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your problem , alain , is that you are an all-knowing fool . you may be able to do trigonometry in your head , but you know nothing about people , and less than nothing about me . if im a fool , then find another fool to win your prize ! mary ann could hear the shouting , but she couldnt tell what was being said . she started to open the door , and saw meurthe and chevrier standing nose to nose . harding pulled her away . stay out of there , he told her . but alains in there . and so is meurthe . one of them will kill the other , and im not taking any bets . just then alain stormed out , nearly knocking her over . she heard meurthe call after him : you have a chance for gloryfor yourself and for franceand you are throwing it away ! a chance for your glory , retorted alain . im not your altar boy ... and youre far from being a priest ! waiters were still moving through the crowd , carrying champagne glasses on silver trays . with a bow , one offered a glass to alain . for alain , who believed that all men were equal , it was the ultimate embarrassment . he upended the tray with one sweep of his hand , drenching the waiter . then he stalked over to the grand piano at the far side of the room opposite the orchestra and began to hammer out the internationale , the song of the workers that mary ann had first heard that night at the place de grve . gowns ceased to swirl . men shook their heads in amazement . the orchestra lost its place , flagged and stopped ; flutes , clarinets , and lastly , cello . meurthe came out of the room with the owls and saw instantly how alain had taken control . meurthe walked across the ballroom , his jaw set . he spoke to the orchestra leader , pulled out his watch and gestured . the maestro nodded , raised his baton , and the band played : rise up , children of our country , the day of glory has arrived . it was la marseillaise , frances national anthem . meurthe began to sing , and after him his friends , and then everyone . alains song was drowned out by their voices , for the clock had just struck 12 , and this was independence day . alain rose from the piano . from across the room , mary ann saw meurthe make a short , graceful bow in alains direction . was it a gesture of respect for a worthy adversary , she wondered , or just one of contempt for a beaten foe ? but there was no doubt about the way that alain took it . he stared at meurthe for a second , looking as if he would kill him , then strode out . mary ann heard his footsteps , sounding like a drumbeat on the double-sided marble stairway of the opera house . above on the balcony , yvette watched as alain , the only man who dared defy her father , stormed down the grand escalier toward the street . then she ran after him quietly , her slippers making no noise as she followed him discretely down the other side of the stairway and through the front door . outside the noise and smoke were everywhere . boys were throwing firecrackers under the carriage horses feet and being chased away by the angry valets . fireworks were still going off ; lighting up the night sky with long bursts of red , yellow and blue that unfolded like flower petals in the darkness . trailers made white flashes and whistling noises ended with hollow , reverberating booms that shook the air in her lungs . she came up behind him just as he reached the street . monsieur chevrier , she called . well , mademoiselle meurthe , he said . arent you afraid of your father like everyone else ? i am afraid of no one , she said proudly . i almost believe that . alain laughed . of course youll see me . when im readyin my time and not your fathersyou and the rest of paris will see me . he gestured toward the exploding sky . ill be up there . and he walked away into the night . yvette watched him go . oh , no , monsieur chevrier , she whispered to herself . ill see you much sooner than that . chapter eighteen : the city of lightjuly 14 now it begins . and , from the heights of belleville to the valley of gold , the city waits . from montmartre to montparnasse , people go to their slender iron balconies , hoping for a glimpse of a balloon , an airship , or a more exotic flying machine , perhaps even one with wings ? the poor , who cant afford balconies , prop open the small square windows of their steamy rooftop garrets and chase the children away so they can watch . at the racetracks of longchamp and auteuil , more money is being wagered on the flyers than on the horses .
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the betting favors the germans . at the buffalo bill vlodrome , where lean cyclists sprint their laps around the hardwood oval , a spotter is placed on the roof where he has a clear view of the tower . the city waits . in the bois de boulogne , boys climb oak trees , listening for the pop-popping sound of a motor overhead . at the other side of the forest , kings and princes , counts and marquises take their wives and mistresses for the ritual 4 p.m. carriage ride , peering through their opera glasses at the tour eiffel . along the canal saint-martin boatmen rest their weary mules and ask the fishermen for news of les hommes oiseaux , the bird men . at notre-dame a mass is interrupted when a young boy rushes in and yells , hes coming ! hes overhead ! everyone runs outside and in the crush of people the prankster escapes , with three priests in pursuit . one parisian theater , famous for its spectacle , designs a fake dirigible held up only by wires , seeming to vanish into the sky . dancing girls , dressed in gossamer , climb on board , singing , when i am in the air , until they rise to the rafters . but the mechanism breaks and they come crashing to the stage , offering paying customers in the front row a good view of bare legs and garter belts . and , in the presidential palace , behind his cordon of guards , president pouchet waits too . more than any other , he has reason to fear . if the germans win , it could doom his republic . there are many who wish to replace him with a new napoleon . the german kaiser , that haunted man with a withered arm , sits far away in his dark palace at potsdam and waits too , nursing his dreams . a great nation must show itself to the world , and germany is a great nationperhaps the greatest . but has he overstepped himself ? maximilian has told him he will win . so maximilian must win . and the eiffel tower waits too , like the pointer on a giant sundial , counting out the hours of a summer day . it is the tallest structure in the world , and nothing of this earth can rise above it . it is waiting for someone to measure himself against it . * * * on the bethanie , still moored at its dock on the seine , mary ann waited too . every last bolt had been tightened , every last wire strung , and now there was nothing to do but wait . the tension grew as the heat beat down on the plywood boards , making the boats interior almost unbearable . in late afternoon , neville bishop came back from his private rail car with the mail . he was waving a telegram and , for the first time in weeks , he looked happy . reece will be here on the 17th , he told mary ann . he started to go below , then turned and stared at her . you saw the letter from my bank , didnt you ? i saw how it was ripped . he drew a deep breath , as if he were on the witness stand about to make a confession . i have deep financial problems . bishop held up his silver-headed riding crop . he said , pointing to the design . he regarded her contemptuously , as if she should have known . and do you know why i carry it ? i keep it to remind me that the wolf is always at the door . those men who are backing me , edison , graham bell , do you think that they are kind men ? neville bishop looked at her with disgust . to the public they are legends , heroes . but theyre wolves , like myself . like me , they will not tolerate failure . to fail is to be torn apart by the other wolves ... mr. bishop , what happens if we dont win ? we must win ! and , for one moment , she caught a glimpse of the old bishop , the arrogant , determined man who let nothing stand in his way . if i cant go home a gentleman , with my debts paid , i wont go home at all ... then , his voice trailed off and he looked at her as if he had just noticed her . as for you , youll have to fend for yourself . mary ann started to speak , but bishop silenced her with a raised hand . fortunately this stupid feud between chevrier and meurthe has bought us some time . we must make use of it . then he went below . would reece come in time ? or would meurthe and chevrier settle their quarrel and would alain fly ? part of her , she admitted , wanted alain to win . but what would happen to her and harding if they lost ? would bishop abandon them on the dock the way he had the barge captain and his wife ? leave them stranded in paris ? he was capable of that .
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and would alain remember his promise that they work together when this was over ? just then harding came up the gangplank , carrying a rolled-up blue cylinder called a petit bleu that came through pneumatic tubes beneath the streets . its a message from meurthe , he said . not henri ... yvette , said harding as he unrolled it . yvette ! said mary ann . it was the first happy news that shed had today . she remembered how yvette had befriended her the night before . perhaps she had been wrong to think yvette a flirt . its an invitation to a soiree , and its tonight , said harding as he read . a famous egyptologist is going to unwrap ... a mummy . it was obvious by his tone that he hoped shed say no . mary ann , this isnt your kind of party . and what is my kind of party ? the kind of place where you hang out , bars like cabinet of assassins and the devils revenge ? and ill need a dress , a real one , not that undertakers thing . ill find one , he said , grimacing . ill put it under petty expenses . tell me , she asked , looking toward neuilly where the meurthes lived . what do you think of yvette ? harding stared at the far shore , stared hard before he answered : she is so beautiful one would never dare to love her . * * * at the german workshop in montparnasse , maximilian lectured his men as they worked on the skin of the huge dirigible . there would be no weekends , no time off until it was done , he told them , and they would eat on the job . a working mans week has seven days , he said . a lazy mans , seven tomorrows . macht mir die eier kaput ( you bust my balls ) , muttered a voice from the other end of the workshop . maximilian knew who it was . he lined up all the workmen for an inspection and walked down the line . when he reached that man , he simply pivoted on his left foot , not saying a word , and hit him between the eyes . the man fell on his back with a thump as his head hit the cement . maximilian didnt even bother to see if he had killed him . asked a sergeant . leave him , ordered maximilian . hell be an inspiration to the rest of you . he knew now what he would have to do . * * * as the holiday wore on , crowds of sightseers passed by alains workshop in saint-cloud . children would run up and peek through the huge double doors , open to catch the breeze . their parents would yank them away and then look themselves , marveling at the huge blue aerodynamic shape floating 20 feet above the floor , ready now for the voyage to the tower . but was alain ready ? he stood in the open gun-metal colored cabin just below the balloon , checking and rechecking the wheel that steered the rudder at the back , and the crank that adjusted the weights along the keel that would move the airship up or down . he would stop occasionally to laugh at the children or wave at passersby . hes wasting time , guillaume lerond thought . the day grew more and more frustrating for guillaume , who stood by alains side in the cabin . guillaume could feel pools of sweat forming under his armpits , and he kept glancing at his pocket watch . he was due to meet maximilian shortly , but he was worried that if he left now his absence would be noticed . he prayed that something would divert alains attention and allow him to slip away . then at noon his prayer was answered . both of them heard the stuttering sound of a faulty car engine . alain looked out from the cabin . its yvette . most women of that era would not drive automobiles , although they were more than happy to ride in them . but yvette was not most women . she liked to drive , and drive fast . her hair was swept back by the wind and a small pair of square-framed dark glasses covered her famous green eyes . she was wearing a shimmering pink dress with a skin-tight bodice and a lace choke collar as she roared into the big barn . as always , yvette was well aware of the impression she was making . she stepped from the automobile , catching up the hem of her garment just enough to show a triangle of flounced underskirt . work stopped as all the men turned to look . but her attention was on only one man , who stood in the cabin above her , and ignored her . and repeated it , knowing that he had heard . finally he looked down . i wish to apologize for my father ... you can go back to your father , alain retorted , and tell him to apologize for himself . tell him to apologize for being who he is and for everything he has ever done . then yvette turned away . im sorry that i bothered , she said .
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she tried to start the car with her hand crank . it backfired and stalled . she tried again and it coughed and died . finally she turned and looked up , helpless . how shall i get home ? why dont you take the necro ? alain shouted down . the necro was the nickname for the new metropolitan subway system . it was so badly ventilated that people believed you could suffocate riding it . the image of yvette riding the necro sent roars of laughter echoing through the workshop ... until she started to sob . alain , for all his gruffness , was not about to leave a lady in distress . he turned to lerond . well , guillaume , if a man is going to be guillotined for a crime , he might as well commit it . he jumped down from the airship , walked over and looked under the hood . then he tightened two bolts with his hand . the carburetor has shaken loose , he said . it will start now . my father just bought this for me . the rich girl cant get her toys to work , joked alain , but his voice was not rough . i will drive you home . i would not have your father accusing me of abducting you . they traveled down the slopes of saint-cloud and across the aqueduct bridge in silence . finally yvette spoke : my father is not a bad man . i am sure that his dog loves him , too . i must tell you , she giggled , you made him so mad when you came to the ball without a suit and tie . i dont wear ties , said alain . a tie is a symbol of slavery . in the middle ages , when the king captured a city , all the men had to come out wearing nooses around their necks to show that the king had the right to hang them . also , a tie is a useless garment . it is like underwear . it constricts the body for no reason . you do not wear underwear ? yvette appeared shocked . then she asked , have you named any of your balloons ? i have named my favorite one after a woman . oh , said yvette . evangeline , liselle , perhaps mary ann ... i call her the bitch , said alain with a grin . really , monsieur chevrier , yvette retorted . is that the only kind of woman you know ? you , who could have any woman you want ? she tossed her head to show the amber glow of her hair . well , almost any woman . alain was silent . so , do you have a woman ? no , i dont have a woman , nor does any woman have me . slavery was abolished several years ago . no one has a claim to anyone elses lifeor love . then you believe in free love ? ive heard that you anarchists do . ive never had to pay for it . i wonder what it would feel like to make love in a balloon , she mused , rolling her eyes toward the heavens . so public , up there in the sky , and yet so alone . i am told that if you take a woman high enough , she loses all her inhibitions . thats all talk . however , if you go high enough , as some of our aeronauts have , your brain becomes starved for oxygen , and you act as if you were drunk . but who would want to make love in a balloon when theres so much to look at ? you lack imagination . i just see things differently from you . you would go to a bourgeois play like romeo and juliet and say how marvelous . i would see two cats , one on the balcony and the other in the alley below , howling at each other . then what do you see ? is it true that you see the stars in daylight ? you just have to look hard enough . look straight ahead of you and up . over there where orion stands . there is a legend thatwhen god comeshe will come from orion . there is just the faintest glow . then he realized that he had touched her . yvette turned and looked at him over the top of her dark glasses . come , said yvette , we are going to the eiffel tower . i thought that i was taking you home . first i have a challenge for you . we will have a race . when they arrived at the tower , yvette bolted for the elevator . alain ran for the stairs and started up , leaping two and three at a time . yvette took the trolley elevator where passengers sat 10 abreast , and when she arrived at the first level , he had already passed her . the elevator from the top took its time coming down . she watched the pulleys as they spun like bobbins . behind her waited a child waving a tin sword and a man holding his wife like a sack of potatoes . they all got on and the elevator started up with a lurch . through the window she could see them gaining on alain as he ran from landing to landing .
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she turned to the operator . it was the first time that he had ever heard this request . yvette reached into her purse and handed him a 10-franc note . now can you slow it down ? but mademoiselle , he said , the other passengers ? she gave them all 10-franc notes . she reached the top a few seconds after chevrier . he was panting , but proud of his victory . man against machine ! ive always wondered if i could win a race like that . '' below on the river is the americans craft , almost ready to fly . that menacing building in montparnasse is the germans huge barn . and up there , in saint-cloud , is where i will fly from ... yvette looked at him levelly . and when will you fly ? and could someone persuade you ? something more than money ? yvette raised her right leg to the top of the railing like a ballet dancer to the barre and , oblivious to the stares , slowly rolled down her stocking . she had a red tulip embroidered into the stocking at the ankle , something nice girls normally didnt do . she gave alain the stocking . tie it to the lightning rod at the top of the tower , she told him . then , when you fly around it , you can retrieve it and give it back to me . and afterwards youll be rewarded ... with something more than money . he took the stocking and climbed up the latticework that led to the roof . when she heard his footsteps on the slippery brass sheathing above her , she realized what she had done . then she considered it . what better for a womans reputation than having a gallant young aeronaut make a leap of love from the eiffel tower ? suddenly he was down again . now , i think it is time for you to drive me home , she said . they traveled back through the quiet , tree-lined streets of neuilly with its secluded estates and high , spiked walls , and stopped in front of the wrought-iron gate of the meurthes mansion . kindly slide the bolt on the gate , said yvette , moving into the drivers seat . ill drive from here . all right , he said , a little put off by the way she had taken charge . but be sure to get your automobile fixed . it still rattles . she turned to him as he stood by the gate . i have one more challenge for you , alain . im having a soiree tonight and i want you to come . perhaps because my father doesnt want you there ... a soiree ? dont debate with yourself too long , monsieur lanarchiste , yvette laughed . again her face was only inches away from his , and he leaned in to kiss her . she threw the car into gear and sent it rattling through the gate , leaving him behind . when yvette had turned the corner of the building , she got out a wrench and flung up the hood . a quick adjustment and the rattle stopped ; the engine ran smoothly . men always believed that women were stupid about mechanical things . it was insulting , but it could also be turned to advantage , if one were clever enough . he will come , she thought . he is a man who needs to be challenged , and i can challenge him better than anyone else . when she entered the house , the maid gave her a knowing look . send another invitation for the soiree tonight , yvette ordered . for captain chevrier ? no , said yvette . captain chevrier needs no invitation . this one is for a mademoiselle ... pitman . chapter nineteen : at guignols houseafternoon , july 14 guignol was one of the most famous people in paris . his house was in the center of the garden of luxembourg , near the pool where the children sailed their wooden boats . he was short , mean-spirited , stingy , long-nosed , hard of hearing and empty-headed . he beat his wife and drank too much , so he was very popular with everyone . now guillaume lerond was going to meet guignol . lerond had been there before in happier times when he was young . as one of the children fidgeting in the long line that snaked around the hedge and small cottage , he had pulled on mamas hand , impatient to get in . the ritual never seemed to change ; there was always a new generation that loved guignol . but i have changed , he thought . now he felt out of place , the only man there , and the only adult without a child . he looked around nervously to see if hed been followed . it didnt help when he got a strange quizzical look from the ticket-taker , who sat on a small stool next to the wooden gate outside guignols house . guillaume pushed past him through the gate and entered the backyard enclosed by the hedge .
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he saw rows and rows of wooden benches filled with a sea of small happy faces , all waiting for guignol . then , at the far back , he saw another face , scarred but handsome , waiting for him . maximilians long legs were stretched out in the dirt aisle and he patted the seat next to him . guillaume moved carefully to the back and slid in beside him . said maximilian , offering a bag of candy . im sharing it with my little friends here . guillaume shook his head and glanced around before pulling out one of his gauloises cigarettes . why are we meeting here ? dont we stand out ? maximilian snapped a match with his thumb . the flame seemed to come right out of his fist . he held it steady for guillaume , whose cigarette was trembling in his hand . we look like a couple of bored fathers who brought the little darlings to see guignol and then went back for a smoke . do you see anyone here who might be a policeman or an informer ? and how could they hear us even if they were ? the red velvet curtain went up and the children screamed , guignol ! guignol ! he popped up on stage , seemingly out of nowhere . guignol was a hand puppet with a long nose and a red stocking cap , like the french revolutionaries . guignol was having trouble again with his wife madelon . she was a bigger puppet than he was , so she beat and bullied him and the two had many good fights . he would come in late and she would catch himjust as he reached the edge of the stageand hit him over the head with a pot . the children loved the swift , jerky movements of the two puppets , and they particularly loved the way guignol talked to them . he would complain long and loudly about madelon , not knowing that she was coming up behind him . the children would giggle . then she would knock him down , his head hitting the floor with a solid wooden thump , and he would run for the wings of the stage . the children would try to warn guignol whenever his wife came closer . when guignol didnt hear them they shouted louder , jumping up as they tried to make themselves heard over the other children who clustered at the fence in front of the stage . in the back , guillaume complained to maximilian : i have given my time and sweat to the army for 20 years , and what do i get ? guillaume go here , guillaume do this . guillaume , this is your responsibility . but the glory is all chevriers . he gets it all ! maximilian nodded sympathetically . but the question is : what are you going to do about it ? guillaume was taken aback . you can come with me to germany . would i be here watching this silly childrens show if i didnt ? but how could this be arranged ? asked guillaume . and what kind of prospects would i have in your country ? maximilian thought this would be easier than expected . when i saw you , he told guillaume , i said theres the man with the brains behind this project , a man germany can use . guillaume laughed harshly , and pulled out another cigarette from his pocket . his movements were as jerky as those of the puppets on stage . ha , you are forgetting , my friend . you are german and i am french . maximilian looked straight at him . in our new world , the world in the sky , nationality is nothing . ability is everything . the people who understand what it takes to get up in the heavens ; the future is theirs , no matter what language they speak . some day they may even have their own language . for the first time , guillaume lost his skeptical look . you know what would happen if they caught me here with you ? look what they did to dreyfus , and he wasnt even guilty . maximilian shrugged . dreyfus is a jew , and they are all part of a worldwide conspiracy . on the small stage , guignol had declared that he would give anything to be rid of his troublesome wife . a figure in red with a mustache and pointed chin popped up behind him . their mothers and the priest had frightened them with him often enough , and many nights they had crawled deep under their blankets , hoping the tapping sound outside the window was not his knock . but today in the bright sunlight , they were not yet afraid . no , to your left ! but their cries were useless . every time guignol turned to one side , the devil came up on the other . he would be seen only when he wanted to be seen . finally the devil shouted boo ! and guignols head popped up . the devil was sympathetic to guignols problem . he asked guignol if he would like to be rid of madelon . guignol nodded his head vigorously . just promise me , old friend , that youll give me a small reward later on , said the devil .
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a very small reward , in your case . guignol agreed . his wifes booming voice was heard offstage calling him , and the devil ran off . maximilian recognized the plot . it was the classic faust . guignol little knew that he had struck a bargain with the devil and would have to give up his soul . silly to think of a puppet having a soul ... or even a man . now it was time to move his plot forward . maximilian leaned over so close to guillaume that their faces were only inches apart , and pretended to be lighting a cigarette from leronds . i am going to tell you something that even my subordinates dont know , he confided . the kaiser is very interested in this project and has authorized me to do anything necessary to make it succeed . at any price , he emphasized . and that includes citizenship and a handsome salary . how much money would i get ? maximilian wrote down a figure on a slip of paper and passed it to him . guillaume gasped . guillaumes face showed his surprise . suddenly he had value ; far greater value to maximilian than to alain . but ... said maximilian . but ... mouthed guillaume after him , anticipating his next sentence . but first we must win the meurthe prize , said maximilian . what you get later depends on how well i do now . guignols wife was in the kitchen , her trusty pot in hand , when the devil entered from the other wing and stole up behind her . again the children screamed : l-bas ! regardez l-bas ! ( over there ! look over there ! ) but madelon might as well have been deaf . she went on mumbling about how much work she did and what a clochard was guignol . the devil grabbed her from behind . she whooped and hollered and battered the devil with her pot . but when he seized her by the feet and upended her , madelons head hit the stage with a crack , and the devil , chuckling , dragged her off . guillaume had no interest in the guignol show . his mind was racing ahead to future glories . what does it matter where i live ? a wrench is a wrench and a bolt is a bolt , and no one can match them up as well as guillaume . maximilian sat there , letting the game play out , letting the fish have more line . how close is chevrier to flying around the tower ? maximilian already knew the answer , but this test would allow him to see if guillaume would tell the truth . guillaume stiffened , his reverie gone . he could fly anytime . but he wont because of that feud between him and meurthe . and now , to make matters worse , that little bird fluttering around our workshop distracts him . you mean yvette meurthe ? things were working out perfectly , he thought . now there was a tinge of steel in maximilians voice . if he does decide to fly , we must do something to insure that he doesnt win . guillaume was apprehensive again . what is the word you french use ? the one where you throw your wooden shoes in the machines ? sabotage , said guillaume softly , and for a second maximilian thought he had lost him . guillaume started to rise and maximilian grabbed his arm . all were talking about is something simple , something that would delay chevrier for a day and could never be found out . look , you know your future is not with chevrier . he doesnt respect you . if he flies , all the glory will go to him , not to the men who did the work . the new germany , the germany were creating , isnt like that . its a partnership between the workers and the employers . thats why our technology is so superior . thats why we win our wars . guillaume was silent for a moment . then he shrugged with resignation . i have a simple device , only two inches square , that you attach at the front of the balloon . you push a button . inside is acid . the acid eats a hole in the balloon . the balloon deflates and then settles to the ground . it falls off when the job is done . it is also eaten away by the acid and looks like a piece of the airships skin . here , i will show it to you . maximilian reached inside the sack next to him . the package was the same bright blue as alains airshipan exact match . guillaume did not want to touch it . guillaume looked up in horror . a small , dark-haired boy with bangs over his eyes was watching them . one must never hide things from children , he told guillaume . it makes them suspicious . its heavy , said the boy . may i open it ? no , answered maximilian . it is a gift for this man .
