovely face had bloomed into that perfect smile, he’d been unable to correct himself.

So they were going home.

Why had she been so excited about that? Why had she sought him out in the first place? Why was she staying with him? And how much of that had anything to do with who she really was?

His hand brushed against hers as they walked and she grabbed it. He wanted to feel…manipulated, that she was trying so hard to come home with him. That she’d lied to him about who she was. But as his fingers twined through hers on their own accord, he found that he couldn’t. Whatever she’d done, it had brought her to him, and that had been worth it.

The last day and a half—heck, the last week, since he’d seen the mermaid in the bathtub for the first time—had been different. Different in a good way. He was full of energy in a way that he hadn’t been in years, full of anticipation. After so many years spent building his sailboat, he’d assume that it was the reason he was excited, but he suspected this lightness in his chest had more to do with her.

Marina. Sirene. Whatever her name was.

She’s a mermaid. The old woman’s voice reverberated in his head.

Could the mysterious veil dancer really be his mermaid? Determined to find out, Skip pulled her to a stop in the middle of the road that led to the lake. She turned to him with questioning eyes, and he moved to stand in front of her. He would’ve taken her other hand in his, but she was clutching her brand-new book to her chest like a lifeline.

Instead, he squeezed her fingers and willed her to reveal her secrets. She stared up him with guileless, curious eyes, and his gaze roamed over her face.

Could it have just been some sort of clever Gypsy trick that had turned these smooth and graceful features into the angular and harsh ones he remembered? He’d enjoyed spending time with Marina, and had been surprised that her ugliness hadn’t been at all off-putting. But now to realize that whatever magic she used, it hid soft skin and a gentle smile and…

Her eyes.

When she’d shown up at his house yesterday morning, he’d been struck by how blue her eyes were, the same color as the deepest part of his lake on a clear day. Marina’s eyes—the ones he remembered—had been darker, deeper set. Could that have been done with the same kind of trick as the rest of it?

Skip ignored her curious look and squeezed his eyes tight.

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