The Seas Between Us by Ruth Hay

Author:Ruth Hay [Hay, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Hay

Chapter Fourteen

“Anna, you’re shaking like a leaf. What’s wrong?”

“Oh, Lawren, my darling, I’m just so glad to see you!”

“Very flattering, I’m sure, and I am more than glad to see you again. It feels like an age since we were together in London but you don’t fool me that easily. Something is wrong. Tell me.”

Anna stepped back from the powerful embrace that had occupied their first minutes together in her hotel room.

She wanted, more than anything, to unload the mental burden she was now carrying, but first she needed to hear if Lawren had told his father about events in Wiltshire.

“I promise I will tell you everything that’s happened, Lawren, although you will find it hard to believe.

Can you wait till later for that? I want to know how the rest of your time in England worked out.”

Lawren looked skeptical about the delay. He could tell Anna was holding back a worry of some kind. And yet, he knew her well enough to realize there would be a good reason for her reticence.

All at once the small hotel room seemed constricting. He had a sense of claustrophobia. Anna had been living here alone for several days now. He felt, against his arm, the bulk of a package of folders in his jacket pocket, and remembered his idea.

“Look, Anna, let’s get out of here! It’s a bright day for a change and there’s so much to see in Glasgow. I collected enough information at the airport to keep us occupied for weeks. We’ll go and have a day out and clear our heads of everything for a while. What do you say?”

Anna said yes, emphatically, and knew at once it was the exact thing she needed. How wonderful to be with someone who not only understood her moods, but who knew precisely how to change them for the better.

“Let me find my walking shoes and my raincoat, just in case. Have you eaten? Breakfast is over in the restaurant here, but we can find lunch or something nearby if you want.”

“No! I am in charge today. I want you to relax and enjoy yourself. No worries. No negative thoughts. Just the two of us on holiday. We’ll be tourists with nothing but time on our hands. Agreed?”

Anna’s response was to jump up from the chair where she was pulling on her shoes and then lead Lawren in a jig around the room to express her happiness.

In a minute they were dancing along the hall laughing like children on an unexpected holiday from school. No one saw them kiss in the elevator or noticed when they ran hand in hand for the exit doors.

“Where to now, oh mighty tour guide?” said Anna.

“Ah, follow me, my dear!” answered Lawren, in his best Rasputin impression.

And she did.

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