![]() ![]() "Did you think I'd get lost?" Shawn asked through the open window. ![]() "You came," Susan said, uttering the first thing that came into her mind when Shawn stopped. She got up and hurried to the back deck to put a match to the charcoal, then walked down the drive and waited. She watched birds flitter high up in the branches and closed her eyes, trying to relax.īy five-thirty, she found herself listening for the sound of a car and she realized that if Shawn Weber were not coming to dinner tonight, she might very well be on the verge of a breakdown.Īt last, she spotted a black truck creeping along the road. She finally put the magazine down and glanced around the deck, finding solace in the familiar trees that surrounded the cabin. She flipped through the pages, seeing nothing, again wondering what she and Shawn Weber would talk about. She seasoned the steaks and got everything ready, including emptying the charcoal from the grill and putting in fresh.īy five, she had everything ready to go and she took a magazine out to the deck and made herself relax. She tidied up the cabin, even bringing out the vacuum to run across the already clean rug in the living room and stacking the magazines she had bought yesterday. It was something she would never have done in her previous life. ![]() She knew that was why she had invited a perfect stranger to dinner. Frankly, she was sick of her own company and her own thoughts. Since then, only a brief conversation about the weather at the grocery store yesterday. She had last spoken to her daughter two weeks ago. Susan hadn't realized how starved she was for another's company. ![]()
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