Tracked by the Bear by Niles Adele

Author:Niles, Adele
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adele Niles
Published: 2019-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Belinda

I look at my phone. It’s been four days since I exchanged numbers with my Viking hero and I haven’t heard a thing.

I’ve started working on a photo essay about the old stone houses around here like the one Mom and I are living in, and the work is great, but my mind keeps wandering back to the old Dutch church and the way Drake’s body felt against mine. His touch made sensation flow from my breasts to the softest place between my thighs.

I keep hoping I’ll see him in my wanderings, but so far, no luck. Could he be avoiding me? Maybe the virgin thing put him off. But if that’s true, he’s not the man for me anyway. If he’s looking for an easy lay, he’s better off moving along to someone else.

But I didn’t get the feeling that was the case. I got the feeling he was as hot for me as I was for him. But there was something holding him back.

By late afternoon, I’m worn down from the hiking and climbing, so I head home. Mom’s there as usual, and she’s cooking up something great. Big chunks of fresh vegetables from her greenhouse, stir fried with rice in a teriyaki sauce. We eat with chopsticks and drink saké by a roaring fire.

I think the saké loosens up Mom because at the end of the meal, she allows herself a small burp. “Pardon me,” she says with a giggle.

I take our dishes to the kitchen and start to straighten up, but she calls me back to the fire.

“I’ll get those things in the morning, Belinda. Come sit with me. We hardly ever talk anymore, and this is a great fire.”

The saké must be getting to me a little, too, because this actually sounds like a good idea. I leave the dishes and bring in two fresh glasses of the potent Japanese wine.

We sit there in mellow silence for a while, and then Mom starts her mom stuff like usual.

“So, Belinda, have you made any friends in Maiden’s Fork?”

“Well, I did meet this one guy the other day, but I haven’t seen him since.”

“Oh! I imagine he’s a nice young man, not like those biker types who tried to talk to you before.”

It’s probably best to just tell her the truth. “As a matter of fact, Mom, he does have a bike. And I don’t know how nice he is. Yet.”

“Yet? Belinda, you be careful! Don’t get yourself mixed up with the lowlifes around here.”

I stare into the fire. I know from experience that there’s no way to stop her once she starts.

Sure enough, she continues, “I’ve heard these bikers sell marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.”

“At least it’s natural, Mom.”

“Belinda!” She shakes her head. “I know you’re saying that just to needle me, but don’t go thinking you’ll never get into trouble. Bad people are everywhere.”

I jump up and start looking around corners and under the table, just to tease her. She doesn’t get it and keeps talking.

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