Rebecca (58 page)

He released her as she stepped away. Juggling the book, the candle, and his cane, he called after her, “Do you want me to drive to the Cloister with you?”

“No, but thank you.” She turned to look at him. “You still have not accepted my invitation to dinner. Tomorrow night?”

“Tomorrow night will be fine.”

A sad smile could not erase the shadows of the more horrible emotions that had overwhelmed her.

“At least we did not part snarling at one another tonight, Ian. I will see you tomorrow.”

Leaning his cane against the pews, he listened to the sound of her footfalls and the closing of the heavy door at the back of the church. What he had said had hurt her, but he could not understand why. When she discussed the damage at the Cloister previously, she had expressed rage against whatever whim of fate had destroyed her beloved home. This reaction was so different. It showed him he had learned too little about her.

That was something he intended to remedy soon. He never wanted to view such naked terror on her face again.

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Jo Ann Ferguson is a lifelong storyteller and the author of numerous romantic novels. She also writes as Jo Ann Brown and Mary Jo Kim. A former US Army officer, she has served as the president of the national board of the Romance Writers of America and taught creative writing at Brown University. She currently lives in Nevada with her family, which includes one very spoiled cat.

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Copyright © 1988 by Jo Ann Ferguson

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