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it is going to make him rich . he took the package from the boy and placed it very carefully in guillaumes shaking hands . then he patted the boys head . i love children , said maximilian after the boy had turned away . someday your children and mine will be sitting together at a show like this . by the way , you should disable chevriers other balloon as well . rip a seam or something . and what about the americans ? they are awaiting their pilot . and we have provided him with enough whores to keep him occupied for a long time . on stage guignol sat in a big red chair , smoking a pipe . he was telling the children how comfortable life was without his wife and how he wished that it would go on forever . just then there was a sound like the wind coming through the trees . said guignol , sitting up in his chair . the noise became louder and turned into a voice , the devils voice . guignol , it moaned , it is time to collect my reward . but guignol wasnt going , at least , not willingly . he tucked himself back into the chair and wrapped the arms around him . later , he called . ill come later . then , with a twist of the head that had remained tucked into the chair like that of a sleeping bird , the children saw the red chair was actually the devil himself . they shouted and screamed and tried to explain it to guignol , but he would only yell , go away ! most of the children were standing at the fence that separated them from the stage or jumping on the benches . the small dark-haired boy was crying because he could not see . maximilian reached down and swung the child up on his shoulders . guillaume was weighing the package in his hand . this device will not hurt anyone ? guillaume , i give you my word , said maximilian , bouncing the boy on his shoulders . in a few days we will both be in germany . be sure you follow the instructions . then burn them . guillaume nodded . maximilian watched his face carefully . he had misgivings . guillaume was a weak vessel , a blunt instrument to set against someone as strong and determined as chevrier . but even a blunt instrument could kill . maximilian knew that from experience . the children squealed with fear as the devil seized guignol , carried him off-stage and tossed him into hell . a fan underneath the stage blew orange ribbons that symbolized flames , and guignol danced across them . oh , ow , ouch ! its hot down here , he told the children . but at least theres one good thing . and that was the signal for his wife madelon to come out , still waving her pot , and beat him over the head . she was even madder now , because her stupid husband had condemned them both to this place . the older children were laughing , but many of the younger ones cried , their faces buried in their mothers dresses . the mothers tried to explain that this was only a puppet show ; guignol would be back next week . and when you are older you will like it . see how happy the big children are ? especially the tall man in back with the blond hair . he had the broadest smile of all . chapter twenty : the soiree in neuillyevening , july 14 that night alain climbed onto the seat of his smaller airship , the one he called the bitch , and started the engine . the little dirigible looked like a racing car , and was perfect for what he wanted ; so light it could cut through the air like a knife , and so agile it could dart down an alley or up into the clouds . it was the ship in which he had flown with mary ann the day they taunted president pouchet . tonight , though , as the propeller churned the air behind him and the airship rose from its hangar , he wasnt thinking about mary ann , or flying to the eiffel tower . he could fly to the eiffel tower anytime . tonight he was flying for fun , to avenge an insult by henri meurthe and to kiss a beautiful woman . it could not have been a more perfect night . the moon was full and the sky as bright as if a friendly god had lighted a street lamp above his head . the shadow of his craft was a luminous , swift-moving ghost on the boulevard below . with no wind the little airship was easy to handle . passing over the avenues at treetop level , he waved at everyone , then seemed surprised when everyone waved back . then he spotted a corner cafe on the champs-elyses where he knew the tavern keeper . he reached overhead and slid the coiled drag rope forward . instantly the little torpedo-shaped balloon responded to the change in ballast , and he brought it to rest between two outdoor tables , hovering just above the sidewalk .
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three pretty young ladies begged him to share an apritif . alain shook his head ; he had too much to do , but he bought a bottle of wine for them . then he slid the drag rope to the back and sent the airship spiraling skyward , its engine roaring , startling a flock of pigeons who couldnt believe they had competition for the night sky . one flapped its wings and clucked at him only a hairsbreadth from his nose , scolding him for invading their domain . alain slowed as he reached the upper floors of the six-story mansions that lined the street , turned his handlebars gently and glided past the long floor-to-ceiling windows . he paused to pick flowers from a window box and scattered them over the people on the street below , who dashed beneath him to catch every one . farther up the block , women ran to their windows to throw their undergarments at him . some of them undressed to do it . children ran from roof to roof , leaping over the parapets between attached houses like rabbits , trying to keep up with him . it was the most beautiful flight of his life . * * * harding had finally gotten mary ann a dress that fit , a flowing white gown with golden leaves woven into the cloth . alain liked white , she remembered . she bought a bottle of perfume , the same kind she had smelled on yvette , and set her hair the way yvette had shown her , even painting her face , a little , just under the cheekbones . dress , camisole , chemise , translucent slip . she felt a glow that seemed to rise up from deep inside her at the thought of the masquerade she was putting on . harding came in a rented black landau with chrome handles that glowed in the dark , and a leather roof that swung back to reveal the starry night sky . she noticed that his suit was cleanfor a changebut he seemed distracted . on the way to meurthes he sang a song popular in america : this lifes a hollow bubble , dont you know ? just a painted piece of trouble , dont you know ? we come to earth to cry , we grow older and we sigh , older still and then we die , dont you know ? i liked your pig song better , she grumbled . by the way , how did you get old snootface bishop to pay for this gown ? remember that little hole-in-the-wall where i lived ? well , i dont live there anymore . after that they didnt talk for another mile . finally she made herself say it : im sorry . i know that place had memories . dont be , answered harding , its too late for me anyhow . look , i hope everything works out for you tonight . i hope you see alain and he dances with you again , and he and meurthe end their feud , and this damn pilot shows up and we win the prize . but i have a bad feeling . and he started to sing again , this lifes a hollow bubble ... mary ann tried to distract him . theres a full moon out and its floating right over the meurthes house . she could see the second-story balcony surrounded by tall shrubbery and ivy . as she watched , a second , smaller moon came in and hovered at arms length just beyond the edge of the balcony . it was alains airship . she paused , unable to move or even breathe as she watched what happened next . then she screamed as if shed been bitten by a snake , threw herself on hardings shoulder , and started to cry . * * * for henri meurthe , it was another night , another one of those infernal parties . this one was of even less interest to him than the others were , because it fell in the realm of pseudo-science . a man he despised was doing a thing he despised even more . his daughter yvette had invited the egyptologist , professor belique trivard , to do a mummy unraveling , which was all the rage this year . a crowd of more than 100 guests in evening clothes had gathered at the foot of his marble staircase where a trestle had been set up . the cloth-wrapped corpse that lay on itsurrounded by surgical instrumentswas the guest of honor . what was this morbid fascination with the dead ? meurthe wondered . he remembered how some of these same people had poked their canes and umbrellas under the rubber sheets after the bazaar de la charit fire had left 200 poor souls dead , gawking at the mangled remains of people they knew . meurthe turned away from the door when he saw professor trivard come in and hand his cane and gloves to a butler . trivard had a reputation for liking young boys more than he should , a thought that turned meurthes stomach . in meurthes opinion , trivards trips to egypt were just an excuse to indulge his passions for hashish and pedophilia .
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meurthe almost stepped on a live turtle that crawled around the floor with jewels stuck to its back . he hoped the jewels were fake . at one side of the room was a long cylinder that looked like a gas tank . on top was a pressure gauge andcoming out at another anglea hose that led to a nose and mouthpiece . some fool has brought ether , he thought . soon all the other fools will be inhaling it , and then staggering around like drunkards . he hoped that no one put a candle next to the tank and blew them all up . as he watched , professor trivard began his lecture next to the mummy , talking about how he had made his way back from the valley of the dead in the lower reaches of the nile after all the other members of his expedition had died . accidental deaths , of course , but the treasures that trivard had brought home had made him a wealthy man , meurthe remembered . and now the famous egyptologist with the perpetual leer took surgical scissors and cut through the resin membrane that had kept the wrapped corpse airtight for long centuries . meurthe felt violated , as if it were his body lying on the trestle . there was a hissing sound as the dry air of the middle east collided with the humid parisian summer night , and then the smells of ancient egypt , frankincense and myrrh , permeated the house . there were screams from the audience . one woman appeared to faint , falling backwards into the waiting arms of her paramour . trivard , using a crochet needle , explained how the embalmed brain was pulled out of the skull through the nose and placed in the earthen jar that sat in the crotch of the mummy . when he passed the jar around , one of the ladies dropped and broke it , and the others kicked the brain back and forth , shrieking as the desiccated organ touched their shoes . meurthe said out loud , although no one heard him . disgusted , he pushed his way through the crowd and headed for the peace of his outside garden and a good cigar . it was a warm night , and the doors that opened onto the promenade were already wide apart . he stepped outside and drew a long breath . then he too looked up at his daughters balcony . get my car ! he roared at his servants . get me my car ! * * * yvettes maid was the first to notice him . she ran to get yvette . you should greet your guest , she said , smiling . i will be down when i am ready , yvette snapped . hes not down , she corrected . hes up . yvette was puzzled for a second ; then she understood . she dashed to the balcony . the full moon seemed to engulf the whole sky . alain was waiting on the seat of his airship just beyond the balconys edge . yvette slowed herself to a walk ( never look too eager , she thought ) and came to the edge of the railing . so you came , monsieur chevrier , she said quietly , as if greeting an ordinary guest downstairs . yes , ive met my part of the bargain . and what of your promise ? i will keep mine , too , she said , and leaned over , one leg up behind her like a ballet dancer . when two peopleeven experienced men and womentake their first kiss , it is a finding , fumbling process . much worse when one of them is on a bicycle seat on a tiny airship and the other is trying to balance like a tightrope walker . the first time they collided with their noses and missed each others lips entirelygrazing cheeks in a parody of the traditional french fashion of greeting one another . one would think we were cousins , said yvette , laughing . they tried again , more successfully . her mouth was deep . the third time she gave him a touch of her tongue , just a taste , running it across his lips and then retreating . then she broke it off . tomorrow night , alain , after you fly to the tower . and she ran inside . * * * harding held mary ann with one hand while he clasped the reins with the other as they rode back to the bethanie . she was sobbing uncontrollably and , for the first time since they had met on the mountaintop , he was afraid of what she might do to herself . two blocks away from meurthes house , fierce white acetylene lights framed them and he heard the roar of a motorcar behind him . he saw the angry flash of meurthes taut white face as the car sped past , rocking the carriage with its speed . hes headed for saint-cloud , harding thought , and the final confrontation with chevrier . when they reached the bethanie , harding helped mary ann up the gangplank and down to her cabin . for once , she was unresisting .
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she lay on the bed , still sobbing softly , mumbling how she would never forget the sight of alain and yvette kissing , framed by the full moon , the damned moon . even the moon had betrayed her . i thought that he loved me , she blurted out . ive been a fool ever since this started . harding cradled her gently in his arms . maybe he does love you . i know that he cares about you . but hes a different kind of person than you or me . alain can see things you and i never will . he can see distant stars , even in daylight . but he cant see people the way they really are . he cant understand the way you feel . he doesnt know you the way i do . he doesnt care about you the way ... and he stopped . mary ann opened her eyes wide and looked at him . she could see , suddenly and quite clearly , how harding felt about her , how much of her own pain he was willing to share , and it shocked her out of her own misery . then the door to her cabin burst open and neville bishop walked in without knocking . so much for privacy , she thought . but she realized that his mind was elsewhere . his hair and beard were limp and stringy and he wore a nightgown so baggy that he resembled a washerwoman . he looked bleak and defeated . i have just received an invitation , he mumbled . alain chevrier will be flying to the eiffel tower tomorrow at 5 a.m. we have been invited by henri meurthe to observefrom the reviewing stand at the tower . chapter twenty one : alains flightjuly 15 five a.m . the dueling hour . paris was already awake . by now everyone in the city knew that alain chevrier would make his flight to the eiffel tower this morning . and most were positioning themselves to see it . outside the giant workshop in saint-cloud , a crowd had gathered in the gray light before dawn . billowy dresses swept the grass . a company of bicycle riders , volunteers in blue uniforms from the post office , waited to take up stations along the route . alain was inside looking at a map and making final preparations with guillaume lerond . alain looked drained ; it was apparent that he hadnt slept . his usual confidence was absent from his face . his dark hair was uncombed and his eyes were like empty headlight sockets . i will follow the line of the aqueduct down to the first crossing of the seine ... he said . then he stopped as he saw the pain in guillaumes face . for a moment the two studied each other . the depths of despair in guillaumes eyes might have warned another man of danger . what do i tell him , guillaume thought . that i have betrayed him ? he started to speak , to say something , anything that would stop what was going to happen ... but alain silenced him with an upraised hand . dont worry , old friend , he told guillaume . im not afraid to go up there today . its something else thats bothering me . id rather be up there than down here among people . im used to that kind of danger . this is the moment that ive spent my whole life training for . all i need is to have a little courage . alain turned and sprang into the metal gondola of the airship like a cat leaping from floor to table , an unconscious display . he gave a sign to two of his mechanics who turned the big windmill sails of his propeller until they started to beat the air like kettledrums . guillaumes last words were swallowed by the backwash . * * * it was a hot , muggy morning , and the mist was rolling off the seine when mary ann and harding arrived at the eiffel tower . the reviewing stand , where the aro club , the generals and the nobility would watch alains flight , had been set up near the pont dina bridge so that they would have a full view of the top of the tower . mary ann saw that the bottom of the grandstand was packed with uniforms and dark suits , but at the top , henri meurthe had a place all to himself . well , almost to himself . yvette stood beside him . yvette looked the way she always did ; cool , beautiful , if anything , more confident than usual . she was watching through a pair of opera glasses hung on a jeweled chain around her neck , and , like a good actress , she had a magnificent backdrop , the frame of the eiffel tower . behind the reviewing stand were the rockets and fireworks that would explode once alain had triumphed . mary ann hesitated when she saw yvette . then harding pushed her forward . i dont want to go , shed told harding earlier . and let yvette know that shes won ? he goaded her . alain had made her no promises . he hadnt led her on . he had been nothing but kind to her . now she was going to be there to see him win .
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she would smile through her pain , and yvette could go to hell . but she almost panicked when she saw the meurthes . they looked so unapproachable . then henri meurthe glanced down and flashed a smile . so did yvette , but it was a different kind of smile . meurthe motioned them to come up . mary ann recoiled . come on , said harding softly , nudging her . youve got to face her . youre fighting for your self-respect now . then , fortunately , another man brushed by them and pushed his way through the nobles and generals to the top , where he stood next to meurthe . it was the german , maximilian von hohenstauffen . no false modesty there , whispered harding . he and mary ann followed in his wake . so glad you could join us , said meurthe , running his eyes over the two of them , and then fixing them on maximilian . i thought you would like to see this . i assure you , nothing will give me more pleasure than to witness this , said von hohenstauffen . a great event . a triumph for man no matter who achieves it . i wish him all the best . meurthe shrugged , as if he didnt trust maximilians sentiments and , whats more , didnt care . but von hohenstauffen didnt seem to notice the small discourtesy . chevriers airship has started to rise . would you like to look through my german-made glasses ? mine is french , and just as good , retorted meurthe , putting a telescope to his right eye . both of them watched the distant hills of saint-cloud . maximilian scrutinized the balloon with his powerful binoculars . it was impossible to tell , at this distance , if the device was attached . after all , it was supposed to be invisible . is that a dueling scar on the left side of your face ? i have fought duels myself . so have i , said maximilian , and always won . yet someone managed to cut you a bit , didnt he ? von hohenstauffen laughed . when you are a german officer , it is almost de rigueurhow i love your french words ! to have a dueling scar . but no one could manage to touch me , not even my instructors . no , i did this myselfwith a scalpel . interesting , said meurthe . it took god to mark cain , but you have conveniently done the job yourself . if i were younger , i would be delighted to duel with you . perhaps we already are , said maximilian . the trip has begun well , said meurthe , turning away from him and talking directly to mary ann . chevrier is making his journey across the bois de boulogne past the little gatehouse in the park . there is a huge crowd at the racetrack at longchamp cheering him on . now he is past the auteuil racetrack and coming over the city . he has reached the seine below our replica of the statue of liberty . both sides of the river are lined with people ... mary ann listened to meurthes voice , soothing and instructive , but in the background she could sense maximilian . the german seemed to be pacing , even though he was standing still . something was wrong , she sensed . she turned away and found herself facing yvette . cool , gray-green eyes looked mary ann up and down . strange how lifeand lovehad become a battlefield , thought mary ann . she set her jaw , determined to endure whatever happened . harding spoke first . sorry we couldnt come to your party last night , he said . thats all right , said yvette , equally the poker player . it was a bore . the real excitement is here today . she motioned with one gloved hand to the top of the tower where her stocking floated . alain and i made a private bet yesterday just before he came to our house for the soiree . when he passes the top of the tower , he will remove my stocking and bring it back to me . mary ann lost what little composure she had left . then she felt hardings hand gripping hers and forced herself to focus on the sky , where alains blue dirigible was drawing closer . yvette saw the pain in mary anns face . and enjoyed it . so she thinks she is the wronged woman ? thought yvette . i have wronged many women . they do not frighten me . eventually they go away . oh , that reminds me , said meurthe to his daughter . chevrier gave me a note for you last night . she opened it , holding it close so no one else could see , not sure what she would find . it said : yvette : we must never see each other again . alain chevrier she looked up at her father , anger and despair in her eyes . why did he want to hurt her like this ?
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henri meurthe looked away , following the flight . and alain ! sending her this smug note ! dismissing her . today he would be a hero of france , and she would be ... i hate you , she said to the distant figure floating through the sky . i hope you die up there . the dirigible was 500 feet above the seine when the phosphorous bomb went off and the back end of the balloon burst into flame . alain had been standing up at the edge of the railing , and the sudden lurch nearly sent him overboard . he caught himself on the edge of the metal frame . then , in a supreme act of courage , he pulled himself hand over hand back into the cockpit , where the flames drew closer every second . at the back of the dirigible the cells exploded one by one . mary ann saw alain slide the ballast weight forward and put the airship into a dive . then he set his hands on the wheel and headed up the seine . yvette had turned away , the opera glasses still around her neck . mary ann reached over and grabbed them , snapping the jeweled chain . yvette glared at her , but mary ann hardly noticed as she focused on the dying ship and its doomed captain . why doesnt he jump ? yelled the crowd on the reviewing stand as the dirigible fell from the sky . but mary ann knew why . alain had seen the spectators , many of them children , on the banks of the river . he would not let the flaming mass of dirigible crash down on them , so he was steering it directly into the seine , but at a terrible cost to himself . suddenly she was bumped from behind and saw maximilian pushing his way down from the top of the reviewing stand . maximilian was annoyed . he had told guillaume to place the device at the bottom front of the balloon . that way , if chevrier put his craft into a dive , the flames would have blown back into his face . but guillaume had placed the bomb at the back of the airship . could it be guillaume knew all the time that it was a bomb ? alain was not concerned with his own life , as mary ann saw through her borrowed glasses . behind him the flames had become a blowtorch . the frame was bright orange where the fire had burned everything but metal . he was holding onto the wheel with both hands even as it scorched his flesh . he could barely see ahead . hes steering by instinct , she thought with a shudder , the way an animal senses its way to water . alains last flight was beautiful and desperate , a fireball come to earth , a miniature sun . mary ann watched it all , saw it plunge toward the pont dina bridge in front of her , heard the people on the bridge scream and start to run . she felt someones hand grip her shoulder . it was henri meurthe . his face looked ashen , as if hed suffered a heart attack . just before his airship hit the bridge , the flames reached the gas tank behind alain , and it exploded with a white flash . the airship went into the river like a galleon into the deep , and the rasp and groan of the suddenly cooling metal structure sounded like the death throes of a mythical beast . her last sight of alain was as intense as her first ; wrapped first in fire and then in water , his hands clutching the wheel . a cloud of steam rose from where the flaming wreck had struck the water . it was as if a curtain had dropped on the last act of a tragedy , and she waited for him to appear from behind the curtain . he was alain chevrier , larger than life , invincible . he had to come back ! for only a moment , but what seemed like an eternity , no one moved or made a sound . then mary ann heard a collective sigh of despair as the crowd started to breathe again . she became aware of the scratch-scratch of an artists pencil as he sketched the scene ; the living forced to confront their own mortality . yvette burst out crying . for mary ann , it went beyond crying . she felt empty , as if all her tears and feelings had been stolen from her , and she was with alain somewhere under the water . the one who seemed most affected was henri meurthe . he staggered from the reviewing stand onto the grass , holding his head in his hands . and then she saw him sway , as if a wave had crashed over him . he tried to sit down . but because of his stiff leg , he simply fell over backwards , as if hed been hit . perhaps he had , she thought . people walked by him , in no hurry now . who is that stupid man sitting in the grass ? asked one woman . thats henri meurthe , the one who started this foolishness , said her husband . why , he should be shot ! and it may happen soon enough .
