Choosing Her Lover

Chapter 30

‘A Conspiracy of Ravens’

 

Part Four

A Conspiracy of Ravens

My morning walk with the dogs: there is a figure jogging towards me on the beach, a small dog trotting at his heels. I turn to walk the other way.

“Kirstie!” Ben’s voice carries on the breeze. “Kirstie....”

I ignore him and keep walking.

After a minute or so, there is panting and Ben appears at my side, breathing heavily.

“Kirstie, please….”

Perhaps I should find another place to walk….

“…. We need to talk,” he says.

“I don’t think so. I saw your idea of talking.” I keep moving, stepping up my pace a little, doing everything I can to discourage the conversation.

“Please, Kirstie. Do you want me to apologise? Alright, I apologise. Is that good enough for you?”

I stop, turning to face him. “What exactly are you apologising for?”

His face falls. “I’m apologising for losing my temper as I did. It came as a bit of a shock, everything that you said, that Michael said.”

“And for threatening Charlotte?”

Now he reddens. “I wasn’t threatening her.”

picking up my mood, milling around me, jittery

She tried to get away from you, but you shoved her. I saw it. You temper looked pretty much out of

have hit

away if you want me to

don’t really think that I’m the

dogs are reading you, your body language. They’re not happy. I barely know you, but quite a bit of what I’ve seen, I don’t care

are things about you that I don’t care for.” he snaps. “You screw

wanted to be. No-one was coerced and everyone

glumly at the sand. “You

it. You heard James. He asked Francis to call them. If he thinks you’re a threat to Charlotte, on another occasion I’m

the sand with a toe, then, “Do you really think I

heaven. “I can’t believe that’s a serious question. Yes, I do. You’ve apologised to me, but I don’t think it’s me you should be talking to. I think you really should be

he won’t look me in the eye, instead staring out to sea. He nods, a sharp down-thrust

*****

home that evening, Ryan is waiting for me, sitting in his car, working on a tablet

on the window and his face lights up

all. I was passing,

have. Coming in for

coffee is all I’m being

cue,

I go through the motions of putting water

my waist, his face close to mine as

my cheek, the line of my jaw and down to my neck where he has placed

are we?” I

yes, and so are you. Don’t think

body pliable in his arms, I

he says. “I have a

“Ideas?”

and light a couple

makes his

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