“So, how was your weekend with your parents?” Tom asked as he settled into a
deckchair, looking every bit at home in her allotment shed. Even in a suit.
“It was good,” replied Summer, her back to him as
she filled the little kettle from the bottle of mineral water she’d brought
with her, searching for matches to light the small
bottled gas stove. Now they were both here, alone within the cramped confines
of the shed, she felt awkward.
“Summer.”
She jumped and tried to turn to face him. It was
then that she realised he was close. Very close. Standing right behind her in
fact.
“Summer,” he repeated.
“Yes,” she just managed to utter.
“Is there anything between us?” For a few seconds he
was silent and Summer held her breath. “Or at least the potential for something
between us?”
So. The moment of truth. Summer could ignore the
fact no more.
“Summer?”
Her back still to him,
she replied, “Yes, there’s something.” Would now be a good time to admit about
Rob leaving? But Tom was still with Lucy, wasn’t he? If she admitted she was no
longer in a relationship but he still was…
Before she could say anything else she felt his arms
slip slowly around her waist, she felt him lean in close, a gentle kiss on her
neck. Part of her screeched that this wasn’t right – she’d only just split from Rob and
hadn’t, for want of a better phrase,
yet achieved closure on their relationship. She wasn’t even sure how she felt
about him leaving yet. Was she upset? Relieved? A bit of both perhaps?
Tom
kissed her again, this time on the opposite side of her neck. The goodie-goodie
voice in her head continued to shout, this is wrong, this is wrong. He’s
involved. It’s too soon.
She chose to ignore the voice and turned in his
arms, meeting his lips, kissing them hungrily. After a few moments he led her
across to one of the chairs and gently pulled her down onto his lap.
“There’s something you should know,” Tom said quietly.
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How Do You Spell Love?
Kat can’t help wishing there was more to life than this.
What happened to her dream job? What happened with Nathan?
Summer is wondering where her life is going too… battling
the developers of a controversial housing estate and working out why boyfriend
Rob is increasingly distant.
When the developers win the battle and move into town
everyone’s life is turned upside down.
Kat meets building site project manager Alex. She enjoys his
company far too much, even though he’s on the town’s most hated list.
Summer meets Tom who has plenty of relationship troubles of
his own, so things could get really complicated.
Soon everyone is keeping secrets, lives change and hearts
are broken. Is everything falling apart, or does life just work in mysterious
ways…
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