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chapter twenty two : the corn exchangeafternoon , july 16 the next morning when harding came back with the newspapers it was obvious that henri meurthe had reaped the whirlwind . one tabloid had run alains and meurthes pictures side by side . chevrier ... and his killer ! screamed the caption . a cartoon in a second paper showed meurthe with a bloody sword , standing over chevriers body , while a third paper claimed it had proof that meurthe was part of a shadowy syndicate that was out to destroy france . mary ann kept reading them , one after another , all full of lies , insults and humiliation . look at this one , said harding . i guess this ends it . le petit journal is saying that president auguste pouchet has scratched the contestand canceled the million-franc prize . they were sitting on the bethanie , their floating slum , with their backs up against the strange winged machine that they had built . occasionally children would come by and point and giggle , and then their mothers would pull them away . mary ann was struck by the absurdity of it all . they had come all this way , labored so long and hard , suffered through the storms and heat of a parisian summer , been sinned against in so many ways , and now , to see it end here , like this . she asked harding , wondering if he would give her hope . i always believe what i read in the newspapers , he said sarcastically . she stormed off the boat . at first mary ann had no destination in mind . she didnt want to go to meurthes housecouldnt even if she wanted toremembering yvette would be there . meurthe had an office at the corn exchange , near the church of saint-eustache . or would he be in hiding somewhere ? no , it wasnt like henri meurthe to hide . mary ann arrived at the height of midafternoon trading . through windows inside the second and third story of the huge round building , she saw merchants come out of their offices and make hand signals to tell the traders on the floor to buy or sell . the noise was deafening , echoing off the rotunda above them where murals of iceboats , tropic steamers and trains explored the world . she started to walk onto the floor when a guard took her arm . mademoiselle , he said politely , women are not allowed here . but i must see henri meurthe . she strained to look over his shoulder at the bustling floor , searching for the tall , distinguished-looking man . then , instead of seeing him , she heard him . his voice , engaged in argument , came at her from behind a pair of nearby closed doors . the guard heard him too , and glanced in that direction . she took advantage of his momentary distraction , pushed past him , and rushed through the double doors . there , on either side of her , were two identical circular staircases . she didnt have to decide which one to take . she could hear his voiceand pouchets . they were coming down opposite stairways , shouting across at each other . obviously their friendship was over . i am ending this contest , roared the french president . that is not your decision to make , auguste ! retorted meurthe . i will not countenance any further loss of life . she heard meurthes harsh laugh . when did politicians ever care about peoples lives ! i saw thousands sacrificed uselessly when i fought in the war . why dont you just admit youre afraid the germans will win . there will be riots . possibly another war . do you remember what happened in the last one ? you suffered as much as any . i can not control who wins . but what if the explosion was sabotage ? she could hear uncertainty in his voice . we suspect guillaume lerond , chevriers assistant . when we find him , we will find the answer . then i doubt you will find him , said meurthe in a voice laced with sarcasm . i have been patient , shouted pouchet . i have been reasonable . i have endured insult and embarrassment . but now the decision is out of your hands , do you hear me ? out of your hands ! mary ann watched pouchet hurry down the final steps and out the door . meurthe came down , too , but when she looked at his face , she knew better than to bother him . he shuffled across the floor of the exchange , a shambling , stooped figure . she remembered how he had run down the stairs of the eiffel tower . was that only a month ago ? the traders and brokers cleared a path for him , as if his misfortune were contagious . faces closed when he looked at them . smiles vanished . the noise of trading hushed . meurthe had always been envied . now it had turned to hate , and worseto contempt . mary ann followed at a distance as meurthe limped across the square and into saint-eustache .
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inside , the worlds noisesthe sounds of the little teuf-teuf autobikes , the jangle of harnesses , the yells of the vendorswere hushed . there was only candle smoke and fading light . old women dressed all in blackin spite of the summer heatcame , knelt , bowed their heads and departed . the little wickerwork chairs were in place for the next mass . meurthe took one and sat , propping his bad leg up on another . day edged into twilight and still he didnt move . light through the stained glass windows made painted shadows on the floor . finally she steeled herself to approach him . he looked up when he saw her standing there , and smiled as if he were glad to see her . i finally understand why people like churches , he said . they are like our petit zincs , or what you americans would call saloons . theyre where you go when you cant go home . i dread going home . a hundred reporters are waiting outside my door to badger me with their questions . he patted a wicker chair . sit with me for a moment . i was just looking at the windows , he pointed to the stained glass . did you know that each pane tells a story ? there is susanna being raped by the elders , and then the devil with a face on his belly , and finally cowardice as a knight being defeated by a rabbit . and that one over there , he added , is abraham on the rock , about to sacrifice isaac . mine and alains . for a second she was confused . then , looking at his face in the dim light , with the votive candles guttering , she understood , and wondered why she had never seen it before . it was alains face , 30 years older . in the war of 1870 i was a cavalry officer , a brave and stupid one like alain . in the battle of sedan they ordered us to charge the german guns , time after time , until there were none of us left . in the final charge my horse fell on me . i was sent back to a paris hospital to die . louise was a nurse there . she refused to let me die . i was not an easy patient . i knew that our country was beaten and i did not want to live under the germans . but she was then , as now , defiant . she brought me back from death . you will live to fight again , she told me . there was never anyone like her before or since . she could make me so angry one minute and happy the next . we had so little in commonbut it didnt matter . the germans were attacking paris and we would all be dead soon anyway . we did what so many did at that time . we leaped over the fire . when i was able to limp around , they put me to work . we were planning an offensive against the german lines around paris . if the forces outside the city knew , we could attack at the same time and crush the germans . the message had to be memorized and delivered by someone who understood military strategy . i spent hours with louise , studying the plans , learning each detail so i could recite it all when i got out . but you could hardly walk ... one does not have to walk when one can fly , said meurthe . we began to send balloons out of paris , hoping they would reach areas of the country that were still free . in the balloons we put homing pigeons , which would fly back to the city , carrying microdotscoded messages in capsules taped to their legs . in late november , i was ordered to fly out . by that time daylight flights had become too dangerous . the prussian cannon-maker krupp had built guns that would shoot straight up at us , so balloons had to be sent off at night . i can still remember that evening when louise and i arrived at the train yard where they housed the balloons . it was an eerie world of glare and shadow . all around us , the huge lights of the trains no longer in use had been set up . the germans were firing their guns and one shell hit the corner of the station roof , sending pieces of slate pelting down on us . when they brought the balloon out , it was stiff with frost and riddled with small holes ; even the mice in our city were hungry . so louise and i took pieces of her petticoats and , with our cold hands , glued patches on the balloon . then we waited for the signal . three oclock came , then four oclock . we had received our mail and provisions . the balloon was inflated from a nearby gas line . the basket of pigeons , with a blanket to protect them from the cold , was hung from the ropes above our heads . i could hear them cooing to each other . we said our good-byesanxious to get the pain of leaving over with . i told her that her nose had turned red . she said mine had turned blue . a moment later our crew received the order to board . i climbed in and they cast off the lines .
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as we started to rise she looked up at me from below and said very softly , i am having your baby . and then , before i could say or do anything , we were a thousand feet in the air and i was looking down at paris through the clouds . the two islands in the seine , the ile de la cit and the ile saint-louis , looked from that height like twin ships , their pointed prows just grazing each other . no one who ever left this city was more torn . i could not stay , and i could not go , and the wind carried me onward . you know the rest of the story . my balloon ended up on a mountaintop in norway ; all of our messages were lost , the carrier pigeons were lost . our city was lost . louise thought that i was dead . before i could return , paris had revolted , and the communards were crushed . by the time i got back , my father told me that louise and all her family had been shot at the traitors wall at pre-lachaise cemetery . i dont know how long i stood at that wall ... until someone came and got me , i suppose . then i fell into a loveless marriage and , years later , i saw louise on the street when she came back from new caledonia . what could either of us say ? and my father , i learned , was the one who had ordered her family shot . so that is the way it remained for all these years . we are two forgotten casualties of war , mutils whose wounds dont show , except to each other . but i followed my sons career every step of the way : through school , through military college , in the army . when stupid officers stood in his way , i used my influence to remove them . i planned this contest to bring him glory . instead , i brought him death . alain ... and yvette ... didnt know ? alain didnt know until the night before he died . and thats why he agreed to fly , when you told him the truth ? the thing with alain and yvette would have been a transient affair , like so many of my daughters . yet for their sakes , i could not allow it to run its course . as for yvette , she will never know . meurthe looked at her , as if the reason was obvious . because i think that alain loved you . i heard him call you marianne . he knew my name was mary ann . meurthe smiled gently . but it was his secret code for you . you see , marianne is our national symbol , a flowing-haired peasant girl who represents liberty . each year in all our towns and villages there is a special ceremony where the most beautiful woman is chosen to be marianne . come now , marianne , you did not follow me here so you could hear an old man reminisce . i heard pouchet tell you that the contest is over . and you want it to continue ... if we dont win , we wont get home again . bishop is bankrupt . he reached out , cupped his hand under her chin and stared into her eyes . no , he said , you are like alain . you dont need money . you need to prove something , to yourself and to the world . she could see him do a quick calculation in his head . i can not guarantee you much time , he said . but i know the germans will not be ready tomorrow , the day of alains funeral . can you fly then ? i dont ... yes , she said . yes , well fly . suddenly meurthe looked 10 years younger . he sprang out of the wicker chair , almost knocking it over . then i know what i must do , he said . he walked to the door of the church and looked back . you will fly , marianne , he promised , his voice echoing through the darkness . you will fly even if the whole world stands against you . chapter twenty three : place of the starevening , july 16 for his plan to work , henri meurthe had to talk to louise chevrier . he knew where he would find her that evening . she would be with her son . alains body was lying in state at the arc de triomphe . meurthe left the church of saint-eustache and walked past the tuileries , along one of the 12 wide avenues that came together at the arch at place de letoile , or place of the star . at first he thought that the city was deserted ; tables and chairs had been left out at sidewalk cafes , but they were empty . shops were still open , with pots and brooms hanging outside , but with a simple sign on the doorgone to the arch . as he drew closer , he saw little knots of people , many of them families , hurrying down the street . soon the rivulets became a river and meurthe was swept up with the human tide , stunned at the power of a doomed man to draw a whole city to him .
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up ahead was the arc de triomphe , tall as 30 men and massive as a mountain cliff , a monument to battle . there were purple draperies everywhere he looked : at the top of the arch , obscuring the names of napoleons many victories ; at the sides , surrounding the women warriors sculpted into each pillar , and blanketing the base of the coffin itself . alains body lay in the mammoth bronze coffin at the center of the arch , hung between heaven and earth by a catafalque so high that it made the bayoneted guards who stood shoulder to shoulder at its edge look like a picket fence around a house . the top was open and , under a glass case , meurthe could see the white face of the corpseall that remained of his son . president pouchet and the french military had spared no expense . the body was dressed in the full regalia of a major ; alain had been promoted posthumously . lying next to the casket , winking out from the purple draperies , was another star , the 10-pointed legion of honor that made alain a chevalier , a knight of france . a bitter irony , meurthe thought . alain had always made jokes about his name : im a chevriera goatherdnot a chevalier . meurthe shook his head grimly . he hated the cult of death , which minimized a persons importance while he was alive , then glorified it afterwards . but what was one to do ? he thought with resignation . we have so little choice over what is done to us in life , even less in death . he searched the crowd for louise without finding her . pouchet and the politicians were standing in a group , admiring their handiwork . the president pointedly ignored meurthe , as did the others , taking their cue from pouchet . meurthe searched in another direction . he saw orphan girls , tied together by a rope whose end was around the waist of an old nun , being pulled along like alpine climbers . it would almost be funny , he thought , if his son wasnt lying dead in the middle of this circus . he moved to the edge of the crowd , searching the shadows . he startled couples who were kissing and groping , seemingly excited by death . all emotions are burning this night , he thought . he felt his stomach churn . so many people , all moving , all in darkness . he panicked ; overwhelmed by the crowd , he was convinced that he would never find her . his planand mary anns hopeswould fall apart if he failed . control yourself , he thought . youve always survived by your wits , they wont fail you now . he turned back toward the arch . huge torches on each pillar ignited the night , their flaring light reflecting on the red flowers at the peak of the arch and the scrolling that encircled its edges , as well as the waxen figure inside the coffin . where the pillars did not obscure the flames , they spread light in four distinct spokes . he told himself to search each one of those shafts of light . sooner or later she would have to pass through one of them . then , in the faint light of one of those spokes , meurthe spied a tall woman in a black dress , regal in her isolation , like a statue in a lonely square . he knew instinctively that it was louise . you killed my son with your foolishness , perhaps ? the churning in his stomach got worse . he could barely make his feet move forward . then she saw him and , surprisingly , she smiled . hello , louise , he said , still not sure what she would say . many friends have come up to me tonight , but youre the only one i truly wanted to see . thank you for saying that , he answered . his words came out in a gasp , and with them , all the fear that he had held inside . for a few moments they silently watched the milling crowdalains army of homageas it moved , counter-clockwise , around the points of the great star . the alternation of light and shadow coming from the arch was hypnotic , meurthe thought . if you werent careful you could be swept along , marching around and around until you dropped from exhaustion . fathers would hold their sons over their heads , promising them ice cream if they wouldnt squirm . and now you can say that youve seen the great chevrier , meurthe heard one man tell a boy . louise winced . the great chevrier , she repeated . no one would have taken a second look at alain two months ago . but he was alive then , wasnt he ? do you blame me for what happened , louise ? for the contest . and for all the folly that led up to this ? im as much to blame as you are . even when he was a little boy i encouraged him to climb the rocks on our island in the south pacific . i knew he could fall , but i couldnt bring myself to stop him .
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and now he has fallen , hasnt he ? meurthe drew a long breath and searched for something to say . he wanted to tell her that at least she had known alain as a child , at least she had that . but it would hurt them both if he did . you know he was still holding that wheel when the divers found him ? he wasnt afraid to die , louise . and neither of us is to blame for making him a man . i blame them , though , she said , pointing to where pouchet stood , surrounded now by a squadron of cavalry in their ceremonial breastplates and helmets . they have turned my son into a mannequin . yes , it is quite a show , isnt it ? actresses are swooning for him beside his coffin . one even bared her breasts and pretended to commit suicidewith a nail fileto get in the papers . all the famous demimondaines of paris are claiming that they slept with him . andafter he is deadthey give him the legion of honor ! she looked like she was about to cry , and meurthe reached over to hold her . but she forced herself upright , putting one hand on his shoulder for support . did you know that they would not let me sit with him ? they sent a special train to bring in a famous mortician from vienna . he acted like a chef in his kitchen : no one can stay while i work ! they pushed me out of the room . they took away my last moment with my son . do not blame them too much , louise . all this pomp and pride is only to hide the fact that they are afraid . their hero has diednow who will fight for them ? that is what is really being mourned here . as she turned toward him , meurthe studied her face . people had always thought he was invincible . but he knew that , without louise , he would have died in that hospital 30 years ago . he remembered , too , how beautiful she had been . i heard that you killed a man in a duel , she said . yes , he insulted a ladys honor . henri ... always the brave one . it was a reminder of what might have been , if things had been different . you know my wife is dead ? louise said nothing . do you remember when i was going up in that balloon and you said ... she smiled . im having your baby . it was my best trick on you . its too late for us , isnt it ? meurthe sighed . i have lived 58 years , and sometimes i think that i have learned nothing . and then , as if this single , small confession was more than she could take , louise broke down and cried . she turned and buried her head in his shoulder , and meurthe did what he had wanted to do for so long . what shall we do , henri ? shall we let it end this way , with children running up on a bet to touch his coffin ? with taxicabs selling rooftop seats for five francs so people can see him dead ? i know what alain would have wanted , said meurthe . it will be difficult and dangerous for both of us , he warned . louises eyes were full of tears , not all of them for her son . why are the men in my life always lost to me ? first my father and brother , then you , and now , my son . and why is it no loss ever prepares us for the next ? each time it hurts more . now , looking at him in the flaring light , she could see death in meurthes face , and she knew , however hard she tried , that he would be lost to her again . chapter twenty four : the catacombslater that evening guillaume lerond entered through the private door in the alley off denfert-rochereau , and went down the long winding stairway that took him 60 feet underground . he lit his lamp and looked at the directions . go right and take the first left , he mumbled to himself . the limestone was slippery under his boots . water dripped from the ceiling , cobwebs caught in his hair . then he made a wrong turn , and came upon the remains of a moldering body . he scurried back onto the main path and rushed under a huge arch , now pitted with the smallpox of decay , and passed the well at the foot of a staircase . the still green water below him was silent , without a ripple . he nervously threw a sou in the wellgood luck to erase the bad luck of seeing the body . it made a loud splash , and disappeared beyond where his eye could see . a body would sink forever in this well . he walked on , passing between the white pillars with the black crosses on them and under the sign that said : stop ! this is the empire of death . why did maximilian want to meet here ? guillaume wondered . is he playing cat and mouse with me ? if he is , guillaume had an answer .
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he carried a pistol in one coat pocket , a spring-loaded knife in the other . and he would use them , if necessary . guillaume was now in the ossuary , still following maximilians directions . here lay row on row , pile on pile , of skulls . in paris , land had become too valuable for the dead . the city dug up its cemeteries and put the bones underground , stacking them neatly in platforms of interlaced thighbones , calf bones , femurs and tibias . some of the groupings had skulls laid out in the shape of a cross . others had symbols that reminded guillaume of the flag of a pirate ship . each church had put up a tablet with inscriptions in latin to mark the section that housed its bones . one of them said : it is sometimes more advantageous to be dead than alive . did anyone really believe that ? the bones were brown with age . the skulls showed the strange stitched design where the three pieces joined together and , in the case of those who died young , a hole in the center where the junction never formed . there were other bones ; soldiers of the commune who were hunted to their death , victims of gangland stranglings whose bodies were dumped in the catacombs , even stray animals who couldnt find their way out . the remains of more than six million creatures lay beneath the city . guillaume heard a whistle from one of the small corridors . he put down his lamp , opened a metal gate , and peered inside . maximilian was in the far corner . he lit a match with his fingernail . it flared to life with a hiss of sound and light . guillaume saw skull after skull and then ... maximilians face . his eyes were bituminousdark and shining . he is like a chameleon , guillaume thought , he can take on the color of his surroundings . and he was smiling ; the secure , self-satisfied smile of someone who is never in doubt , who always knows what will happen . the match flared out , and guillaumes lamp gave barely enough light to see by . instinctively he reached for the gun in his coat pocket . welcome to our little kingdom , said maximilian . he chose two skulls from a nearby pile and juggled them as he spoke . why did you want to meet here , guillaume demanded . it is cold and damp ... and it reminds you of death , doesnt it , maximilian finished . well , i like these catacombs . at night i sometimes walk down here . it is safer for a german among the dead than up there among the living . your problem is that you dont trust me . maximilian eyed guillaumes hand clutched around the pistol in his coat pocket . and thats why you keep that gun pointed at me ? you have never trusted me , have you ? yet trust is everything . without it , we would be no better than wild beasts . guillaume took the pistol out of his pocketit was no secret anywaybut kept it pointed at the ground , waiting to hear what maximilian would say . but should i still trust you ? you betrayed your superior officer and your friend ! then maximilians tone softened . and i am here to tell you that you will be traveling to berlin , where you will meet the kaiser himself . no joke ? standing here among these skulls like hamlet himself , do you think im joking ? trust someone for a change ! guillaume snorted . you almost sound like chevrier . it sounded hollow inside the limestone caves . you know , guillaume , we did him a favor , you and i . in life he was an arrogant son of a bitch . but in death he is a national hero . your people have immortalized him as if he were christ himself . he threw one of the skulls across the room , where it shattered against the wall . guillaume winced . i think he knew that he was going to die . maximilian looked surprised . because , just before he went up , he said he needed to have a little courage . so ... those are the last words they say to a man who is about to be guillotined ! i tell you , he knew ! maximilian put his hand on leronds shoulder . guillaume flinched . you still dont trust me , do you ? well , let me try to convince you . if i had wanted to betray you , i could have . jealous subordinate plants bomb , the headlines would have read , and a swift execution would have followed . dont you think pouchet would love to find a scapegoat like you ? guillaume said nothing . he brushed off the cobwebs that clung to his shirt . or i could have had a few of my men meet you down here and you would have joined your ancestors . plenty of bodies in these cavernsone more would never be noticed . maximilian gripped him by the arms .
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guillaume , guillaume , germany wants you . wants your skills , your knowledge . we need to create new and better flying machines . you are the man who can do that . you and no one else . so take your hand off the gun . maximilian took the gun out of guillaumes hand and threw it into the pile of bones . all right , i will trust you , guillaume thought . but i still have my knife . they walked past the little well that went down so deep . take a look down there , guillaume , said maximilian . that pool flows forever . all water is linked thousands of feet underground . did you ever look at a map and try to decide where one ocean ends and another begins ? maximilians eyes grew misty for a second . someday humanity will be like that . there will be only one nation . you and i may not live to see it , but our children will . come on , i will show you something . guillaume hesitated . it was dark in that direction . all right , i will walk in front . they went single file down the narrow passageway . for a moment guillaume lost sight of maximilian . was maximilian behind him ? then he heard the germans voice above him say : up here . guillaume climbed a high set of circular stairs , staying far enough behind so that maximilian couldnt push him . when he reached the top , guillaume was puffing . said maximilian with a smile . its like exploring the woods at night in the dark . suddenly they were in a brightly-lit subway station . see , its the necro . in the lighted tunnel , maximilian looked more human , and acted like it . he studied guillaumes anxious face . you were worried about being questioned , werent you ? well , youre safe now . take the necro to the gare du nord and look for a train with only one car , just outside the station . knock twice on the door . youll be the only passenger . in the distance they could hear the rumble of the necro coming into the station . maximilian stood with his back to the track , only a few inches away and , for just a second , guillaume was tempted to push him over the edge just to see the shock on his arrogant face when he fell under the wheels of the train . then maximilian surprised him . he held out his hand in a gesture of friendship . and now , said maximilian , i wish you a good trip . i will see you in germany . guillaume took his hand and shook it . maximilian mumbled something . guillaume leaned closer . i said have a little courage ! still holding his hand , maximilian yanked guillaume forward and then twisted and let go . trying to catch himself , guillaume fell flailing off the platform and landed on his hands and knees on the metal tracks . he looked up just in time to see the panicked face of the motorman ... and the front of the train rushing at him , its brakes shrieking . maximilian watched for a moment after the blood-spattered train came to a stop . guillaumes body was still moving , but he knew they were death spasms . no one could survive wounds like that . a cluster of the curious had gathered on both sides of the tracks , gawking at the corpse . maximilian joined them for a moment , seeking safety in numbers . no one would remember him . then he eased away . as he walked up the steps to the street he thought , the necro has claimed its first victim . he went upstairs and headed toward the seine . he still had more work to do tonight . chapter twenty five : a visitor to the bethanieearly morning , july 17 the short , wiry man walked up to the gangplank . allo , he called out . allo the boat . mary ann was the only one awake . she had been up most of the night , wondering if she should have persuaded henri meurthe to let them fly . what if the pilot didnt show up today ? why hadnt she just taken his money and gone back to america ? allo , he called again . is this decrepit tub the bethanie ? yes , she answered , and who are you ? jack reece . at your lovely service . her first reaction was relief . then came anger . youre days late . in fact , youre weeks late . i was kept occupied , he said with a snicker . christ , is this it ? yes , she replied , looking at the aeroplane as it rocked gently on the deck . and it will fly . but reece wasnt looking at the aeroplane . he was eyeing her . not so fast , he said , coming closer . id like to talk to you first . mary ann watched him suspiciously .
