Time Is a River by Mary Alice Monroe

Author:Mary Alice Monroe [Monroe, Mary Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9781439141779
Google: LXjuiFYe7lsC
Amazon: 1439141770
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2009-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Presentation is the placement of the fly on the water. The cast is viewed from the perspective of the fish. The angler’s goal is to present the dry fly gently and in a natural manner so that the fish is not scared but will, hopefully, be lured to take the hook.

—KATE WATKINS’S FISHING DIARY

Thunder rumbled overhead, low and threatening. Mia looked up to see a large, angry front of dark clouds coming in from over the mountains, covering the late-morning sky like a lid being slowly pulled over the earth. When she looked upstream toward where Stuart stood, she saw that he, too, had stilled his rod and was checking the weather. A sudden gust of wind swept across the water, bringing cold droplets across her face.

“We’d better get out of the water,” he shouted.

Before he’d finished the sentence the first drops of rain fell, icy and hard. She drew her line in as quickly as she could and made her way across the stones and silt, feeling the wind pushing at her back.

Stuart was already at the bank swooping up their backpacks. “Hurry!” he called to her, and his voice mingled with another roar of thunder, louder this time. Over the ridge lightning lit the underbelly of the clouds, turning them an electric purple and yellow. “It’s going to be a downpour. Give me your rod. Let’s try and make it to the Jeep.”

Mia began to sprint, holding her hat with her hand as the cold wind tugged. The temperature was dropping and looking up she could see a slate gray line of rain moving toward them. All she could think while her heavy, booted feet pounded the earth was Why did we wander so far from the Jeep? Stuart was way ahead of her on the path carrying the rods, but though the Jeep was in sight, she knew he wouldn’t make it to the car dry.

Lightning flashed, turning the sky white, and only seconds later thunder cracked, shaking the earth. The sky opened up. Cold rain plastered her hair down her face and soaked her clothes. She could barely see the Jeep through rain as thick as fog, but Stuart spotted her coming and pushed open the door and helped her in. When he slammed the door shut behind her, she slumped against the seat and caught her breath. Prying open an eye she saw Stuart leaning against his seat, his mouth open and water dripping down from his hair. When he turned his head and saw her looking at him with the same shock and wonder, his mouth moved to a grin and they both burst out laughing.

“Whoa,” he said, mopping his face with his palm. “That storm came on fast. I thought that lightning was going to fry us.”

On cue the thunder cracked seemingly right on top of them. Mia jumped and grabbed his arm, then laughed again.

“You’re soaked,” he said. “I’ve got to have a towel in here somewhere.”

He climbed up to reach over the seat and scrounged in the back.

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