Within Reach by Delinsky Barbara

Author:Delinsky, Barbara [Delinsky, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780061041747
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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eARLY THE NEXT MORNING MICHAEL RACED into town, where he found that the fates were very definitely on his side. Not only could he rent a cabin cruiser like the one Danica had dreamed on the night before, but the very one was a rental, being returned that same morning. Paying the full price in advance, he made the arrangements, then dashed back to Danica’s house.

“Guess what!” he exclaimed, beaming proudly as he presented himself at her door.

She smiled, adoring the boyish way he looked when he couldn’t contain his excitement. There was always something new with him. She knew he would make life exhilarating to say the least. “What?”

“It’s ours.”

“What is?”

“The boat.”

“What boat?”

“The one we saw last night.”

Her eyes grew round. “That boat? What do you mean, ‘it’s ours’?”

“I’ve just rented it for the weekend.”

“You’re kidding. No, you’re not. Michael, I don’t believe it!”

“Are you pleased?”

“You know I am! For the weekend? It’s ours?”

He shrugged, but he was grinning. “Unless you’d rather just go to a movie or something.”

“No way!” She pressed her hands together. “Oh, Lord, this is wild. I’ll have to…have I got…what do I wear on a boat?”

“You’ve never been on one before?”

“Different. Very different. High heels and cocktail dress type thing.” She glowed. “This will be so much better!”

Her excitement alone made it all worthwhile. “You can wear whatever you want. The more comfortable, the better.” He paused. “I could have taken it for today and tomorrow, but it was just coming in this morning and the owner wanted to clean it up. Besides, these being weekdays and all, I figured you’d want to work.”

Danica shook her head in continued amazement, both that he had actually rented the boat and that he respected her work enough to plan around it. Not that she wouldn’t have dropped everything to go on that boat with Michael.…

“I can’t wait,” she breathed, then threw her arms around him. “Thank you.”

Not trusting himself, he quickly set her back. “My pleasure. Now…work.”

“No bike ride?”

He shook his head. “I have to take Rusty to the vet, then spend the morning on the phone. Some notes I took in San Francisco aren’t right. I want to straighten them out before I make a mess of this whole book. After that I’d better get to finishing the plan for my class.” He teased her. “You’re not the only one around here who has to work, y’ know.”

She smiled and took the hand he offered, squeezed it, then watched him head back down the drive. Quickly, though, her thoughts turned to the weekend, and she sensed that working her way through the next two days was going to be easier said than done.

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