Bed and Breakfast

Bed and Breakfast Read Free

Book: Bed and Breakfast Read Free
Author: Gail Anderson-Dargatz
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The water is just a few steps down that way.” I pointed towards the front door and the road that led down to the lake.
    “I think I’ll do that,” Brent said. “Thanks.” He glanced at me, smiling. “Too bad I don’t have someone to keep me company,” he said. Was he really asking me to join him?
    I watched as Brent strolled through the front door. He turned and smiled at me again. He gave a little nod towards the beach before he finally left. He was clearly asking me to follow him there.
    I couldn’t believe my good luck! Nothing could inspire romance like a walk on the beach. This was my chance to show Brent just how beautiful and smart I really was.
    I ran to the bathroom and quickly dabbed on eye shadow and mascara. I didn’t need blushbecause I was blushing enough already. Once I put on a little lipstick, I was done.
    When I rushed back into the kitchen, Steve glanced up at me and away, then immediately looked at me again. He whistled. “You’re all dolled up.”
    “What are you talking about?” I said. “I haven’t even changed my clothes.”
    I was embarrassed that Steve noticed I had put on makeup. Brent would, too, then. Would Brent think I was trying too hard to impress him?
    I took a last look at myself in the mirror. “Think you can finish putting the sink together by yourself?” I asked Steve as I patted my hair into place.
    “Oh, I think I can handle it,” he said. Then I realized that he had already finished the job and was cleaning the cupboard under the sink. That was my job. I knew then that Steve was taking his time, waiting to have coffee with me. We often drank another cup after he finished fixing something.
    “I can’t stay and chat right now,” I told him. “Catch you later?”
    “Yeah, sure,” he said. He sounded disappointed and a little hurt.
    I hesitated as I watched him put the cleaning rags back in the pail and get up off the floor. I didn’t want to let Steve down, especially knowing everything he did for me. But I couldn’t pass up this chance at romance with Brent. I headed towards the front door.
    “Where are you going in such a hurry?” Steve called after me. I didn’t answer him. His voice told me that he already knew.

Chapter Six
    I walked to the water and turned down the beach. I hoped to catch up with Brent, but he was already a long way ahead of me. I couldn’t get closer without running after him. If I did that, I would look too eager to spend time with him. So I took my time strolling along the sandy beach. We would run into each other when he turned to come back, I thought.
    The water was shallow in the bay. Sunlight reflected off the sandy bottom and made the water appear green in places. Even though our town was in Northern Ontario, the shore looked like a tropical beach. The water was cold, though. I wouldn’t try to swim in it until well into July.
    I reached Brent at the end of the beach. Instead of turning around, he had sat on the boulder that Ioften sat on. Dressed in his fine suit, he looked out of place. He must have guessed what I was thinking because he looked down at himself. “I should have changed first,” he said.
    “No, you look charming,” I said. Like a fashion model posing for a photographer, I thought. “Am I intruding?”
    “No, not at all. I’m glad you came.” He moved over on the boulder to give me room to sit. “I told you I wanted company.” He grinned, and I felt a thrill run through me. I sat next to him.
    “The beach is lovely,” he said. He waved a hand at the lake in front of us. “I understand why you choose to live here.”
    “My late husband brought me here,” I said. “He got a job at the local bank, so we bought that house.”
    “Your bed and breakfast,” Brent said.
    “Yes, though we never thought of turning it into a B&B at the time. We didn’t think we would stay more than five years. I thought we were too cut off from everything out here. But then I got used to the quiet. When my husband

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