When Dreams Tremble by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781933110646
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2007-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

How are things going?” Leslie asked, four days after she’d dropped Dev off on the island. She leaned against the porch railing and breathed deeply of the cool morning air, picturing Dev in the woods in her jeans, boots, and T-shirt. The radio transmission was remarkably good, and it sounded as if Dev were right next to her. She looked forward to their twice-a-day communications, not only because she worried with Dev working alone, but also because she enjoyed their brief shared updates.

“On schedule. I’m working my way around the southern tip of the island today, and should Þ nish up tomorrow. How about you?”

“My father’s coming home today. We have a new cook. Life is good.” Leslie heard Dev laugh and realized life was good. Once her mother had returned, the two of them had been able to handle things at the lodge with enough time left over for Leslie to look over the cases from the local ofÞ ce. She worked, she walked on the beach, and she’d started to sleep more than three hours a night.

“Sounds good,” Dev said. “So I’ll see you tomorrow morning.”

“Will do. Take care.”

“Always.”

Leslie clicked off the radio, smiling as she envisioned Dev at work on the island. She never would have predicted Dev as a scientist, and a Þ sh expert at that, but now it seemed so natural. So Dev, really. Dev had always been an observer, apart from things, so very private. It had always been special when Dev had shared her thoughts and feelings, because Leslie knew it was rare for her. Being Dev’s friend had made her feel special.

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“Was that Dev?” Eileen asked.

Leslie jumped. She hadn’t heard her mother come out onto the porch.

“Yes,” Leslie replied, aware that her mother was studying her intently. “She’s Þ ne.”

“Good. I’m glad you’re checking in with her,” Eileen said casually.

She crossed the porch, carrying a cup of coffee. “How come I never met her when the two of you were teenagers? You’re obviously very good friends.”

Leslie contemplated some neutral explanation and then thought perhaps it was time to bridge another rift in her life. “We weren’t friends like I was friends with the other girls. We didn’t do social things together. We just…talked.”

“But you were close, weren’t you? I can tell from the way you talk to her. And the way she looks at you.”

“What do you mean—the way she looks at me?” Despite herself, Leslie felt herself blushing.

Eileen sipped her coffee and smiled softly. “I think even if you hadn’t told me you were a lesbian, I would have noticed that she follows you with her eyes the way I’m used to seeing men watch women.”

Leslie snorted, thinking of Mike and the few men after him she’d dated. “I doubt it. Dev is nothing like a man.”

“There are some men who truly do appreciate women,” Eileen said gently. “Your father is one.”

“I know,” Leslie admitted. “You’re right. Still, Daddy is special.”

She braced her hands on the

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