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he was a shade over five and a half feet , with pinched nose , pointed chin and a balding scalp that flaked dandruff . he was pigeon-chested , but had muscles like bridge cable , and he made swift little movements with his head , like a snake about to strike . im a cockney , no arm in that , is there he said . some snooty people look down on cockneys , but i always say you got to be what you are , no changin it . i was a bicycle racer once , and when me legs gave out i was a jockey . thats why they call me ride-anything reece . and then i became the human cannonball . id play a trick on the rubes . id go up underneath a balloon nestled in a long piece o pipe that looked like a cannon . then id touch off a charge at the top , so people would think id been shot out . then while they was watchin all that smoke and noise , id slide out the bottom and go down in me chute . why is he telling me all this ? thought mary ann . reece moved in even closer , almost touching her . im a trained athlete . you know , some athletes say sex makes your legs weak . why , they even ice themselves down the night before a race to avoid a nocturnal emission . but me , i think sex is good for you anytime at all , missy . she heard bishop call from below . he winked at her and went downstairs . she heard the three of them talking in the cabin , first softly , then louder . there was a dispute over money , with bishop telling reece that hed be paid when he flew , and reece demanding it now , before he risked his life on that fool contraption . i could take it out in trade , she heard him say . that warm bit upstairs might persuade me to stay . it took mary ann a moment to realize that she was the warm bit . that was hardings voice . and then bishop : wait a second . why dont we let her decide ? she wants to go back to america , doesnt she ? tell her that the only way shell ever see it again is if we win the million francs . there were more words between harding and bishop . she heard reece say something like ore. then a bottle smashed , and there was a crash and a thump as something heavy hit the floor . the last of the captains furniture , she thought . she heard someone running up the steps , and suddenly reece came crashing out holding his left eye . he saw her with his good eye , recoiled and took off down the gangplank . youre barmy , the ole bleedin lot of you ! bloody lunatics ! youve got about as much chance of flyin your bloody tub of a boat as you do that machine . he might have gone on , but he saw harding come out of the pilothouse and took off , still holding his eye . there was a long gash on hardings cheek that was oozing blood . im leaving , he said quietly . what about bishop ? i decked him . he was trying to hold my arms while that little snake cut me with a bottle . she realized , suddenly , that he was carrying his carpetbag , the same one that she had seen the first day on the hill at jericho . well , im not going to collect my pay . maybe ill join the wandering people again . roam europe with a guitar on my back . he expected her to say yes . you know what youre saying ? youre going to stay on the bounty with captain bligh ? i wont be here to protect you from people like reece anymore . im staying , she said . my life is wrapped up in this . it was my fathers dream and alains dream . they didnt find their place in the sky , but they knew that they belonged there , knew it in spite of all the people that told them they couldnt . im going to find that place . harding shook his head as if she were a child who had just said something stupid . mary ann , youre tied to two dead men and theyre like anchors . theyre going to drag you and bishop and this boat and that stupid machine so far down that youll never ever come up again . he hoisted his worn carpetbag and trudged down the gangplank . she might have said more . she might have told him that she had been waiting all her life , through all those lonely days and nights on the mountaintop , for this hour to come , and she wasnt going to let it pass her by . but she could see that he wasnt listening . he was trudging away , that stupid carpetbag on his back so threadbare that she could see a shirt peeking out . so she just stared at him as he left . and in the distance , the eiffel tower stared back down at her , cold and hard and higher than she had ever imagined . and now she knew who would have to flyif anyone could .
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chapter twenty six : funeral at notre-damemorning , july 17 the day began with the hazy light that comes just before it rains , when the sun is barely able to shine through thickening clouds and all the color seems to emerge from the earth itself . everyones eyes were on the slate-colored sky . would it stop the funeral march ? the companies lined up : brightly-colored zouaves with red breeches and shakos , stocky soldiers from the vendee , four military bands . then cavalry sabers flashed . hussars and lancers trotted up and took their positions , scarlet saddle blankets embroidered with gold . they were followed by the cuirassiers , the heavy cavalry , in metal breastplates , knee-high leather boots and silver helmets . the black-crepe carriages of government officials and nobility formed behind . meurthe was not among them . the coffin slid down from the catafalque onto the waiting gun carriage . it looked like a dark gondola . twelve black plumed horses stood waiting . a single soldier , picked especially for the honor , held a purple cushion . he would march with alains legion of honor medal all the way to notre-dame , where the funeral would be held . the parade began down the champs-elyses . every beat of the drum sounded like a heartbeat . troops representing all parts of frances empire were there , from huge dark senegalese to small yellow annamites . the boulevard was awash with turbans , plumes , kepis , pith helmets and rows and rows of lances . the gardens of the bagatelle had been stripped to provide flowers for the parade ; asters of all colors , jacobs trumpets , roses were scattered in the street . the statues were covered with black bunting , but the children waved red bannersoriflammesas the soldiers marched by . every lamppost had a boy on it . people were hanging from the peaks of iron gates . poor farmers , their pockets bulging with radishes for their midday meal , had come to town just to see the coffin passed by . at place de la concorde a little girl was caught out in front of the marching band . the band marched in place , with the drum keeping time , while someone in the front row of spectators grabbed her . then she was passed hand over hand above the crowd to her mother . maximilian stood on the notre-dame bridge as the parade came across . he lit a match with his thumb and started a cigar . the cigar tasted bad . as a company of light infantry went by he flicked his cigar among the marchers . it bounced off one soldiers cheek with a flash of sparks . the trooper didnt miss cadence . very impressive , maximilian said to himself . they can march , but can they fight ? the procession continued across the bridge . all of the troops lined up on both sides of the square in front of the looming towers of the cathedral , marching in place to the beat of a single drum . then , precisely at noon , the bronze doors of notre-dame swung open . sixteen husky soldiers in dress blue carried the coffin , placed it just below the altar and solemnly draped the french flag over it . the honorary pall bearers followed : president pouchet , the french premier , the head of the chamber of deputies , the secretary of war , all the leading generals . they knelt before the coffin , blessed themselves and took their seats in the front row . the members of the aro club and other dignitaries entered , bowed their heads and took their seats . meurthe was not with them either . then louise chevrier came forward alone , wearing a black dress as though she were born to it , and took her seat in the front row . she sat alone . she needed no arm to lean on and no shoulder to give her comfort . she was no stranger to sorrow . the church filled . the ever-present reporters jammed in , wedging themselves against the walls . the doors were propped open so the common people , left outside , could hear what was said . but the rain would hold back no longer . with a series of thunderclaps it rolled into the square and over it , drenching the soldiers resting on their arms outside the church , drenching the huddled crowd , drenching the patiently waiting horses . the sound of berliozs requiem on the organ inside blended with the skys own percussion . the bishop with his gold miter and crosier led the mass ; the choir sang , prayers were said in latin . then , as the mass reached its height , auguste pouchet stood to deliver the final eulogy . louise chevrier had risen from her seat . i claim a mothers right , her voice rang out . i do not want this man speaking for my son . pouchet turned to face her , contempt oozing from his voice . sit down , woman ! but louise remained standing , defying the french president . not so distraught that i cant see through you , she said to his face .
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the honor of speaking the last words over my son goes to the one of my choosing , and i choose ... henri meurthe . and meurthe came forward . pouchet looked startled as he saw meurthe approaching the coffin . now he realized that he faced a serious challenge . take him out of here ! he ordered the burly soldiers who stood nearby . blue uniforms swirled around meurthe as he stood next to the coffin . then the bishop spoke , his voice echoing off the stone walls so that the whole church could hear him : monsieur le president . she has that right . the bishops voice froze everyone in place , like a tableau . no one could challenge him in his own church , not even the president of france . no one moved , except henri meurthe . he took pouchets place , pushing him gently aside . sit down , auguste , he said quietly . i promise you that this will be a short speech , unlike so many of your own . the word spread out from the front of the church like a ripple turning into a wave . up until now everything had gone according to ritual , and ritual is mans best defense against the unknown . louise chevrier looked around . you could almost see the sawdust leaking out of the stuffed shirts sitting in the front row , she thought . how alain would have enjoyed this if he were here ! then she remembered ; alain was here . and she almost cried , holding desperately onto her tears in the sudden silence that engulfed the whole church . and then meurthe spoke . i come here to read you something that alain chevrier wrote just before he died , meurthe said quietly . it is this : we can not hope that a single flight will lead us to the sky . but each trial will show at least one fatal error , into which others might fall . so , by recording the wreckage of the first , we buoy out a channel that leads us to the heavens . and here meurthes voicestill quoting chevriergathered strength . we must not each work for our own selfish interests , but all have at heart the common cause . and even if each of us does only a little , then soon will come the day when we no longer grope in utter blindness and the path to true flight is marked out . meurthe paused for a moment , and then continued : alain chevrier knew what lay before him . he knew that he faced death each time he went into the air . and he also knew that it is by death that we are tested . our glory is not that we livefutilelybut that we die nobly . the fight against death we can never win . but the struggle for life , we can challenge every day . and while we are yet living , we fight the battle alain fought . when we fall , others will fight in our place . the spirit of man , alains spirit , is unconquerable . the battle to win the air will go on . for we tilt not against windmills , but against the wind itself . like don quixote , we raise our lances to the sky and give challenge : that nothing of earth , air or fire is unconquerable to man . and , yes , our bones can be broken . we are not angels , blessed with eternal life . more heroes like alain will die in our quest for the sky . but each such loss takes us higher . it is not death , but fear , that confounds us , that brings us back to earth . so we can mourn alain chevrier . but we can not linger over a grave . we are in the arms of the wind , suspended between heaven and earth , and there is no stopping place . then meurthe turned to face pouchet , who was still standing , clutching the stone railing with both hands as if he could put marks in the marble . silence once again fell like a blanket over the entire church . meurthe raised the medal of the winged man above his head . i have been told to end this contest . the prize i offered still stands . i do not expect to convince you of my reasons . but every man must choose a time and place to stand his ground , and this is mine . he walked down the two steps to where the draped coffin lay in state , then reached out and took the edge of the coffin in his hand . in this place , he thundered , where so many have confessed their faith in god , i proclaim my faith in man . i will not betray this man . we may die for our dreams , but we can not be defeated . and i ... will ... not ... end ... this ... contest ! meurthe heard a crash as pouchet knocked over a chair on his way out . his aides and guards rushed after him . at the doorway , as he stepped out into the rain and thunder , he turned back to look at meurthe , a look seething with anger and frustration . you can not dictate to france , and i am france , he shouted .
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this travesty is over and so is your contest . and i will ruin you ! meurthe , standing beside the body of his son , felt his knees start to buckle as if he were facing the guillotine . for once pouchet will be a man of his word , he thought to himself . then he remembered mary ann ... and his promise to her . fly quickly , little bird , before you are put in a cage . chapter twenty seven : the drowning timeafternoon , july 17 the president wasted no time . within minutes soldiers fanned out across the city . they invaded the corn exchange . fistfights broke out as they pushed meurthes traders off the floor . pouchet had canceled all government contracts with meurthes company . an entire company of hussars , led by a marshal of france so bulky that he could barely sit on a horse , delivered a notice of deportation to maximilian von hohenstauffen at the german workshop in montparnasse . maximilian read it ... and laughed in the fat marshals face . then he pulled out his certificate allowing him to fly over the city , signed by pouchet himself . the marshal seized it , pretended to read it , and called it a worthless piece of paper . just like the one you have , retorted maximilian . among men like ourselves , the only thing that counts is force . are you prepared to use it ? the marshal hesitated . through the doorway and all of the windows he could see men with rifles . his orders had been to move the germans out , not start a war , particularly not one in which he himself would be killed . stupid politicians , he muttered . they talk out of both sides of their mouths . maximilian now had his reprieve . he could tie the deportation up in red tape , at least until tomorrow . and he would fly tomorrow . * * * at the bethanie , mary ann inspected the aeroplane once more , giving the propeller a swing and watching its blades rotate in the sunlight . the storm that had broken over paris at noon had blown away , leaving clear skies and only a mild breeze . the hour that she had awaitedand dreadedwas here . she would finally fly . mary ann went below and put on her overalls with the patched knees , the ones she hadnt worn since ... since harding had found her at jericho . she remembered it was against the law for women to wear trousers in paris , ever since the commune was overthrown , so she tucked her hair under a cloth cap and then put on a cork lifesaving vest . there were pontoons under the wings of the aeroplane to keep it afloat , but it was better to be safe . back on deck bishop was waiting , but he looked dazed , confused , almost suicidal . he had a welt on his cheekbone where harding had hit him , and his hazel eyes were empty . not the best person to send you off in flight , she thought . without hesitation , she told him to start the boat engine . here she was , giving orders to a captain of industry ; a man who had given orders all his life . she almost felt sorry for neville bishop . he had spent his whole career destroying other people and taking their money . now it was happening to him . then she saw the three soldiers , a major , a sergeant and a corporal , coming toward the boat . the major looked vaguely familiar as he walked up the gangplank . trouble , she thought , as she went to head him off before he got on board . i am major vitary , in command at the parc de chalais aeronautical institute , he announced pompously . i have a message for neville bishop from auguste pouchet , the president of france . youre major vitary ? she remembered how theyd laughed that day when alain had fired off his flare gun at the presidential palace and vitary had hidden behind a tree . well , alain was dead , and vitary didnt look so funny now . ill take the message , she said . vitary looked her up and down . she knew what he sawa greasy little woman wearing mens clothes . the sound of the name threw him off balance . she didnt give him a chance to react . she grabbed the letter from his hands . when she had read it her hands started to tremble . that son of a bitch with his twirling mustaches was watching her , smiling . first they were thrown out of harvard , then burned out of tennessee , and now the president of the third republic himself has evicted them from france . my subordinates , said vitary , gesturing to the two soldiers behind him , would be happy to help you and monsieur bishop collect your few possessions and leave immediately . he used the personal pronoun for you , an obvious insult . mary ann brought herself under control and faced him as he stood on the gangplank .
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what would make me happy , she said , is if you would get your ugly face off my boat ! behind him vitary heard coarse chuckles from his men . he searched for something devastating to say . wasnt this strange american woman rumored to be chevriers mistress ? finally he pointed to her clothes . there are rules in this city against women dressing as you do . would you like me to have you arrested for wearing pants ? half the damn women in this town are selling what they sit on and youre going to arrest me for wearing pants ? haul your fancy butt out of here . vitary did not move . i do not have to take this abuse , he sneered , particularly from a soiled dove like yourself ... chevriers whore ! mary ann had never learned how to slap anyone , so she punched right from the shoulder . he was twice her size , but the blow caught him in the jaw and staggered him back two steps . vitary looked behind him . the sergeant and corporal who had accompanied him were staring discreetly into middle distance . he could tame this wildcat , he decided , but was it worth it ? while he thought , mary ann acted . she cast off the only line that held the boat to the dock . the gangplank slid into the water , nearly taking vitary with it as he jumped for shore . now , she shouted across the widening gulf , if you want to stop us , youll have to blow us out of the water ! * * * time . the incident with vitary had shaken her . she hadnt eaten all day and she felt hungry . eat later , she said to herself . she told bishop to steer the boat downstream past the pont dina bridge and then bring it around , heading into the current and the wind . the boats motor would keep it steady for a few seconds while bishop came up and cut the cable that would send the aeroplane off . no champagne , like the kind they carry on balloon flights . just cut the cable and were off , she thought . as they chugged down river she watched the crowd . boys were riding bicycles , trying to keep up , and threading their way between the people who lined the banks . she looked for harding . she missed harding . all right , she needed harding . he was part of her life , and win or lose , she wanted to share this with him . then she caught a glimpse of henri meurthe . he was standing in the prow of a rowboat , one foot on the gunwales . he tipped his top hat to her and she waved back . well , she thought , at least i didnt let you down . they passed under the bridge with its winged figure at the center . she hoped that it was a lucky sign . bishop turned the boat around , clumsily , just below the tower and lashed the wheel . the aeroplane rested tight against the derrick at the back end of the boat . she seized the crank and slowly ratcheted the huge weight to the top . when it came down it would catapult the aeroplane forward . then she climbed aboard . the wings , like broad shallow gutters turned upside down , sloped down toward the center of the frame . behind the propeller was a cradle for mary ann to lie in , facing forward . she scrambled in amongst the wires that supported the frame and kept it taut . it felt like climbing into a too-small birdcage . she buckled the three straps that would hold her in the makeshift harness . with her arms outstretched , she could reach the two levers that controlled the craft , one for the rudder in back , the other for that strange wing-warping that would control the side to side motion , which she had told bishop about so confidently a few months ago . she wiggled the levers . they worked perfectly ... on the ground . bishop dumped a gallon of naphtha into the tank over her head . a hose ran down past her face to the engine , where the fuel dripped onto a hot plate and vaporized . the acrid odor drifted into her nostrils and stung them . a breeze came at her , making her shiver . people thought paris was hot in summer , but it could be cold as hell . bishop turned the propeller and the engine kicked over , a spitting , snarling chunk of steel . it sounded like two rabid dogs in a fight . the propeller sent a draft to slap her in the face . now it was really cold . drops of hot oil came flying back from the engine and spattered her . she wished once more for harding . she felt a sharp jerk that snapped her neck back and then she was in motion . the scenery blurred on both sides . then another jerk . this one snapped her head forward . is this what it feels like to be hanged ? her senses told her the sky was below her ; the water plunging at her from above . it was water ! the machine , what was left of it , was sinking around her . she had to get out of the harness , had to .
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she ripped off the three straps . still tied in . it was as though someone were holding her there , wanting her to die . her mouth tasted like tin . it was the taste of fear . the cork jacketit was caught ! she struggled out of it , popping the buttons . now to find air . she saw oil and gas seeping upwards . then , coming down at her , like the hand of a ghost , was the white fabric of the wing . it surrounded her , pressing her down . she breathed in water . she clawed at the sheet , bunching it , pulling it down below her . in that moment she realized that she was crying . and then she felt someones arms reaching out to her , pulling her up , freeing her from the ghost . she kicked as hard as she could . her head broke free of the water and she gulped air . there was harding , hanging onto her . breathe and go under ! she saw the black prow of the bethanie coming straight at her . it was still moving forward . she took a breath just as harding pushed her head under . then the black shadow went over her , crushing what was left of the aeroplane under its prow . harding was still holding onto her . she had no sense of direction , only a desire for air , for an end to that black shape overhead . and then it was gone , and they rose through the water to see the sky again . she looked through the waves . the bethanie was still chugging upstream and harding was screaming , stop the boat , bishop ! lower the anchor ! but the boat kept going as waves smashed her in the face every time that she tried to breathe . harding was cursing bishop and she was dizzy and starting to slide away into the depths of the seine . then the bethanie stopped , reversed course and came back . she saw henri meurthes face above the bow . the anchor chain lowered just enough for harding to grab onto it . then the chain clanked back upward , carrying them toward the deck . meurthes hands reached out and pulled them aboard . she lay there , with harding still holding her . she threw up all over him but he didnt seem to care . when she finally looked up she saw neville bishop sitting on the deck , just sitting , looking at the destruction in the river , not moving , not doing anything . his silver-headed cane lay by his side . she knew then what had happened . meurthe had come aboard and taken control . and harding had saved her . come on , said harding , helping her up as they steamed into the dock . well get you off this tub . and youll never have to look at it again . harding , meurthe called him back . he pointed to the runway for the catapult . at the far end , just before the aeroplane left on its flight , a two-inch bolt had sheared off while another was bent over . imagine the force that took ? enough force to flip the plane , answered harding , as if he was reading meurthes mind . someone raised these bolts so they would catch the aeroplane as it came forward and tip it over . i checked the whole apparatus yesterday . '' `` you know more than you are saying , do n't you ? '' `` now that we have both gambled and lost , why not put our cards on the table ? '' harding hesitated . `` talk to your friend fabian bouchard , '' he said . meurthe nodded and shook his head grimly . harding , it is time for me to fight my last duel . chapter twenty eight : embarrassment at maximsevening , july 17 fabian bouchard felt comfortable at maxims restaurant . the most beautiful and exciting women of paris came here to face off , counting each others carats and admiring themselves in the huge flower-etched wall mirrors that reflected their images across the room and back at them . spanish dancers , wearing emeralds on their toesand nothing elsedid the flamenco on its tables . the restaurant had a wicked and sensual reputation . fabians demimondaine , a pretty , painted 14-year-old , was feeding him oysters , pulling them out of their shells with her teeth and putting them between his lips as he slumped down on the cushions . his brocade vest and shirt were open and she was rubbing his bulging belly . oysters were love food , and bouchard could feel himself becoming aroused . soon he would take the girl upstairs to a private room . suddenly henri meurthe loomed over him . meurthe sat down opposite him at the narrow table without an invitation , or a greeting of any kind . send your horizontale away , fabian , he ordered . you do not want her to see this . fabian was ready to argue . and the girl was angry at being called a common prostitute .
