The Rarest Rose by I Beacham

Author:I Beacham [Beacham, I]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781602829237
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2013-04-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Kiernan drew up in front of her home, turned off the car engine, and bent her head in exhaustion against the steering wheel. She should have stayed the night in Cambridge and driven home the next morning, but the thought of a second night away wasn’t something she could stand. She was missing Ele.

It was almost midnight, pitch-black, and very windy as she grabbed her equipment out of the car and struggled up the stairs toward her front door. She should have made two journeys with the equipment, but instead she was burdened down like a donkey carrying camping gear on some archaeological expedition. She’d pay for this in the morning when her shoulders and neck ached. Still, she didn’t care. All she wanted was a hot shower and her bed.

She also wanted to phone Ele. Despite her manic photo schedule, she had spoken to her yesterday, but it hadn’t been enough. Today, she’d done nothing but think of her. She wanted to hear her voice again, to connect. Yesterday, Ele had told her of the bitter wind in Pegmire, and how it had put her off going to the church to do research. But she had planned to go today. Kiernan had tried to phone Ele this afternoon to see if she’d discovered anything, but despite leaving a message, Ele hadn’t phoned her back. She hated not hearing from her, but figured she must have been at the church, or following up on another lead. Eager though Kiernan was to hear Ele’s voice again, and to learn what she’d found, she recognized that the hour was too late to phone. Ele had been so weary when she’d left her last. She didn’t want to disturb her. She needed her sleep. Kiernan would ring her tomorrow morning, first thing.

When Kiernan’s head finally hit her pillow, she found she couldn’t sleep straight away. Her thoughts were still dominated by Ele. She could see her laughing face, feel her touch, smell her perfume—experience that kiss. How she wanted to be with her tonight. She knew she was being silly, but not hearing from Ele unsettled her. Ele didn’t seem the type to not return a call. If she’d been to the church this afternoon, she could still have phoned her this evening? A small part of Kiernan worried that everything might not be all right. Ele had seemed okay with her when they’d last spoken, and although the kiss hadn’t been mentioned, the friendship had still been there. Had something else happened? Something ghostly? She shook herself. Ele was probably busy and waiting till tomorrow to ring her. It would be interesting to see who rang who first. Sleep finally claimed her.

It felt like minutes asleep before the sound of a buzzer rang in her ears, its sound unpleasant. She awoke with a start.

“Hold your horses, hold your horses!” Kiernan growled as she flung herself out of bed and then cursed when she stubbed a toe on a nearby chair. She had been in such a glorious and welcome deep sleep.

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