Try, Try Again by Herne Ruth Logan

Author:Herne, Ruth Logan [Herne, Ruth Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-28T21:00:00+00:00

Conor’s phone vibrated early that evening. He scanned the display, tried to hide his surprise, then excused himself from the strategically placed dinner table to move to the restaurant corridor, phone in hand. “Alicia? What’s up?”

Alicia never called him. Ever. If necessary, she left messages with Foster, or sent terse, tight e-mails with no signature. She didn’t text him, because texting was too close to talking. He couldn’t remember the last time she used his cell number. “Are you all right?”

“No. I am so far from all right that if I had you in this room I would refuse any internal attempt to restrain myself despite my proper upbringing and cause your demise with my bare hands while taking great joy in ridding myself of your lifeless body, Conor.”

Fury. Wrath. Passion. Angst. The combination brought back more than one memory and almost spawned a grin, but Conor had wised up somewhat over the years. He’d need to tread much firmer ground before goading her out of her temper. Still...

“As tempting as that sounds, I have to decline, at least temporarily. I’m at a benefit dinner. Can you murder me later? Give me time to finish this up and catch the late train?”

His attempt at levity was not graciously received. Once she waded through a list of names, some of which Conor felt certain she made up, she got down to business. “You bought our house, Conor. You walked in here, acting all nice and peaceful, Mr. Freakin’ Tranquility, then went right out and bought our house without a word to anyone.”

Ah, the crux of the matter. She’d found out about One-twelve Teaberry. To say his actions inspired her ire would be a tad short of understatement. Conor drew a deep breath. “I took a walk down the road and the house looked lonely. And somewhat ugly.”

His words halted her harangue. “It... what?”

Conor had decided that if they ever got to the point of talking like mature adults again, he’d be upfront and honest, as long as his honesty didn’t cause her any more grief. Now seemed as good a time as any to start. “The house. It looked lonely. I stopped over on Poole Street to see your new shop and took a walk down Teaberry. When I saw the ‘For Sale’ sign, it seemed too good to be true. Except for the ridiculous decorating, of course. By the way, I could use some help getting the place back to its former nice, normal, historic self. You up for the job?”

“Up for the job?” Her tone breathed fire and ice, an interesting combination, very “Lord of the Rings” special effects. “You want me to help you redecorate the house we shared all those years? The house where our children were conceived—”

“Two of them,” he interrupted. “I distinctly remember that Kim was—”

“Enough.” Alicia’s tone smacked down that particular trip into the past. “I don’t need a play by play of our sex life. Trust me, toward the end, there wasn’t much of note.

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