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then he looked at meurthes face , with its crag of a nose and blazing eyes . what was it people said about him ? when meurthe gets angry , the weak give way . and fabian was not a strong man . he pushed the pouting girl off his lap and told her to go amuse herself . now , meurthe demanded , tell me everything that you know about the germans , von hohenstauffen , and that building you put up for them in montparnasse . fabian started to protest . his involvement with the german was a well-kept secret ; the only man who had seen him with maximilian was lerond , and he had been eliminated . the workshop in montparnassehow could meurthe know about that ? just deny ... deny . i ... i dont know what youre talking about . but the words rattled out of him . he sounded , even to himself , like a bad actor . meurthe shook his head ; a schoolmaster correcting an erring pupil . do not try to bluff , fabian . i have played cards with you , and youre not that good . here is something that may help your memory . underneath the table fabian heard a click as the catch on a sword cane was released . then , looking down , he saw its point at his navel , working its way slowly toward his crotch . it marked its trail with a thin line of blood , as if meurthe were a surgeon planning a much deeper cut . the small table masked the blade from the others , but both meurthe and fabian could see its point as it crept lower down his belly . fabian sucked in his breath , tightening his stomach , and then was sorry for it . meurthe pressed the tip of the sword even closer and now fabian couldnt breathe at all . the worst part , fabian thought , was the way the bastard was smiling . then , casually , the sword began to flick the buttons off his pants . bouchard remembered : meurthe had killed a man in a duel . during the war , meurthe said in an easygoing voice , i saw men after their intestines were perforated . their excrement entered the bloodstream and they died in agony . fabian , he said softly . this is your last button ... and your last chance . fabian talked . it got easier as he babbled on , like confessing to a priest . he sensed that meurthe knew most of what he was saying , but there was some piece of information he needed . and , if it would save his life , bouchard was going to give it to him . then meurthe raised his left hand as if he were bored with all this . enough , fabian . as he rose , the three-foot steel blade took the narrow table and flipped it out of the way . flowers , fine crystal and wine flew . women screamed and nearby waiters jumped back . the rapier was visible now and meurthe brought the point up to dance in front of fabians nose . fabianthe blade flashed backi have killed so many better people than youand forward again . there was a blinding explosion in bouchards brain . then he realized : meurthe had driven the sword into the wooden pillar next to the wattles of his neck , pinning his collar and hooking him like a fish . that you are simply not worth it , meurthe finished . the other diners averted their eyes from bouchards half-undressed body and chalky face , but maxims flowered mirrors reflected it allback and forth and back again . fabian was shaking as if he had palsy . he shook so hard that his collar came loose and he was free . he shouted at the cluster of waiters . get my carriage . but one waiter approached him anyway , holding a spritzer bottle and a pile of napkins . monsieur , he whispered politely , you have soiled yourself . * * * meurthe walked through the dark streets . he knew where he was going , and when he got there his life would be over . while he walked , he dreamed that he was back in the balloon during the worst days of the war , flying out of paris with the messages that would save his country . a dark mist of clouds surrounded him , and then , suddenly , the balloon rose and broke through to the brightest , most beautiful sunlight that he had ever seen , so brilliant that it hurt his eyes . the pigeons were cooing like music and far below the clouds mingled with mountain peaks . across from him in the basket was alain , who reached out to him and said , we have found it ! his son smiled at him and answered , the region of fire . then the vision vanished , and meurthe was back on the silent streets again . alain , my son , he spoke as he walked into the darkness , you were right to believe man could fly . but you were wrong to believe in manso wrong .
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men may ascend the skies like living angels , but their natures do not change . chapter twenty nine : the gare du nordlater that evening that evening was the most magical of mary anns life . despite all that had happened , she was alive . the city was alive . and harding was back . come on , lets do the town , he said to her . but we dont have any money . yes we do , he said with a sheepish grin . i took neville bishops silver-headed cane and pawned it . for the first time she understood what paris was like for harding when hed been here before . he bought her a frock , a beautiful shimmering turquoise dress with a narrow waist and pearl buttons down the back . then they rented a teuf-teuf , one of the little motorcycles with a sidecar that made a strange coughing sound , and explored places like fishing cat street , prideful mountain street , and the street of the four winds . they traveled up the hills of montmartre where grapevines still lined the streets , and ate charcuterie in the backyard of a little inn . there they met shaggy-looking artists harding knew who showed them paintings full of wild animals and huge splashes of green . he posed mary ann in front of them . she heard the artists discussing her as a model , and then saw harding laugh and shake his head . then they went to the big red windmill where two bands were playing noisy disjointed melodies at opposite ends of the dance floor and joined the whirl of high-kickers doing the can-can . they danced until their legs gave out . she rode a wooden horse named clovis on the double-decker merry-go-round just below sacr-coeur . afterwards they found an outdoor table at a corner cafe , fed each other strawberries and champagne , and chattered away ; all the things that they had both been too angry or shy to say before . she remembered how she had passed people like this , lovers by candlelight , and been jealous . and it was all so simple . whos youre favorite painter ? i mean , besides yourself . leonardo da vinci . do you like his last supper or those beautiful etchings of the flying machines that he wanted to build ? no , said harding , what i love about leonardo is what he did for the birds . in milan , where he lived , they used to catch wild birds in nets and sell them to children . the children would tie the birds to strings on their wrists and walk around the city . the birds would flap and flutter until they died . so what did leonardo do ? hed run through the town like a crazy old man and whenever he saw a bird on a string , hed take a pocketful of coins and buy it from the child . must have gotten expensive . how many birds did he buy ? so what did he do with them all ? in her mind , she saw one of those famous pictures where a multitude of birds in harness swept you up into the sky . harding paused . she sensed in his silence that he was wary , unsure of where the things that he was saying would leador if he wanted to take her there with him . sometimes , she admitted . but not in a bad way . have you come to terms with your memories about what happened the last time you were in paris ? maybe it was seeing you nearly drown . maybe i redeemed myself today , at least a little , for what i did to my wife . instinctively she reached out and took his hand , touching his fingers one by one and then putting his hand against her face . but they were interrupted when a street carnival pushed its way past them ; children with painted faces riding on donkeys , goats , even pigs . harding stopped a vendor and bought her a little pot of heather and they climbed on board limpriale , the open-top deck of one of the horse-drawn buses . they rode through the summer night , looking at the moon and the way its light flooded the city streets . the first time surprised her . the second time , she slid her hand into his and drew him closer . the kiss never seemed to end , and when it did , another one started . she could feel herself responding , almost losing her breath in the giddiness of the moment , and then she pulled away . you told me that you were never going to kiss me again after that time in your room , she reminded him . but this time you kissed me back , he smiled . were in a public place , you know . do you want to go somewhere ? i cant go back to that boat . and neither of us has a place to live anymore . i lost my job , and you lost alain . i never had alain . but i always had you . harding thought for a second . bishops railroad car . the old fool is probably still on the bethanie , staring at the water . they jumped off at the gare du nord .
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harding told her that bishops railway car had been placed on a siding just outside the station , so they walked through the terminal beneath the 100-foot-high glass ceilings that looked like huge honeycombs . it was empty except for two pimps who stood under the gold clock , smoking and waiting for the young breton girls to arrive from the country so that they could seduce them . they stared at mary annuntil harding stared back . there it is , he said , pointing outside and down the tracks past the shed where the round red and gray sign signaled the next train . neville bishops private car was easy to find even in the darkness . it was a specially-lengthened pullman with heavy purple drapes in the windows , a gilded wrought-iron railing and a gold-striped awning that extended three feet beyond the back of the car . give me a piece of your shirt , said mary ann . she reached out , her boldness surprising even herself , and pulled his worn , bleached-out shirt from the front of his trousers . she ripped off a piece , wrapped it around her hand , and smashed a windowpane . all property is theft , she laughed as she reached through the broken window and unlocked the door from the inside . youve changed , he said , following her inside . she didnt know exactly how , but alains death had somehow freed her , made her stronger . the pain of it had taken her to a new place in her life , like those levels that alain had talked about , the ones in the sky . she wasnt a little schoolgirl with a crush anymore . there were a million romantic poems about females who had cast themselves out of windows after their lovers had died or deserted them . well , she wasnt one of them . there was a life force in her that needed to be touched and molded and reformed . and tonight , perhaps , it would happen . she gasped when she saw the interior : a fireplace lit by bottled gas , a high mahogany bar framed by crystal goblets that caught the glow of the fire , a wine rack full of rows and rows of bottles . in the center of the car was a dressing room with racks of suits . mingled among them were womens clothes , gowns , slips , silk nighties that spoke of sybaritic sex and jaded appetites . harding watched as mary ann posed with one of them in front of her dress . above them , built into the ceiling , was an observation deck with windows on all four sides surrounding a huge marble bathtub . so bishop could sit back and scrub his ass while he watched the world go by , said harding , looking up . i thought that he was broke , said mary ann . some things you just dont give up . back here , he heard mary ann call . the bedroom was only dimly lit from the light outside and the corners were dark , but harding could see mary ann in the center . her shoes were off and she was bouncing up and down on the 12-foot bed . she was pointing and giggling . all around the top of the walls were oak carvings of nymphs and satyrs making love in all sorts of positions . and directly above the bed , on the ceiling , was a curved mirror . mary ann sat on the bed ; her wide eyes focused on him in the near dark . harding could see her bosom rising and falling . he put his hand over her breast and felt her heart thumping . darkness unleashed other senses , too . he breathed in the woman-smell of her , unmasked by complicated scents . for a second he was reminded of when he had first met her at the church , and she had taken flight . even then he had wanted her . slowly he reached behind her neck to loosen the dress , button by sensuous button , starting at the down of her silky neck and moving toward the swell of her hips . each time he touched her bare skin she shivered . dress , chemise , petticoats and stockings seemed to fall off her and land in a pile on the polished hardwood floor . he began to kiss her . she watched in the overhead mirror as he explored her with his mouth ; the secret hollows , the gentle slopes , the peaks of her nipples . soon she was kissing him back , almost in a frenzy , pulling his clothes off to join hers on the floor . they were rolling over and over on the endless bed . then harding raised himself on his elbows above her . i want to remember this moment , he whispered . a train pulled in on the next track , rocking the walls of their personal world , its monster eye of a headlight shining through their windows for just a second . but in that second , something in her inner ear told her that things werent right . she tensed , and turned away . harding reacted to the change in her . she felt his body tighten , pull back , grow angry before he said anything . its alain , isnt it ? youre still thinking of alain . hes still here , isnt he ! his voice rose with each syllable .
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she strained her eyes as the darkness in the corner took shape . it wasnt alain , but someone was there . then the gunshot . at first she thought that it was inside her head , it was so loud . then it was next to her head . then she realized that it was inside the room . she waited , still under him as if his body could protect her from all evil . her right hand felt wet . she knew instinctively that this was a shot that had killed someone . harding drew a breath and she started to sob . would the darkness and silence protect them ? she waited for another shot . the flash of the gun had blinded her , but she could hear a dripping sound , like water , coming from the corner . harding got up . he nearly fell . the floor was slippery beneath his bare feet . he lit a lamp . then mary ann stopped sobbing , and started to scream . in the corner sat neville bishop . he had been there all the time , watching them from his vantage point where the darkness was especially dense . but he was watching no longer . he had put a gun to the side of his head , a big .45 caliber revolver , and fired . the pressure of the soft-nosed slug inside his skull had forced his left eyeball out of its socket and left a huge hole in his forehead . gouts of brain and clots of blood were scattered like dark seed as far as the bed . mary ann now knew why her hand was wet . the dripping sound had been blood running down his arm and onto the floor . harding recovered first . he tore the sheet off the bed and threw it over her . then he grabbed what he could of their clothes . she was still screaming as he pulled her out of the room , through the car , and out onto the railroad tracks . calm down , he ordered . someones going to see us . didnt anyone hear the gunshot ? just then came a white light from the other side of the city , followed by the sound of an explosion . then an even greater light , illuminating the parallel lines of endless track and the two small figures who huddled half-naked in the vast train yard . it was as if someone had taken one of those gunpowder flash picturesbut of the whole world . they braced themselves as the inevitable kaarrumph ! came at them , upending the whole city . the earth itself shook . no , said harding , as the light faded . i dont think anyone noticed our little problem . he stared at the far end of paris , toward montparnasse . im afraid i know . chapter thirty : tragedy at montparnasseevening , july 17 at one time , montparnasse had been a quarry . because it was a hole in the ground , people tried to fill it up with trash : cans , bottles , the remains of torn-down buildings . gradually the mountain of trash grew ; home to weeds , stray cats and the students of the latin quarter , who would sometimes paint themselves and parade naked in the streets . as a joke , the students named it mount parnassus , the greek peak that was home to dionysius , god of wine . then fabian bouchard bought an entire city block of montparnasse under an assumed name , and put up the biggest building in paris . at first , people asked questions . but then the germans came , and there were no more questions . maximilian loved the way that his building towered over the slums around it . he thought of it as a cathedral . all the other cathedrals of paris were monuments to dead gods and unimportant saints . this one was meant for a living god , and the god was inside . a sentry stopped him . the sentry had seen him a hundred times before , but made a point of asking for his credentials each time to prove that he was doing his job . maximilian was annoyed , but tried not to show it . he could not reprimand a soldier for being alertparticularly tonight . tomorrow the kaiser would come in on a special train to watch him humiliate the french . to watch him fly . maximilian remembered how vast the workshop had looked before the airship was builtlike a cavern . now the dirigible , in its full height , took up the entire building . in daylight , illumination came from skylights in the roof , but this evening electric lights , powered by a generator , glowed dimly . there were no oil lamps or gaslights . hydrogen , oxygen and flame were an explosive combination . maximilian approached the airship from the front . it was awesomesteel gray and ominouslike walking down the barrel of a gun toward the bullet inside , but it held no fear for him . inside , at the far back , was a captains chair where he could sit , and be at peace , on this final night . its high arms made him feel as if he were on a throne . perhaps some day he would be .
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he walked up the passageway at the bottom of the airship and into its belly . a guard should have been posted at this entrance , too . there was a strange sound that he couldnt identify . the inside was even more eerie . only a few weak overhead electric lights illuminated the central spine that ran all the way from tail fin to front . maximilian could see the ribs coming out of the spine . they divided the dirigible up into 17 cells from front to back . the covering of the cells was like an elephants skin , gray and baggy . because they had been partially filled with hydrogen , they sucked in and puffed out without making a sound . it was like being inside the belly of a great beast . maximilian moved up the walkway of the central spine toward the far end , his eyes adjusting to the dim light as he went . then he heard a voice say hello . there was no echo . in a place as vast as this , there should have been an echo . but the walls muffled the sound . so there was only one hello , and it came from henri meurthe . he was sitting in maximilians chair 40 feet away at the end of the airship . because the dirigible curved up at the back , he was about 10 feet higher than maximilian , a slight but strategic advantage . maximilian was surprised , but he recovered quickly . monsieur meurthe , he said , so happy to entertain you . i would have thought that the guards at the door or here at the dirigible would have announced you . i came in through one of our famous paris sewer lines , which conveniently runs under your building , said meurthe , a method suggested by your colleague , fabian bouchard . i will have to plug that ratholeand eliminate the rattomorrow ... if there is a tomorrow , meurthe broke in . as for your guards , you can see for yourself ; they are no longer guarding . meurthe pointed to the foot of the catwalk . two of the german soldiers lay there , their throats cut . maximilian wondered . his fingers tightened into fists as he recognized the classic signs of fear in himself : shortness of breath , trembling , sweat . for the first time since he had come to paris he was frightened ; he felt like the man in that legend who was racing over the ice while it cracked under his feet . a hissing . then meurthe spoke : your friend fabian bouchard has told me everything . how you sabotaged the aeroplane , how you bankrupted bishop , that little romantic farce you played with my daughter , how lerond planted the explosive that killed my son ... maximilian tried to keep the surprise from showing in his voice , but failed . he factored that new information into his equation of personalities . it was his best skill , he reminded himself . he realized quickly that it made meurthe infinitely more dangerous . but what was that hissing ? i need a plan , maximilian thought . first , get control of yourself . then get close enough to kill him . he walked up the gangplank , slowly , a step at a time , so as not to alert meurthe . do you plan to punch a few holes in our balloon ? they can be easily patched . kill a few soldiers ? they can be easily replaced . meurthe ignored his questions . do you like wagner ? i suppose its unpatriotic , but ive always admired your german composer . what is that famous piece of his , the one where the world ends in fire ? gotterdammerung . it proves that you are not as prejudiced and provincial as most french idiots . only 30 feet away now . humor him . meurthe rose . i said that you and i would some day fight a duel . now that time has come . '' `` how did an old fool like you ever win a duel ? '' `` with the 'fool 's cut ' - life and death staked on a single unexpected thrust . maximilian listened . and then he realized what the sound , like an angry snake , really meant . meurthe had opened the valves to all the hydrogen tanks . it was seeping out , mixing with the oxygen , creating a bomb . you know , said meurthe , there is not much about you to like , but i have always been impressed by the way you can flip a match with your thumbnail . ive tried and tried , but i dont seem to have the coordination ... or my nails are too short . however , if youll allow me to take the liberty ... and he pulled out a cigar and match . run , he told himself . but his arms and legs were too heavy . he felt as if he were in a dream , where things move too slowly . he saw meurthe flick the match once and then again with his fingernail . meurthes failure gave him hope . perhaps there was time . maximilian ran up the catwalk , praying , trying not to stumble .
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meurthe flicked the match again ... and again . still no spark . now his face seemed worried . maximilian was only five feet away now . perhaps even if a flame did start he could smother it . then he saw meurthe smile . and he knew that meurthe had been toying with him , that meurthe could have flicked the match all along , and that he was ... holding the match up high , meurthe flicked it for the last time . for maximilian it was a last , wonderful sightwhich he did not fully appreciate . vapor trails of flame went out in 12 different directions and ignited in a pool over their heads like an enormous halo . because the hydrogen and oxygen inside the airship had already mixed , it was a bomb inside a bomb . the core blew the hydrogen in the cells apart . they exploded the hydrogen stored in the tanks around the dirigible , turning them into glowing fireballs . it was as though a monstrous torch had been ignited from underneath the ground . no ... screamed maximilian . but his last word was cut short . * * * strange things happen in an explosion . windows shattered a mile away and shingles tumbled to the ground like snowflakes . one otherwise respectable woman had her clothes blown off and had to run into a nearby maison de tolrance for some garments . a couple making love in a third floor apartment suddenly found themselves in the middle of a party on the second floor . the blast even flattened the green cast-iron sides of the nearby pissotiere . men in various states of undress came flying out of the collapsing structure . at the german workshop , the walls held out for a few seconds longer than the roof . the walls acted like the muzzle of a cannon , sending the debris of the dirigible hurling upwards . aluminum girders went pinwheeling across the night sky , sinking deep when they landed . one plunged 20 feet into an asphalt road . but a huge section of the skin of the balloon remained intact , and was thrust up hundreds of feet by the ignited air . when it reached the cold night sky , it spread out like a giant bat and blocked the moon . then what remained of the german airship went on its first and final flight , moving like a dark cloud over paris until it fell . as for the building , by morning there was nothing left . the junkyard of montparnasse was a junkyard again . the city had reclaimed its own . chapter thirty one : despair on the seinelate night , july 17 mary ann sat on the edge of the river across from the cathedral of notre-dame , watching the water , waiting for dawn . the boats below her were huddled together like birds plumped up against the cold . under the great spans that arched the seine , the midnight fires of the clochards were burning out . some still hugged their bottles for the warmth of the liquor in them ; occasionally , one would stagger over to the corner of the bridge to relieve himself . mary ann had gone back to the bethanie to get her clothes . but she couldnt bring herself to stay , even for one night . when she went downstairs to her cabin , she stumbled because there was no light . then she heard a crunch under her foot . she picked up a pair of bishops broken reading glasses and started to cry . no matter who he was , he didnt deserve to end up that way . now there was nothing to do and nowhere to go . harding had stayed at the railroad car to talk to the police . he had been gone for hours . she worried that he might have been arrested . she felt like a soul in limbo , uncertain of passage to heaven or hell . what was the french word for it ? le cafard . the despair . she remembered a song from one of the musicals that was playing , a song about suicide : the atmospheres filthy with sleaze , the boulevards fill me with pain . ive done all the bridges and quays , all thats left to do now is the seine . in the back of her mind a tinny voice kept rasping : do the seine , do the seine . it would be so easy to slip into the water ... a foot nudged her and she looked up . she asked , not sure she wanted to know . harding sat down on the wharf . fell down was more like it . you mean after i got done cleaning up the remains of our former boss ? i went over to the aro club to tell them what had happened . hell , why lie ? i went to have a drink . i figured that you werent waiting for me with open armsunless my name is chevrier . it wasnt like that ... she started to say . but he interrupted . wasnt even a doorman there . clubs lost the old cachet . everyone was sitting at the bar getting sloshed and feeling guilty , trying not to look at each other .
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then i went to that roomthe one with pictures of the dead aviators . theyve got a new one on the wall . you know who it is , dont you ? she nodded , and he heard her sob . he wrenched her shoulders around to face him . take some advice . not for me or for us , because there is no us . just for yourself : forget about him . the great chevrier . the noble chevrier . the courageous and now deceased chevrier . the one true flame you keep kindled in your heart . you still think that he loved you , dont you ? i dont know if he loved me , she said , staring at the water . but he gave me something i never had . im not afraid of life anymore . so youre not afraid ? well , maybe you should be . he pulled a bottle out of his coat pocket . before i left the aro club , i snagged some of their best cognac . all property is theft , right ? isnt that what the great man said ? almost gone anyway . he drained the bottle and threw it into the water with a splash . a dog started to bark at the noise . they heard a voice shout , arrte ! tais-toi ! and then the sound of a smack . the dog yelped once and was silent . have you ever noticed how people train a dog to warn them when he hears something ? mused harding . then when he barks , they hit him . hell , its getting so you cant even be an honest dog anymore . and thats what alain was when you get right down to it . he was an honest dog who barked too much . so they shut him up . it took a moment for his words to register , but when they did it was as if an earthquake had rumbled under her and left her reeling . what do you mean , they ? the same thing that they did to you . you dont think flipping the plane was an accident . the bolts on the runway were turned up . meurthe saw that before i did . ever since we came here , weve been in one of those moving pictures where all the action is speeded up and were three scenes behind . the villain has already tied little nell to the railroad tracks , and were still figuring out how shes going to pay the rent . its time to go home to america where we belong . i just cant figure out how . meurthe will help if we need it . he told me that he would . henri meurthe is dead , said harding flatly . when i last saw him , he was going off to get revenge for what happened to you and alain . then i heard that the german building blew up . that was the explosion we saw . took half of montparnasse with it , said harding . thats all right , nothing in montparnasse but students , rats and low-life artists like me . but meurthe died too . he didnt want to live any more . so there goes our last friend and our last chance of getting home , he finished . as my old football coach used to say every time that wed go out and lose : cheer up , boys , cause there aint no hope . he started to get up , steadying himself with both hands as he rose . a few hours ago he had been her friend , her rescuer , her almost-lover , and paris had been theirs . now death was once again everywhere around her , and hands were reaching up to pull her into the grave : bishops , meurthes , yes , even alains . and harding ? harding had found his own kind of deathin a bottle . harding finished the long climb to his feet . theres nothing more that i can do here , for you or anyone else . the fairy tale has ended . as for me , im going to see if theres another drink in this town . he started to sing : oh ... you can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses ... she looked at him levelly . and the pig got up and slowly walked away , she finished . she was sorry the moment she said it , knew that she shouldnt have said it , knew that she had hurt this beautiful and damaged man beyond any hope of making it up , knew that she had lost him . but she couldnt take it back . she saw the look on hardings face . then she saw his back as it vanished into the remains of the night . and now , for the first time since she had met harding , she knew that she was absolutely alone . for a few moments it was quiet , as if nature itself was willing to observe a suitable period of mourning . a horizontale , traveling home from her nights work , stopped at the cathedral across the river . she paused to put on her spectacles , then genuflected in front of the church and blessed herself , seeking mercy from the old stone .
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mary ann felt a chill start at the base of her spine and work its way up until her shoulders were shaking . was she looking at her own future ? come on , said the tinny voice from the musical . do the seine . its le cafard , she thought . but then the birds began to stir in the back courtyard of notre-dame , and the cacophony of morningsong began . streetlights winked out avenue by avenue as someone shut off the gas . the sky was barely as gray as an old mans head , but the ever-frugal french were already turning off the lights . and now she saw the sun , coming from the east , reach the skyline . it paused to bless the high clouds , then touch the flared gothic peak of the church . it moved on to the huge square towers where quasimodo had rung his famous bells , and edged down the gray slate roof to where bronze saints , clad in green , marched in lockstep toward the sky . it reached the gargoyles and brought them to life , snarling . and then , stone by stone , it illuminated the great shrine until it passed through the flying arches at its feet . yes , youre alone , she said to herself , answering le cafard . but youve been alone before . you were alone on the mountaintop after your father died . you strapped on those wings . you even learned to fly . then she saw the pigeons , waking long before the lazy roosters , pop from their holes in front of the church and set forthflutteringto scavenge another meal . it was as clear a sign as she could ever hope for . morning had come . and with it , a plan . chapter thirty two : parisjuly 18 it was mid afternoon before she had the courage to do it , and even then it was a long walk up the slopes to saint-cloud . she kept thinking as she took each step up those winding stair-streets : was she crazy ? she remembered the first time she had come up here and had seen alain riding on top of his magnificent blue airship , the master of the world . look what had happened to him . just as harding had said ; they had destroyed him . and here she was , a nobody , setting out to do something that no one had ever done before . the doors at both ends of the hangar were wide open , and there was a feeling of hollowness inside . she walked in , trying to look inconspicuous . she was wearing trousers again , and with her hair tucked under a snap-brim cap , she hoped that no one would recognize her , or even notice her . as she walked through the hangar , she realized why it felt so empty . alains big airship was gone , lost at the bottom of the seine . and alain , who could have filled up the room just by being there , was gone with it . there was almost complete silence in the place . no soldiers or workmen were around , except for a small group playing boule in one corner . she could hear the metal balls clanking on the concrete . as she walked by quickly , mary ann recognized the sergeant and corporal who had been with major vitary yesterday . they didnt look up . at the far end of the workshop was alains small dirigible with the bicycle frame , the one that he had lovingly called the bitch . it looked like a dog waiting at the doorstep for its master . she walked over and patted its side . hes not coming home , she whispered , as if it could understand . she had watched alain fly that day over the seine , and it was burned into her memory : the day that he gone up into the sky with her , for her , treating her as an equal , explaining each step to her . she remembered every word he had said to her that day . first you had to fully inflate the balloon with hydrogen . the tanks were right next to it . no one was paying any attention . she added hydrogen until the skin was tight . check the gas and oil . the rest of it seemed to be in good shape , too . now unhook the ropes . then jump aboard and pedal to start the motor . they would hear her then . but if she moved quickly enough , they wouldnt have time to stop her . the whirling propeller would keep them back . the unseen voice ordered . it was major vitary , coming straight at her , his right arm outstretched , holding one of those big nine-shot french revolvers . she could see the large hole at the end of the muzzle , the loaded chambers , and then beyond that his face , the waxy ends of his mustache and his narrow black eyes . she felt as if her legs were going to give way and send her crashing to the cement floor . from somewhere far away she heard alains voice . or perhaps she only imagined it . the voice said , have a little courage . then she heard her own voice , so calm that she almost didnt know it was hers . major vitary , she said casually .
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i am planning to go to the tower today . i should send you to hell . looking at his face , she realized how furious she had made him yesterday by striking him in front of his subordinates . a mere woman , and a foreigner at that , had humiliated him . now she was in his realm , a trespasser , and he had every right to kill her . behind him she saw the other soldiers had gathered . she played the only card she had left . major vitary , you would not shoot a woman , would you ? she saw fear and anger collide in his eyes . fear of being remembered as the man who shot a woman in cold blood ; anger at the humiliation that he had already endured from her . anger was winning as his finger slowly tightened on the trigger . will i see the flash , hear the gun , feel the pain ? or does it just happen ? then the sergeant came up and took the pistol from vitarys hand . no , mademoiselle , the sergeant said , he would not shoot a woman . vitary glared at the sergeant for a second . then he turned and walked , stiff legged , back toward his office . the sergeant and corporal helped her cast off the ropes and climb aboard . mary ann was shaking so badly that she couldnt even get the rope off the hook . its all right , the sergeant smiled . alain was a friend of ours . but go quickly now , before vitary finds his courage ... or another gun . then she was in the seat and moving forward , through the doors of the workshop . she realized that the drag rope had come uncoiled , and that 300 feet of it was snaking along the ground beneath her . no time to worry now . just go up fast , before it gets snarled on anything . she shoved the rope all the way to the back , as alain had taught her , the nose tilted up , and suddenly there was nothing but open sky in front of her . * * * louise chevrier was busy at the family bakery , making the icings for the next days religieuxblack and white pastries that looked like a nuns habit . two little neighborhood boys , both out of breath , came running in to tell her that alain chevrier was flying to the eiffel tower . alain chevrier is dead , she reminded them sharply . but it is his airship , said the older boy . weve seen it flying through the streets . she looked surprised for a moment . who was flying ? here , she said , giving them each a bowl of icing and a paddle . if what you say is true , you have earned it . she ran outside , shielding her eyes against the late-day sun . * * * yvette was in her bedroom in neuilly , trying hard to forget . when she was a child and played with dolls , she would be absolutely devoted to one . then eventually she would tire of it , become so sick of it that she couldnt stand to look at its painted face anymore . so she would smash it , throw it out the window , or tell the maid to dispose of it . one time she took a doll all the way to the pont neuf bridge on the seine in winter , propped it on the snow-covered parapet , and pushed it in , watching as it sank . yvette had told her friends that the doll had drowned herself over a lost love , and her friends had promptly done the same thing with their dolls . now alain was gone , gone into the seine , just like her doll . but alain was gone even before that . he had rejected her . he had pushed her off the bridge . and her father was gone . she could always depend on her father to save her from whatever shed gotten into . but now his problems were greater than hers were , if , in fact , he was even alive . she heard that he had gone berserk last night and attacked fabian bouchard at maxims . then he didnt come home . the maid knocked on her door , but yvette ignored it . the knocking grew louder and then , surprisingly , the maid opened it , unbidden . yvette looked up , angry . mademoiselle , said the maid , you must come down . i dont want to , said yvette , dismissing her with a wave . but the maid stood her ground . you have no choice , mademoiselle . the president of france is here to see you . pouchet was fidgeting in the living room , walking back and forth . did the man ever do anything but fidget ? yvette wondered as she came down the stairs . monsieur le president , she said brightly , so happy to see you , and im sure that my father would be overjoyed too , but he is not here . the sarcasm was lost on pouchet . meurthe not here ? he seized her hand . then you must come with us . i am not well , she protested . it is for the glory of france .
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where are your fathers papers ? the prize , the medal ? she pointed to the kingswood desk in meurthes study . dont ask questions , said pouchet . assist me ! both of them rummaged through the desk . there was a time when she had loved that round , sculpted desk with its candlesticks at both sides and its little porthole at the top where her father used to hide her candy . she reached into that porthole . out fell her fathers pocket watch , the big one that he used to call his turnip . opposite the clock face was a picture of alain chevrier . what was chevriers picture doing where her picture should have been ? she threw the watch against the wall so hard that it broke and the springs popped out . pouchet didnt even notice . here , he said , holding up an envelope . its the bank draft and the medal . two soldiers escorted her outside . there , waiting in the back seat of the big mors touring car , was fabian bouchard . she knew that her father hated bouchard for some reason . so glad you could come , said bouchard with an unctuous leer . you have played as much a role in this as anyone . you should see how it turns out . pouchet came running to the car . he pushed her into the back seat between them . to the eiffel tower , he ordered . the other members of the aro club will meet us there . listen , he told her , if your father is not back , you will have to stand in for him and give the award . you mean someone is flying to the tower . we dont know , said bouchard , but at least its not one of the filthy germans . he glanced about nervously , then added , theyre all dead . and a frenchman will win the medal , one of our own beloved people , said pouchet . he yelled at the chauffeur as the big mors , with its hood as long as a coffin , roared through the crowded city . suddenly the touring car screeched to a halt , throwing the three of them against the front seat . one of the mounted police escorts had collided with a boy on a bicycle , who fell in front of the car . get out of the way , you little turd ! god , thought yvette . to be trapped in a car with these two hypocrites . no , three hypocrites . include yourself . * * * as she rose higher , mary ann was thinking of when she was a little girl at the cottage on cape cod . her father used to read western novels to her and her brother , and then they would act them out . behind every door was an outlaw waiting to be shot down . they would charge across the fields , wooden swords waving , to face the wild indians . they would climb trees to spy on enemy fortifications . then they got older , and she was excluded from his games . the stories changed too . now they were about boy inventors who built electric trains that could travel 100 miles an hour , or an air cannon that could shoot a rocket halfway around the world or , yes , even a flying machine that would be the toast of paris . but they were about boys and for boys . so , at night , mary ann would sneak into her brothers room , steal his books and read them in her bed , pretending that she was the hero . suddenly , she felt a jerk , as if shed been lassoed in one of those cowboy stories . the tug from behind almost threw her out of the bicycle seat . she looked back and saw the taut line of the drag rope caught on the top of the square tower at auteuil , the citys steeplechase racetrack far below her . a race had started , but the sound of the noisy , popping motor of the airship overhead brought the crowd to its feet with a shout . she saw flowered hats and white upturned faces and everyone waving at her . startled horses reared their heads and three dumped their jockeys . dont daydream , she warned herself . she throttled the 16-horsepower engine all the way to its maximum , feeling every cord and line in the airship tighten as it tried to break free . flames shot out of the exhaust just behind her . if the flames got close enough to the hydrogen in the balloon ... then with a jerk , the rope came free . go higher , she thought . get above the range of anything that can snare that rope . she gave herself more orders as she went , improvising , talking her way through it . she reached forward to turn down the carburetor , trying to keep the engine exhaust from spewing out those flames . she maneuvered the handlebars back and forth as each gust of wind jostled her from behind and bounced the airship off course .
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the breeze was helping her move forward now , but she knew that it would be in her face , an enemy , on the trip back . below her was the half circle of the trocadro , looking like a mississippi riverboat , its minarets looming like smokestacks . just across the river . and now , as she rose toward the eiffel tower , she realized this was her story . it was in her hands to succeed or fail . and it was a simple story . there was no compromise , no one to answer to , no halfway solutions . she was like one of those birds in the region of fire . no feet , no claws . to stop was to fall , and to fall was to die . but whatever happened was between herand the sky . * * * louise walked down the block , trying to get a better look . mobs of people were running into the already crowded streets . everyone was drawn to the figure in the sky . all paris seemed to be pouring out of its offices and shops , cheering , bumping into each otherand her . factories were shutting down . looms were left running . men were hanging from gables and steeples . in the distance the little airship looked like a cylinder with two pointed cones , its white balloon glowing against a backdrop of red clouds lit by the evening sun . it was sailing with the wind , moving like a clipper ship . who is flying ? then it passed out of sight beyond her roof . l-l-louise , up h-h-here ! she heard a voice call . it was her neighbor , his stammer more aggravated than usual by his excitement . he was sitting at the peak of his six-story building , looking as if he were perched on a cliff , and waving her to come up . she climbed the inside steps and came out the garret window that opened directly onto the street . below her the road seemed to jump up at her and then fall back as if it were daring her to climb out . unlike both henri and alain , louise was deathly afraid of heights . she took a breath , knowing that if she stopped to take another , she would be frozen to the spot . but she had to know who was flying in alains place . whoever it was , he wasnt afraid , was he ? before she could give herself time to think , she scrambled out , her feet hitting the gutter and her hands clutching the outside corners of the window frame to pull herself up . panting with fear , her fingernails scratched the slippery black slate roof as she scrambled up to the peak . but the sight was worth it . below her the streets were filled with a motionless throng , a sea of humanity . boys trying to follow the progress of the airship tripped on the hems of womens skirts and went sprawling . the seine near the tower was crowded with small boats , jammed to the gunwales . the docks and wharves were , too . she watched a man fall almost casually off the railing of the pont de grenelle bridge into the river , where he floated downstream , waving at the shoreline and waiting to be rescued . every eye was on the figure above . she watched , amazed . chattering across the sunset sky , up in the air , and moving toward the tower . she wished that henri were there to see it too . but who was flying ? it looked like a boy . no , it was that woman ; the one that alain had called marianne . she strained so hard to see that she nearly slipped off the edge . her neighbor caught her . are y-y-you all right ? never better , she said , blinking back the tears . * * * music . above the sound of the engine mary ann heard music . in the plaza just below the tower a makeshift military band had formed , and was pounding out a march . two men were struggling up the last set of steps to the top with their heavy motion picture cameras and tripods on their backs . the elevators were jammed and teenagers were scaling the girders . the tour eiffel had never been so crowded . it looked as if it would tip over . those at the top held their places ; those coming up pushed their way to the front . there were accidents , shoving matches , fist fights . one man leaned too far over and almost fell from the second level . he hung on by an arm and was pulled back up . but top hats , purses and papers all spilled into the void below . as mary ann got closer , she heard the cheering . then a sudden gust of wind blew off her hat and her long hair floated in the breeze . cest un femme ! then there was an even louder cheer , heard all over the city . the shutter of every camera clicked . she ducked as a shower of hats was thrown at her from the third level . men leaned out to blow her kisses . now higher , higher . up above the roof . to win the contest , it was enough simply to fly around the tower .
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but for mary ann , one more thing had to be done for alain , and herself . she throttled back until she could drift with the wind , and yanked the rudder to the left . her course took her directly over the roof . she stretched her hand out toward the very top , barely grazing it . then she reached for the lightning rod . * * * pouchets car with yvette and bouchard in it thundered across the pont dina bridge toward the tower , and past the reviewing stand . even with police escorts on galloping horses clearing the way , they barely arrived in time . the mors swerved around a double line of iron pipes facing straight up like infantry on parade . it took yvette a second to realize that they were the rockets that had been ready to welcome alain chevrier when he flew around the tower . had that been only three days ago ? but pouchet didnt hesitate . fire the rockets ! he shouted to the soldiers as they roared on . she heard one yell . the fireworks went off with a deafening roar just as the car jerked to a stop . is he there yet ? pouchet asked bouchard . i have lost my pince-nez . almost , said bouchard . and he is a she . said pouchet . is it that american ? that marianne ? mary ann , yvette corrected him . it is chevriers airship . we can still claim the victory . above them the dirigible made a tight circle around the tower . there was a second when it was lost to view , and then it re-emerged like the sun from a cloud . said pouchet , standing up in the car . `` she reached over and snatched something that was hanging from the lightning rod , '' said bouchard . pouchet demanded . yvette looked up . mary ann was waving yvettes stocking over her head . then she crumpled it into a ball , and tossed it away . it came floating down like a rag in the wind , and was blown off toward the champ-de-mars to the south . why dont you ask mademoiselle meurthe ? said bouchard . yvette looked at him . so was the chauffeur in the front seat . you may turn around , driver , said pouchet . get us to the reviewing stand . yes , said yvette , so quietly that she could barely hear herself . * * * louise heard a ragged cheer rise from the street . she said , pulling at her neighbors shoulder as they sat on the roof . he had focused on the airship with his telescope . shes p-p-passed the tower , he said . but now shes hitting the wind head-on , and the b-b-balloon is seesawing back and forth , as if its being hit by a b-b-boxer no one can see . then a moan came floating up from the crowd . and now , she said , shaking him , forgetting that they were both six stories above the street . the balloons l-l-losing elevation , he stammered , trying to stay focused on it . it looks like its leaking . when the f-f-front rises , the gas swells it full and the stern crumples , but when the front dips , the stern fills up and the b-b-bow sags like a wet towel . wait a second ... what ! she strained to see through her own eyes , wishing that she had brought her spectacles and cursing her vanity for never wearing them . its fluttering and flopping now , still m-m-moving , but s-s-staggering like a runner whos out of ... no , its ... its doubled up . shes going down like a b-b-bird thats been shot . shes done for ! * * * when mary ann turned the tower and started back , the first thing she noticed was sluggishness . alains airship had handled easily , even in the wind . but now the force of the 10-mile-an-hour gust that had helped get her there suddenly hit herand her shiphead on . and the seam that guillaume lerond had ripped the night before alains flight had opened . the sharp steel edge of the tower , like a sword , was still close behind her . the wind would drag her back into it , raking her across the cutting edge , unless she fought it . got to keep going , she said out loud . she squeezed the throttle open , squeezing as hard as she could . the motor barked and backfired again and again . the explosions sounded like pistol shots . flames spurted from the exhaust , much too close to the hydrogen inside her balloon . and now she could feel the balloon above her lose its tautness and start to sag . the handlebars didnt want to turn .
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she craned her head to the right and saw the seam breaking loose , forming a pouting mouth , spewing out the precious gas that kept her from falling . the balloon started to wilt . wrinkles and pouches formed like skin that had suddenly aged . she looked back , thinking that things couldnt get worse . the rudder was jammed . stop the panic . think about whats going on . just because youre 1,000 feet in the air doesnt mean you cant think . when she was in trouble as a child , her father used to tell her : step back and see it as someone else would . she saw the cylinder shape of alains balloon as it would look in the distance , doubled in the middle , leaving the two pointed ends high in the air . the rudder , at the back end , had become snarled in the piano wire that connected the bamboo keel to the balloon above it . go and free it . youve got to go up there and do it . take a breath , a deep breath , maybe your last . no , fight that ! put one foot on the bicycle seat , and hoist yourself to the rigging . everything is so dangerously small . it will get bigger in a hurry wont it ? now , up ! with the keel in both hands , she lifted her feet until they were wrapped around it , and started to inch her way , hand by hand , out the slender spar toward the rudder . it seemed everlasting . the dirigible made a huge lazy circle that brought it closer to the tower . in a few moments it would be over the seine once more . she recognized the spot where alain had fallen just as she reached the tangled wire . she jerked it loose , and the rudder was free . then she realized that she was almost upside down , her head facing toward the ground . her weight at the back end of the airship had acted as ballast , sending the airship up at a dangerous angle . it was strange to be falling and rising at the same time , disorienting , like doing an endless cartwheel . inch your way back toward the center . she moved slowly , trying not to kick any of the piano wire supports with her feet as she moved backward . finally she reached the spot directly above the seat , now terribly far below her . at that moment the engine gave one last pneumatic cough and died . the airship had leveled out , and was starting to sink fast . she heard a ripping sound overhead as the seam split completely . the floor of the city was rushing toward her . she saw the two pins that kept the bicycle frame and engine attached to the keel , one on either side of her . instinctively she reached out with her feet , angry now at this thing that was killing her , and kicked at one of them . it came loose , and she realized that alain must have thought of the same thing . without the extra weight , the balloon could stay aloft longer . she kicked at the other one . she was falling faster . now is the moment when you live or die . the world came down to an inch of iron pin , and how much strength she could put against it . she kicked again and missed . falling faster . her heel connected and she felt it give . the whole frame plummeted and crashed somewhere below her . now she hung by both arms outstretched to the keel . the balloon , almost completely limp , was tangled in the keel and hanging around her . seven hundred feet below , the earth reached up to drag her down . * * * on the grandstand where he had hoped to award the medal , president auguste pouchet watched the horror unfold above him . paper flutters from the rockets were all around him ; the whole place smelled of gunpowder . another disaster , another death , another tragedy for france , he thought , and perhaps the final one for him . but what horrified him most was the look on yvettes face as she stood beside him . it was a look of triumph . chapter thirty three : the last moment ... harding had been sleeping fitfully on a park bench after a bout with a bottle of romanee-conti , sleeping until a gendarme tapped him on the shoes with a nightstick to wake him up . the sun was far overhead , and everyone with a place to go was already there . but he had no reason to rush . the contest was over , and , when he thought about it , so was his life . he wandered the city . he ate tasteless food . he walked past empty houses with broken windows . they looked like paintings of his soul , he thought . he meandered down the champs-elyses , watching the pretty girls who strolled along , chattering with one another . the beautiful shorthand typists , he remembered one of his friends calling them . then he went into a petite zinc at the corner , rested his elbows on the cool gray stone of the bar , and ordered a pack of sweet caporal cigarettes .
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he looked at the bottles behind the bar , each capped with its own silver siphon , and they seemed to wink back at him in the near dark . he could tell them his life story and they would listen . two trips to paris , two different women , but two failures all the same . his wife dying , holding his hand , not blaming him , although she should have . alain chevrier in flames , falling into the seine . poor bishop , waiting until that single terrible moment to blow his head off . and mary ann , hurt and anger in her eyes , telling him the truth about himself . and the pig got up and slowly walked away . harding looked up . he hadnt been aware that he was talking out loud . sorry , i couldnt hear you , the bartender went on . theres too much noise outside . thought harding . then he heard it too : the hiss and whoosh and bang of rockets fired close by . another rocket shot upward , showering sparks . he ran outside and looked up at the eiffel tower . there was mary ann , 1,000 feet in the air and a quarter mile away . he ran toward the tower , bumping into tourists carrying their new kodak box cameras and high-hatted gentlemen who were flailing with canes , pushing each other out of the way . bells were ringing in the churches . auto horns were blaring . then he too heard the moan . harding had heard that noise before , and he would never forget it . it was in new york city , when a jumper had climbed to the top of madison square garden , hung from the statue of diana and her drawn bow , and then done a brody , diving headfirst into the crowd below . he ran closer , jumping to see over the heads of the crowd . he saw the balloon double up . he heard the engine sputter , and die . and he watched mary ann drop the framework underneath the balloon . it went crashing into a house only a block away . now she was falling from the sky . then harding saw the skin of the balloon billow out around her as a gust of wind took it . the gust actually forced her up a few feet before it died , and she started to fall again . it reminded him of ... that first day . the day when alains balloon had exploded . but alain had survived , by spreading the balloon like a kite and riding it down . below what was left of the balloon hung the big drag rope . it was so low that it was bumping the rooftops up the street , coming at him like an invitation . he seized it and started to run , pulling it over his shoulder . not enough weight . then he saw a gang of apaches , young toughs wearing striped sailors jerseys and baggy pants with red sashes , hanging out at the corner tobacco store . they were laughing at him , imitating him , and pretending that they were frantically pulling on a rope . he yelled in french . he pointed up at the airship falling from the sky . there was a second of confusion in their faces , then inspiration . they joined him on the rope , and suddenly it went taut . they ran down the street , knocking people sprawling when they got in the way . a butchers wagon pulled up alongside . jump on back ! the butcher called . loop the rope around a hook . harding leaped on the wagon and snubbed the rope around a meat hook . inside the butchers wagon , ham hocks and open beef sides , their ribs showing , bumped and rattled against the walls as the butcher whipped his horses to full speed . harding held onto the rope , feeling the rasp of it against his bleeding hands . he was afraid to look above him . a crowd was running alongside the wagon now . the wagon raced down a side street . then it careened to a stop . harding went over backwards . cages of live chickens and rabbits fell on him . ahead was a six-foot-high brick wall . the butcher had made a wrong turn . harding freed the rope from the hook , wrapped it around his waist , and scrambled up the wall . when he reached the top , he jumped into a hundred arms that were waiting on the other side . hands seized the rope and pulled it . harding was carried above the throng . then , finally , he looked back . he saw mary ann , her arms outstretched to catch as much wind as possible , framed against the paris sunset . the remains of her balloon were transparent through the glow of the setting sun , and trailed out behind her like the gossamer fins of an angelfish . and the whole city , it seemed , was pulling her to safety . my last vision of her will be like my first , harding thought . in flight . chapter thirty four : pre-lachaise cemeteryjuly 19 mary ann spent the night in an elegant hotel , the kind that had brass rails under each step to keep the carpet in place .
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there was no shortage of money now , and after all those dark nights in the bilge of a boat , she felt that she deserved it . but the telephone in her drawing room never stopped ringing and messages were constantly being left at her door : three proposals of marriage , numerous offers to go to the theater or be in the theater , even a telegram from buffalo bills wild west show . reporters crowded outside and every couple of minutes flowers arrived from somewhere . since she was a mere woman , protectors had emerged from all over france to help her manage her million francs . when president pouchet announced that he was her best friend , she knew that it was time to leave . she decided to catch the late train from gare du nord that same evening and travel to the coast , where a liner would carry her back across the atlantic . but before she left , she had to pay a last visit to a real friend . she settled her bill , slipped out the back entrance of the hotel , and took a cab to the eastern outskirts of the city . when mary ann got out in front of the high gates with their winged hourglasses , she wished that she had asked for directions . pre-lachaise was a city in itself ; 106 acres full of stone houses and statues all crowded together and , like the other city surrounding it , also in turmoil . monument piled on monument up the steep hillsides , and the hills , in rebellion against carrying all this weight , had bulged out as if they were threatening to release their cargo of the dead . some of the mausoleums were cracked , scarred and open . old men sat outside their family tombs , white heads resting against iron doors that were ajar , as if they could hear the call of dead wives and lovers and were waiting to get in . she knew the place that she was looking for would be at the highest point , near the grave of honor de balzac , so she threaded her way through the narrow lanes , always choosing the path that led up . as she climbed higher , the only sound was the white gravel crunching under her shoes . the cemetery became more peaceful and open , with grass and trees surrounding the larger plots . some of the graves had little wooden crosses topped with cupolas , looking like small churches , often with a picture of the departed tacked onto the cross . she wondered what alains grave would look like . as she came closer , she was disappointed . no marker , no mourners . did anyone remember that he was alive only four days ago ? then , with shock , she saw that someone was on it . she gasped , and the creature raised its head . it was only a cat . you can pet it if you like , said a familiar voice . she thought for a moment that it was alain . but the voice was real ; it was hardings . he was standing off to the side , leaning against the gnarled trunk of an oak tree . this place is full of cats , he went on . they like the warm earth of the fresh-turned graves . of course , if you want to , you can believe what the egyptians said about catsthat they take the spirits of the dead on to their new life . i never had a chance to say thank you for saving my life , she answered . when i felt that pull on the rope i knew that it was you . and when i came down and everyone got done hugging and kissing me they all told me the story about the crazy american and the butchers wagon . i wasnt alone , he reminded her . there were hundreds of people pulling on that rope . in the end it felt like the whole city was flying with you . i never saw people so happy . i looked for you but you never came , she said , her voice more hurt than angry . so i thought and thought , and finally i knew that if i was going to find you anywhere that youd be up here . yeah , he nodded , staring at the mound of earth , i needed to say goodbye to my better self . '' `` he was the better part of all of us , '' she said . look , he said , pointing to a pile of bouquets , small gifts and messages in front of the grave . one envelope had a monogrammed m on it . were not the only ones who said goodbye . i think that he would have wanted you to . she read : to my son . may the earth be lighter for you than the air itself . h.m . he must have come here just before the end on the night that he died . she took hardings hand , holding it tightly over the grave . i want you to come back with me . i have another grave up here , he reminded her . he was staring through the trees at the horizon , facing the city . the hazy sky made it look like an impressionist painting . in the distance , lined up with two church spireslike the back and front sights of a riflewas the eiffel tower . its a shame he never made it . but you did , harding reminded her .
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whats going to happen to us now ? she asked , not sure that she wanted to know . the french are angry and afraid . the germans are arrogant ... and greedy . in 10 years were going to see another war , and itll be worse than last time . that city down there will be destroyed , or at least changed forever . and there will be a lot of holes up here filled with men like alain . i mean , i believe you . but whats going to happen to the two of us ? harding looked at her , unwilling to commit to anything . i didnt know that there was an us , he said . for you the whole twentieth century is waiting . they gave you the million francs , didnt they ? yvette meurthe had to hand it to me personally . so , youre a rich woman now . you have more money than bishop ever had . not as much as you think . first , i gave the captain and his wife a lot of money to fix up the bethanie . then , i redeemed all the tools and musical instruments in the pawn shops so that the workers could have them back . thats what alain would have done . `` when i get back home i 'll probably give the rest away . '' `` do n't be in a hurry , '' harding cautioned . `` money ca n't buy you happiness , but poverty will purchase a lot of misery . i know `` both of them stood there , staring down at the grave . youre not going to leave me , are you ? when he looked up his eyes were glistening , and she realized with shock that he was trying not to cry , that all the emotion he had once put into painting , and then hidden in a bottle , was there for her to see . i was afraid that you were going to say that . ive got a confession to make . i knew that youd come here too , and i wanted to see you one last time ... no ... she started to say , but he held his finger to her lips . the thought of being your summer hero and marching across europe having adventures is very appealing . and you know that i love you . ive loved you ever since the day that i watched you fly off that mountaintop . but the best gift i can give you is to go away . im going to keep moving , because somewhere beyond the river jordan , im going to have to wrestle with my dark angel , and i dont know whos going to win . but i need you ... i thought about that too , he broke in . i remembered leonardo and his birds and what he did with them . and let me tell you something about yourself . youve got a gift , a strange , nave innocence that protects you , that makes you lighter than air . theres a whole world of people out there wholl tell you that you cant win , but you dont know any better , so you just go ahead and do it . you may lose that innocence someday ... and you probably will . but its a gift , and im not going to be the one who destroys it . he reached across the grave and grabbed her by both arms , almost hurting her with his intensity . his face contorted as if he only had a few seconds to speak . listen , i dont believe that theres much good in mankindor in me . but there was that moment when i was pulling on that rope and thousands of arms were holding you up in the sky . i looked around , and you were coming down through the sunset , and it was as if we were all flying together , the whole city , the whole damn world . it was as if alain and meurthe and your father and all the others who had died before had come back and reached up to save you . and i thought , maybe for just that one moment we had found that place alain was talking about , the region of fire . you brought it down to earth for us . and here i was , promising myself that i wasnt going to do this again ... the kiss was soft this time , a mere brushing of the lips , but its warmth traveled down her upturned neck and floated through her . and in that kiss were all the worlds possibilities , waiting to be born . goodbye , marianne , he said , and walked away . it took a second for her to realize that he was really going , threading his way among the cupolas and gravestones and little metal water pumps . you came back before ... twice , she reminded him . third times the charm , he called back without turning . but what if i really need you ? how will you know . he was still walking and the light was fading . he was rounding the corner of the path down the hill , heading toward the tomb of the medieval lovers , abelard and heloise . soon he would be out of sight . she searched for something to say that would stop him . he turned around slowly , like an actor who has already made his curtain call and wants to get off stage .
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what did leonardo do with all the birds ? he set them free ! then he faced the road once again and walked down the narrow lane in the waning light , while she watched him , watched him until memory alone held his image : a vanishing man in a vanishing city ... in a soon-to-be vanishing world . end if youd like to find out more about me and my books , visit my webpage at : http : //www.lighterthanair.net/index.htm or write to me : ed.leefeldt @ gmail.com summer by michelle zoetemeyer copyright 2013 michelle zoetemeyer smashwords edition this ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only . # # # morgans chase power play by lucy st. john professionally edited second edition smashwords edition copyright 2013 by lucy st. john chapter 1 morgan chase always suspected that professional success brought with it a certain amount of sexual satisfaction . it had certainly worked for her mega-rich , super-successful ex-husband , brock ballentine . she guessed this from the way he puffed on those enormous cubans with such self-satisfied smugness . certainly , a mans cigar was proxy for his penis . now , she knew it for certain . there she was , commanding the oak-paneled boardroom of tech teachers ltd. , having brought the firms breakthrough education project in on time and on budget . morgans entire team gazed up at her with respect and admiration . her male personal assistant -- a decade younger with the dark features , hair and body of a greek god -- was by her side , as well . his smoky , brooding eyes were locked on her . even the companys executive vice president morgans boss hal linden was rapt by her commanding presentation , the final internal unveiling before her breakthrough project would be unfurled before the pennsylvania department of education . she , morgan chase , had reached the pinnacle . the blue-collar born , wharton-educated daughter of a humble pittsburgh firefighter was now setting the world ablaze . and it thrilled her , even as she stood at the center of the boardroom and aced her carefully crafted presentation . her sculpted cheeks flushed with just the right amount of pride . and , yes , an electric charge buzzed beneath her victorias secret thong . morgan chase was feeling it that mythic business boner that the big boys like her ex-husband and hal linden had tried to keep all to themselves . but she had it now . and , by damned , she would keep it erect . what we have created , what we will bring to market , ladies and gentlemen , will do nothing less than revolutionize public education , morgan chase annunciated with perfect diction that had long ago been sanitized of her western pennsylvanian accent . as she spoke , her assistant , darren spencer , cycled through the fully animated three-dimensional samples of the digitized teaching tools that would make books , notes , tests and even teachers completely obsolete . in the age of the internet , the smartphone and the personal computer tablet , where digitized bits command our childrens attention for hours on end , the classroom teacher is as outdated , quaint and financially unwise as 1950s television , morgan sang on , her voice a perfect mix of confidence , enthusiasm and competence . we are harnessing the undisputed hypnotic power of the video game and turning it into an undeniable force of light , knowledge and education . we are making it a teaching tool that wont be seen as a chore to our children . it will be sought out by them as an immersive , mind-altering , game-changing fountain of knowledge . these tools harness digital technology to conjure first-hand experience and hands-on education that can transport our children to the ends of the earth , the depths of history , the halls of science , and the pantheon of business . not to instill a mindless mush of facts , dates , places and people , but to engrain , instill and inspire real emotion , experience , experimentation and imagination . and our young people will come to this vast oasis of education , not because a class schedule tells them to , or a bell rings or a teacher stands before them . but because their very neurons and nerve endings will crave it . ladies and gentlemen , i give you the precious fruits of your long and loyal labors . i give you my dream that each one of you has toiled tirelessly to make a workable reality . i give you project renaissance . with that , the video presentation reached a crescendo in which characters from history , science , math , economics and various other disciplines came together as if to underscore the 360-degree education that was now at the click of a mouse or the jerk of a joystick , all courtesy of project renaissance and morgan chase . as music swelled , the iconic characters surrounded an empty classroom seat . this symbolized the space waiting for each and every school student across pennsylvania and beyond .
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all that stood in the way of their access to this limitless knowledge served up in this addictive new way was an unprecedented $ 890 million upfront commitment by state education secretary david dillon . morgan would be meeting with dillon in just two days to tie up this remaining detail . with her team breaking into spontaneous applause , morgan had no doubt that she would secure the contract , instantly legitimizing project renaissance as a nationwide teaching tool capable of nothing less than revolutionizing public education , as we knew it . right on cue , the swelling music ended , the boardroom lights came up and the entire boardroom stood and continued its admiring applause . all eyes were locked on morgan . and everyone in that room knew it . thank you , she said , shouting over her teams enthusiastic applause . but youre applauding yourselves . you , each of you , did this . you took a pipedream and turned it into reality . and by the end of the week , we will take the product that each one of you created and turn it into a multi-billion-dollar licensed property that will be sought after by each and every school district in this country . so i salute you . i second that , executive vice president hal linden echoed in his rich baritone . morgan was both surprised and appreciative that linden , who headed the companys heretofore-stodgy education and textbook division , had permitted her to get through her entire presentation without so much as a peep . perhaps , this was because linden knew he had bucked against the project from the start . and now that it would mint the company as a national player , he soon would be deferring to morgan , rather than directing her . after bringing in project renaissance , morgan was in line to head up her own division interactive education technologies . it would be spun off from lindens education division . and with morgan installed as its executive vice president , she would control the companys biggest revenue-generating sector . and then linden would be lucky to be morgans co-equal , let alone her boss . what a fantastic job . all of you , linden continued . the one-time college quarterbacks handsome face was relaxed into his most gracious grin . all of you taught this old textbook salesman a thing or two about the future of education , i must say . but none more so than morgan , here . linden turned and looked admiringly at morgan . you did it , he said , dipping his head in a show of deference . you had the vision one i admit i did not see and you executed it . its the greatest display of product innovation , team-building and institutional transformation that ive ever had the pleasure of witnessing in the corporate world . and you will be rewarded . all of you will , but none more so than your leader , mentor and friend , morgan chase . with that , the applause swelled again , and linden leaned over and hugged morgan , then planted a fatherly kiss on her reddened cheek . she didnt expect this . to be sure , she had long fantasized of the flirty , dismissive hal linden kissing up to her one day . but the sharp break and sudden reversal of their roles was too abrupt , even for her . thank you , hal , she said , somewhat embarrassed and , yes , even feeling a bit sorry for old , gimpy linden . after all , he had always been a straight shooter with her . he was upfront about his skepticism . yet , he had never tried to sabotage her project -- or her authority . and now that the tables had turned , he would not stand in the way of her rightful ascendancy in the company . all right , everyone , morgan announced , trying to regain a measure of control over the situation . we dont have that contract signed yet . i want each of you to write a one-page review of the presentation so i can tweak it for the secretary . we meet in two days . this was our pat on the back , but that meeting is our defining moment . its when project renaissance becomes the new reality of public education . so lets go people . morgan would not have to speak twice . her team knew and respected her boundaries . they began packing up their laptops and ipads , each of them pausing to shake morgans hand or hug her on the way out of the boardroom . in a matter of minutes , the only people remaining in the room were morgan , her assistant darren and hal linden , who had crashed back into his swivel chair . his audience gone , lindens grin had wilted to a frown , and he appeared decidedly less powerful slumped in his chair . morgan asked darren . the twenty-somethings piercing eyes shone brightly under his dark brows . fantastic , he gushed . youll have secretary dillon eating out of the palm of your hand . as long as his hand is curled around a pen that scribbles his signature on a state contract -- thats all i care about , morgan shot back .
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i know youre going to kill me , but ill need you to collate all the staff reviews to determine if there are any common themes that might prompt us to rethink portions of the presentation . darren bobbed his chin up and down in the affirmative as he scrawled morgans instructions on paper . id probably feel better if we went through it a couple more times . hows first thing tomorrow ? perfect , darren chirped . youre the best , she said , and then turned to linden . any feedback , hal ? the vice president frowned . i think you nailed it , he said , matter of factly . with that product , a monkey could close the deal . gee , thanks , morgan said uncertainly , her face twisted into a puzzled expression . you know what i mean , he said , waving his hand . but its product that will make the sale . thats what an old textbook salesman once said to me let the product close the deal . my plan exactly . good , linden brightened . can i borrow you for a second ? in private , linden elaborated , shooting a look at darren , still right by his bosss side , as always . yet , darren didnt so much as move , even though the executive vice president had just dismissed him . instead , his eyes went to morgan . she absolutely loved his loyalty . finally , she nodded to her handsome , young assistant . do you need anything else , ms. chase ? darren inquired , as if not having heard hal linden at all . its fine , darren . ill meet you back in the office , morgan said , smiling her appreciation . in moments like these , she could imagine herself getting lost in darrens deep brown eyes . she was only human , after all . and she was all woman a woman who had been without a husband for nearly two years and one who had never quiet shaken off her college coed shyness around men , especially handsome men . sometimes , morgan , as beautiful and confident as she was now , still saw the pimply , bespectacled freshmen frowning into her dorm room mirror . absolutely , darren replied . ill get right on those staff reviews . darrens dexterous hands and long fingers gathered up the laptop , mouse and legal pad , folded them under an arm and glided to the door . morgan watched him depart with a mix of pride and just the slightest hint of lust . as professional as she was , there was no denying that her sexual juices still stirred at work . mostly , it was a function of all the time she spent at the office , along with all the attractive people who populated it . got quite the loyal puppy , there , dont you ? hal linden spoke from his chair , as if reading morgans mind . the remark caught her by surprise . she half-jumped , then turned to linden , attempting to collect herself . hes competent , she said . its the main metric i use to evaluate my team . of course , linden said , leaning forward , a knowing grin on his face . how many points for his looks ? hal , morgan scolded . linden coughed a laugh . thats the problem with you female executives , he chuckled . no sense of humor about sex . if you were a guy , youd be calculating your hubba-hubba rating right down to the decimal point as we speak . morgan frowned at what she knew was the truth . for ages , looks were part of the criteria male executives used to grade their female employees . why not the other way around ? hes a 9.7 . and the deduction ? inquired a playful linden . if anything , hes a bit too subservient , morgan confided , feeling liberated at her first foray into locker room banter . i like a little more of a challenge . he could do with a bit of an ego and attitude , as well . of course , linden agreed . you were married to the great brock ballentine . talk about an ego . too much in the other direction , morgan corrected . way too much in the other direction . now youre getting it , linden cheered . once you start being the alpha , it comes easy , believe me . youll even come to appreciate subservience . in fact , your own ego will demand it . linden let loose a wicked chuckle . this time , morgan felt cheap . she needed to switch tracks . well , she muttered . its about the only thing i can teach you anymore . not at all , morgan shot back , perhaps a bit too consoling . i dont need your pity , he scoffed . textbooks still have a long run ahead , despite your new-fangled teaching tools . ill miss working with you , though . once you move out and up to your own division . thank you , hal . morgan glowed at lindens acknowledgement of her imminent promotion . it made it all the more real . and she couldnt wait . thats why im requesting the honor of your presence for dinner 7:30 tonight at ruths chris .
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no office talk , either . just two old souls chewing over life and filet mignon . sounds wonderful , morgan haltingly replied . but with the presentation coming up ... its two days away , linden cut her off . and you already have it down cold . dont sound so thrilled . thrilled that is , she said . dont mention it , linden said , pushing himself from the chair . meet me at the bar . come hungry and thirsty . your move to the big boys table starts tonight . with that , hal linden , all six-foot , three-inches of the old college quarterback , scrambled out of the boardroom . morgan was left alone with her triumph . at long last , had she finally arrived ? chapter 2 morgan clomped confidently across the 28th floor of the pittsburgh skyscraper . her corporate colleagues seemed to stop and stare as she strode through the plush , paneled , labyrinth hallways and offices , until reaching her own spacious but not-yet-corner office . her assistant , darren spencer , rose wordlessly , right on cue as she breezed by his desk . he swiped his ipad from his too-neat desk , turned on a heel and followed morgan into her comfy confines . she proceeded directly to her leather captains chair and promptly plopped down into its arm-like embrace . darren dutifully closed the offices heavy wooden door behind him . and just like that , morgan was finally off stage . she exhaled with a mix of relief , pleasure and exhaustion from behind the wooden expanse of her desk . she kicked off her heels , and flung her pedicured feet atop her desk , then leaned back in her leather chair . after a moment to center herself , morgan looked up sheepishly at darren . her crystal blue eyes peeked through tufts of sandy blonde bangs . so how do you think it went ? this was the unconfident college coed fishing for a compliment but secretly expecting the worst . it was as if morgan always expected to be unmasked as a fraud . deep down , she still didnt believe that she belonged here . darren deposited his ipad on her desk , danced around its expanse , and expertly laid his strong , gifted hands on the knots in her shoulders . it went absolutely great , he reassured , as he kneaded at the tensile-strength tension morgan carried in her shoulders . morgans eyes were closed in ecstasy . she grinned , then opened them , only to see the designer photographs of her two children staring back at her . samantha , 12 , was a whip-smart , hard-charger with an underdogs determination but a nihilists perfectionist bent -- just like her mother . geoff , 10 , was the complete opposite . he possessed a devil-may-care attitude , harbored no shortage of confidence and a strong sense of entitlement -- just like his daddy . he even looked like brock . they shared the same sly , slanted smile , along with eyes that seemed to hide the constant calculations going on behind them . morgan allowed her eyes to fall closed again , surrendering to the pleasure being delivered by her personal assistants talented fingertips . right there , she commanded . god , youre good . only because you deserve it , darren insisted . you deserve a lot of things . i dont know about all that , morgan moaned . but ill take your shoulder rubs any day of the week . as if on cue , darren dug in deeper , working the muscles , kneading out the tension . it had been building throughout the day , the week , the year . it had been a long , hard slog bringing project renaissance to fruition . so what did linden want ? darren probed ever so gently , his hands never missing a beat . you wont believe this one , morgan purred , her voice deep and lost in darrens massage . hes insisting upon taking me out tonight . drinks and dinner at ruths chris . hmm , darren hummed in non-response . you dont like him , morgan said . i dont trust him , darren corrected . the fact is , linden likes you . hes liked you for months now . but not as a colleague , or even his direct report . hes targeting you because you happen to be the great brock ballentines ex-wife . linden is one clumsy corporate-climber who wont rest until he can bag those bragging rights . morgans eyes popped open in shock . tell me what you really think , why dont you ! im just saying -- be careful , the chided underling offered demurely . i can take care of myself , said morgan , sliding up in her chair , finally emerging from her brief pleasure coma . problem is , i cant seem to take care of my kids . not while pursuing a career , that is .
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i have to make yet another call of shame . isnt that why you employ a nanny ? darren pointed out . and spoil her with pay , i might add . ramona is worth every red cent , and then some , morgan answered , reaching for her smartphone . her doting , diligent care of my two children is the only thing that pries open the jaws of guilt just enough to allow me to function . i just wish i didnt feel as if i were turning into their father . i pounded brock into the ground for never being around and choosing the office over his wife and children . and now that im a corporate contender , damned if im not doing the exact same thing . youre not , darren insisted , swinging around the desk and locking eyes with his boss . youll never be like him . its what makes you good at your job . and its what will keep your bond strong with your kids . i hope youre right , morgan said , just before touching the phones illuminated screen to call home . ballentine residence , samantha said with practiced pronunciation after a few rings . well hello there , young miss ballentine . arent you the little lady today . mom , the girl giggled good-naturedly . morgan smiled into the phone . her daughter immediately inquired . it was always the first question . it was as if samantha sensed the reason for her mothers call . im going to be late , morgan exhaled her confession . her daughter glumly asked . yeah , honey . i know , samantha said , sounding so defeated , as if shed heard it all before , hundreds of times . whats geoff doing ? morgan asked as brightly as she could , desperately trying to change the subject and the mood . morgan knew her son was an addict for anything with action and on-screen graphics . in fact , it was this infuriating fixation that actually inspired project renaissance . morgan had come to her epiphany after years of browbeating geoff to put down the joystick and pick up the books . she remembered thinking : if only he spent as much time on his schoolwork as he did those damn video games . but it was the reverse of the question that was morgans moment of true inspiration : if only his schoolwork were as engaging as those damned video games ! a mothers idle , wishful thinking soon germinated into an idea , a concept , a paradigm shift . now that was something she could run with , morgan thought to herself , even as geoff remained hypnotized by the sound and fury of some combat game or other . thats something that could start a revolution . now the same interactive video technology that had made such a willing prisoner of her son was separating morgan from her children . she told herself this was different . this was for the greater good , to improve education , to salvage the next generation , to make america great again . but was it really that different ? morgan sounded bewildered . lost in all of her doubts . do you want me to get geoff , so you can talk to him ? samanthas temper seeped into her voice now . her mom wasnt even paying attention to her on the phone . thats okay , honey . morgan snapped back . she knew if samantha put her son on , morgan would just get his brain-vacuumed , zombie voice . a string of yeses and nos that far too often passed for conversation between a workaholic mother and her game-obsessed son . just say hi for me and make sure he listens to ramona , okay ? like that will ever happen , samantha deadpanned . its not that bad , morgan added , not even convincing herself of this . put ramona on . ill have her take you guys somewhere cool tonight . changs , samantha answered without hesitation . and for that fleeting moment , she sounded like herself . her daughter sounded exactly like a normal , happy-go-lucky 12-year-old . unfortunately , the moment came courtesy of a well-paid nanny and a junk-food chain restaurant not on account of morgan . still , she would take it . changs it is , morgan agreed . chapter 3 morgan waltzed into the crowded , oak-paneled bar clad in a short , black dress that she kept in an office closet for just these occasions unplanned , after-work evenings out . businessmen crowded around the small bar in their shirtsleeves and cufflinks . they swilled single-malt scotch and downed double martinis . but the boys club gathering parted like the red sea to turn and watch as morgan entered the room . hal linden held a martini to his lips and nearly spilled it down his shirt when he caught sight of her . he quickly recovered and casually waved a hand in the air , directing morgan to his end of the bar and the men who hovered within his sphere of influence .
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putting on a show , linden placed his drink on the bar and barreled through the crowd to greet his prodigal protg . he kissed her on both cheeks and took her by the hand , providing her safe passage through the den of business wolves . he introduced her to his cadre of cronies . the names sped by her walter , joseph , buck , channing . morgan had been the wined-and-dined wife of the fortune 500 club . as a veteran of such rarified air , nothing much impressed her . certainly , not this collection of b-listers , stock brokers , bank vice presidents and insurance swindlers . so what are we drinking ? hal linden inquired after polishing off his martini in one final gulp . his ruddy cheeks glowed with an alcoholic light . it hadnt been his first glass . a pinot , perhaps , morgan ventured . linden frowned . all this time , ive been grooming you for the big boys club , and you order wine ? the gimpy ex-college quarterback slurred . morgan played along . single-malt scotch , neat , or a dry gin martini , linden said . are we getting drunk ? maybe , but thats not the point . its all about projecting power . those are power drinks . theyre what the executive suite swills . in that case , a martini , morgan commanded . bombay sapphire , please . lindens alcohol-infused facial features brightened all the more . now , youre talking , linden approved , and then turned toward the bar . later at dinner , morgan was pleasantly lit . it was as if all her burdens and cares her ex-husband , guilt over the kids , and pressure from the project had floated away on a river of gin . she laughed longer , blushed deeper and flirted freer than she ever had with hal linden . there had always been a certain , ill-defined sexual tension between the older , wiser ex-jock and the younger , pretty protg with a business pedigree provided by her super-successful ex-husband . morgan had always controlled this aspect of their relationship , letting off sexual sparks only when it was to her advantage . but somehow , linden had managed to level the playing field . here , amid the low-murmur of the high-end steakhouse , feasting upon bloody rare filet mignon , washed down with copious amounts of alcohol , morgan was succumbing to lindens charms . there was something absolutely masculine and quintessentially american about him . he wasnt drop-dead handsome . but he was strong , sturdy and rugged in a wonderful , wholesome way . he was a 50-something ronald reagan , but with a mischievous glint in his eye , instead of a genial one . and by damned , he was winning morgan over . it had been far too long for her . too long without a man , a real man . and lindens magnetism was pulling her in . no wonder he was such a good salesman . you know what makes this work , dont you ? linden inquired , leaning over the white-clothed table . morgan joined him over the center of the table . they were two business conspirators , or soon-to-be lovers . at this moment , it could go in either direction . how free we are tonight . how loose and open to any possibility . lem me guess , morgan slurred . she cracked herself up , as if this were the funniest thing . lindens ruddy , strong-jawed face broke into a pleasing grin . he lifted his near-empty martini glass , hoisted it in a toast salute and knocked back the remainder . well , it sure doesnt hurt . but thats not what i mean , he continued , his voice both strong and soft , like velvet . its you and me . were equals now , morgan . with your completion of the project and your promotion all but assured , were equals . that mere fact redefines everything . morgan looked directly into lindens eyes . i thought we werent going to talk about work ? lindens eyes bored deep into hers . im not talking about work , he firmly said . im talking about us . whatever happens between us tonight and here after is because we both want it . and whatever that happens to be , it doesnt translate beyond our personal lives . its a safe zone . as co-equals , we can create that for ourselves . without breaking their deep stare , linden rested his hands on top of morgans . his hands were huge and strong . they were knotted with veins , and the fingers were twisted like the roots of an old tree . lindens fingers had been broken many times in his football days . but his powerful , tanned hands enveloped morgans soft , white ones . and she felt safe . i do like this , she said softly . then dont over-think it . isnt this too fast ?
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god blinks and our lives are over . i have a reservation at the renaissance . linden answered a bit too quickly , a bit too eagerly . morgans brain registered this sour note . she blinked and looked down , then withdrew her hands from underneath lindens . when she looked up again , she saw a desperate salesman who had just realized he pressed a little too hard to close the deal . morgan shook her head softly . this , all this , its wonderful . the evening was spectacular . i cant thank you enough for tonight , or the past two years . but its just too soon . i appreciate everything you said about us being equals now . but it takes time to wrap my mind around it . linden looked glumly at his empty martini glass . i should go , morgan said , reaching for her purse . the projects not a done deal , yet . we still need that signature on the contract . linden managed to lift his suddenly tired eyes to look at morgan . his face sagged with defeat and the numbness of one too many martinis . so well say , to be continued , he offered . not an end , but a pause , perhaps ? morgan forced a smile . a pause to wait and see where this goes . she popped up from her chair , lunged in and planted a kiss on lindens cheek , then fast-stepped through the dining room in her high heels . linden was left to stare glumly at an empty chair -- and at his empty martini glass . chapter 4 the cool spring air on the mostly quiet pittsburgh streetsharpened morgans alcohol-dulled senses . she marched directly toward the parking garage , her heels clicking on the concrete . what a night , morgan thought as her feetpounded the pavement with almost violent determination.she nearly laughed out loud . hal linden ! my god , what had she been thinking ? but that was precisely the point . she hadnt been thinking , not with all the alcohol , the emotional highs and lows of the day , thelast two years oftransitionfrom blissfully married mother , to unhappily spurned spouse , to finally , the determined divorcee . but she would keep moving , just as she focused like a laser on the parking garage just ahead . morgan was a survivor . she breezed into the deserted garage lobby , fed her parking ticket into the machine , inserted a credit card , then waited for her passport to freedom to be validated . the machinespit out her ticket , credit card and a receipt . and morgan headed for the elevators . the seventh floor , she thought , confidently recalling where she had parked . thecolor-codedgarage number plate had been green . she could see it in her minds eye . it would not do to get lost in a pittsburgh parking garage at 10:30 at night . the elevator bell rang ; the doors rolled open ; and the elevator car deposited morgan on theseventh floor . herblack lexus suv -- so practical with twokids and all -- was waiting for her just where she left it , down at the end of a shadowy row of carsin a far corner of the garage . the soles of her pumps sounded gritty on the sandy concrete as she walked . it should have been a softer sound . but the concrete , echo-chamber acoustics of the vacant , silent garage amplified her every footstep . for some reason , morgans mind took note of this fact . she began even to listen for it . the sounds made her feel all the more isolated and alone . and thats when she heard it : a second set of gritty footfalls . these sounds were a whisper compared to hers , at least at first . but , rapidly , they moved closer and grew louder . the footsteps were coming . morgan quickened her pace to an all-out speed walk . the gritty , sandy sounds of her footfalls were like a soft-shoed dance shuffle . but she refused to run , or even trot . she reached in her bag for her key and her can of mace . she palmed both . the other footsteps had quickened , as well . but in the shadowy parking garage , morgan couldnt see anything for sure . she strained her peripheral vision to its limits , but nothing came into view . nothing of substance . but the shapes and shadows of the darkened garage played hell with her imagination . morgan returned her focus to the front . ahead was the goal , and it was in sight now . the dark , gleaming lexus shone like a black diamond at the end of a long row . she fingered the cars key fob in her palm , and pushed the button unlocking the car . the suvs taillights winked , and her vehicle chirped in pleasant recognition of its owner . morgans chariot awaited . and as soon as she was inside its cocoon of safety , she would hit another button to slam shut the vehicles electronic locks , then another to ignite its purring engine .
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she saw all this happening inside her mind . she envisioned her safety . it was right from the pages of every self-help book : you cant achieve it unless you can visualize yourself achieving it . the mantra worked in the corporate world . morgan hoped now that it held true in deserted parking garages . she reached the rear bumper of the suv . morgan needed only to make a sharp cut to the right , swing around the drivers side of the car and grab for the door handle . she made her turn . her right ankle wobbled a bit , fighting to hold its ground as her body weight and momentum shifted abruptly . dont fall , she told herself . god , dont fall now ! instead , she lunged for the door handled , grasped it , and then pulled it open . her car door swung wide . morgan clutched the interior door handle like a gymnast gaining purchase on parallel bars . with her arms and shoulders assuming her weight , she swung her feet forward and plunged legs-first into the leather bucket seat . it was one fluid motion . and morgan was in . she reached out her left hand to close the car door behind her . morgans white-knuckled fist gripped the door handle . her muscles fibers fired with all their strength to slam shut the door . it swung toward her , then stopped dead in its tracks . someone was holding the door , preventing her from shutting it . the footsteps had reached her . morgan relinquished her hold on the car door handle . the force acting in the opposite direction pulled the door open wide . morgan plunged both hands into her bag , pawing and scratching for the mace . the cold , slender canister found her hand . she pulled it out and brandished it like a revolver , aiming it toward the terrifying vacuum of the open car door . but as her body swung around to defend herself , her action was halted by a familiar voice . morgan , the shadowy shape said from outside her suv . ms. chase . she recognized the voice , of course . she identified the moment she heard it echoing off the garages concrete walls . relief washed over her at once , but it didnt slow her pounding heart a whit . it would take many seconds for morgans anaerobic , fight-or-flight response to ease . in the meantime , someone had some explaining to do . jesus christ , darren , morgan exhaled , a mix of relief and annoyance . are you trying to give me a coronary ? darrens well-muscled , finely tailored figure filled the frame of the open car door . his boyishly handsome face wore a sheepish , shamed look that was impossible to remain angry with . waiting for you , he said in a low , embarrassed tone . im sorry i gave you such a start . her heart rate was ebbing now , and the rush of adrenalin surging through her system felt quite wonderful , in fact . she never felt more alive . she let out another , long release of air from her overworked lungs . lets just say , its probably the most excitement ive had in a while , morgan said , dialing back her anger . no harm done on that score . but why in the world were you skulking around a parking garage like some serial killer ? a still-chastened darren dipped his head and frowned . i just didnt feel right about you and mr. linden , he said without meeting her eyes . you didnt feel right about it ? morgan repeated with emphasis . two colleagues going to dinner to celebrate a successful project ? darren raised his eyes , but not his lowered chin . he looked at morgan from under his thick brow , like a little boy . somehow , this made morgan feel all the more powerful , yet struck a chord deep within her . it was an emotionally resonate string that hadnt been played in years and years . maybe not since high school , when her lot in life had been the underdogs and misfits , not corporate gods like brock ballentine . i know there was more to it than that , darren finally muttered . at least on lindens part . i didnt want him taking advantage of you . she did not need protecting . why do you assume he was using me ? she asked , reversing tables on the automatic male image of a damsel in distress . i think i can take care of myself . darren lowered his eyes again . then , what were you thinking ? there was a long moment of silence , then he spoke . maybe , i was jealous , darren offered shyly . of your boss having dinner with her boss ? morgan repeated . the young , handsome man raised his head . this time , he was fully confident , and his voice was strong . of you with another man , he stated . now , morgan was the one with no words .
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the chemistry between them -- all the lingering looks , the soft touches , the shoulder massages , the too-close office contact , even the playfully suggestive banter always managed to remain unspoken and undefined . now , darren spencer was laying it all out there . darren , morgan stammered . she could no longer face darrens confident , defiant stare , his willingness to look this thing directly in the eye . i know what its like in the office , he said . how it has to be . how it will remain so . but it doesnt have to be that way out here . with you and me . just darren and morgan , not ms. chase and her hunky assistant . so thats what people say ? morgan sheepishly asked . about you and me ? that im the alpha female getting serviced by her hunky assistant ? pretty much , darren shrugged . that and worse . you know , little remarks about how closely im assisting you . whether i make house calls . whether my duties include the bedroom , as well as the boardroom . people think were doing it , dont they ? morgan ventured , wrinkling her cute , pert nose , as if not wanting to hear the answer . a lot do . others think it , but wont say it . they must have taken the companys sexual harassment training to heart . you mean people actually listen to that hr crap ? morgan cracked , chuckling and lightening the mood . guess so , darren smiled . in the office , i do . not off the clock . there it was , wasnt it ? the fine print . the addendum to the contract . it was there if morgan wanted it . darren was there if she wanted him . he was young , smart , discrete and absolutely gorgeous . shed be kidding herself if she denied the pangs in her pleasure zones , those warm , moist sensations that sometimes gushed forward from just looking at him . just looking and allowing her mind to wander . permitting her minds eye to show her images of darren without his shirt . darren in her bed . darren on top of her . but would morgan set loose her lust in real life ? hal linden would , she thought . their dinner together had been an object lesson in how the so-called big boys rationalized and justified their corporate conquests . for them , office flings were part of the perks . and they didnt deny themselves any of those pleasures . only women executives would try to establish stricter rules for themselves . only they would wring out one of the best rewards from the prize that they had finally grasped . they had scratched and clawed their way up , finally achieving the money , the corner office , the status , and the respect . why not the romance ? when it came right down to it , that was the most human part of the whole damn thing . morgan scanned darren up and down . he was still standing in the space of her cars open door . he had made his stand , and she respected him for it . it took courage that she didnt possess . she would have kept playing their little office games unrequited , if not for this . if not for him . darren had made this possible , and morgan could not deny his effort or this moment . get in , she finally said . and like a good assistant , darren spencer didnt need to be told twice . chapter 5 darren climbed into the suvs passenger seat , closed the door , and the two of them sat together in the luxury vehicles quiet , comfortable tomb . darren looked over at her eagerly . morgan took one glance at his expectant , excited features and nearly regretted the whole thing . dont act like some kind of mutt whos about to get a bone , morgan admonished . im not , darren smiled , failing to remove the excitement from his features . perhaps , bone was the wrong metaphor to use in this situation , darren retorted , his grin only broadening . morgan finally gave in and was smiling , too . she shook her head from side to side , and blew out air . she said in mock exasperation . that is the question of the hour , now isnt it ? darren playfully said . morgan punched his shoulder . i havent said anythings going to happen here . but you havent ruled out anything , either . thats enough to keep me smiling all night . perhaps , it was time to set some ground rules . okay , morgan said . lets just say im willing to go along with your morgan-darren private-citizen experiment , just to see how it goes ? call it a test drive of sorts , darren put in . im thinking more along the lines of a drink , some conversation , maybe some music and dancing , morgan clarified . that can be arranged , he said . someplace where people in my circles dont travel , she insisted . its a morgan-darren place , not a ms. chase and her assistant one . okay , fine , morgan tentatively agreed . lets go for one drink .
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two hours , three drinks and who know how many jumpy , bouncy , arm-flinging dances later , morgan was nuzzled in darrens arms . his muscular body was as hard as oak . his alcohol-infused breath was sweet and delicious . even the musk of his sweat was intoxicating . and morgan ? she was letting herself go , as well . so what if she were a few years too old for this hot , hip nightspot on pittsburghs south side ? no one knew her here . hell , no one in her circles was up this late . it was like having the entire place , crowded and pulsating as it was , all to herself . and she certainly had darren to herself . his hot , hungry mouth was at her throat as they swayed to the beat . her own chest was sprinkled with perspiration . her nipples were hard , raising the fine fabric of her black dress . her thong was a humid rain forest . the pleasure button between her legs was activated , as was every nerve ending in her entire body . in short , there was no stopping this now . morgans body ached for it . the primal part of the human animal inside her that craves contact with the opposite sex positively howled out for it . her inner college coed who had gone to bed with a vibrator far more often than she had a college guy and never , ever one in darrens elite league -- absolutely screamed for it . we should go somewhere , morgan breathed hotly into darrens ear . he knew at once exactly what she meant . he wanted , craved the same thing . the sheratons just down the street , he answered , his mouth a flame against her ear , his whispered words and steamy breath vibrating every part of her . darren drove . they left the suv with the valet in front of the hotel . darren marched directly to the front desk to check them in . morgan waited discretely but excruciatingly by the bank of elevators . but darren was back with the hotel key cards in a matter of minutes . nearly 2 a.m. isnt necessarily a busy time for high-end hotels . but even they get their share of horny couples looking to dance between the sheets . the two of them turned to face the unopened elevators like silent , stoic soldiers . but after the doors opened and they took refuge inside , they were on each other like teenagers as soon as the shutting doors sealed their privacy . open hungry mouths , probing tongues , and roaming hands found new places and body parts to explore . darrens muscles werent the only thing about him that was hard now . his crotch was a thick , rigid flagpole , bowed to the left and straining for release inside his tight pants . morgans sexy thong was a damp blotter , long overwhelmed by the torrent of moisture lubricating her velvet walls of pleasure . she jumped and gasped with pleasure as darren gently slipped a finger inside her . the elevator bell rang , and the two separated like two sparring boxers in the ring . but the scars of their battle were plainly visible the flushed faces , the tousled hair , the jostled clothing and their moist , panting mouths . there was no one to see their state of passionate dishevelment . no prying eyes could identify their late night rendezvous for what it was . they walked quickly to room 1217 . as soon as they were inside , they were on each other again . this time , there was no need to restrain their unstoppable , insatiable desire for each other . morgan pulled back from a deep , long kiss to look at the gorgeous instrument that would finally free her from a decade of marriage . darren stared by with brooding , dark brown eyes . she reached out at hand and tousled his thick , black hair . it was moist and shiny from the sweat of their dancing and the heat of their lust . then , she reached up another hand and worked the buttons of his collared shirt . when she was finished , she grasped either side near his collar , and pulled his shirt off his shoulders and down his arms , like some magician revealing a trick . but there was no trick , here . darrens dark skin was as smooth as cocoa butter . it made a soft , touchable covering for the ripples and ridges of his hard , developed muscles . he possessed the torso of an art statue . and morgan gazed upon him with the appreciation of an admiring critic . darren didnt move to undress her . right now , he was morgans muse . her model . her plaything . and he would let her do as she pleased . her hands and fingers stroked his muscled arms , ran down his developed chest , felt the ripples of his honed abs . she leaned in and put her hot , hungry mouth on his tiny brown nipples . she kissed his chest , while her hands wandered south , over his firm buttocks and around his waist to the front . she pulled back and looked down .
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she could see his huge erection , undiminished and yearning to be freed from his dark jeans . morgan took his belt buckle firmly in hand , yanked the strap , even jerking and pulling darren toward her , until she undid the belt . the buckle jangled free . her fingers slid underneath the waist of his jeans until they found the button clasp of his pants . her fingers worked it open while her eyes locked on his . she undid the button , lowered his fly and pushed down his pants without ever breaking her stare . when she looked down , she saw the thick shape of his penis bugling underneath black boxer briefs . without even thinking , she moved her hands to his hardness , rubbing its long length , through the fabric . then morgan crouched down , until she was eye level to his enormous crotch . she lowered his jeans the rest of the way . darren stepped on the heels of his shoes , freeing his feet , and then he kicked off his fallen jeans . morgan ripped down his socks , then flung them across the hotel room -- a room they hadnt fully entered yet . they were far too occupied with each other there in the rooms short hallway entrance . beyond them , the rooms curtains were wide open , revealing the picture window overlooking the blackness of pittsburghs three rivers and the dark outline of the city just beyond those waterways . morgan was on her knees now , as if worshiping this greek god before her . she reached up with both hands and worked his erection , which needed no help . she palmed it and fingered it through his underwear . but there was no need for his pretense , for this politeness . she wanted to see it , wanted to give it the kind of female attention it surely deserved . she reached both hands to the elastic waistline of darrens calvin kleins , and then ripped them down violently . immediately , his heavy , engorged member fell out and twisted slightly to the left , while standing at attention and pointing toward the ceiling . it was veined and ridged and thick and bulbous . morgans mind echoed with just one word . this male organ before her would not be called a member , a sword , a love muscle , a dick , or even a penis . this magnificent specimen was a cock , pure and simple . maybe it was the dateless college coed inside her spitting out that secret , vulgar word that made morgan all the hornier . but the word fit . and morgan needed to say it aloud . i want to suck your cock , she whispered . your big , fucking cock . put it in my mouth . darren lunged his hips forward , and his huge erection was in morgans face . she could smell the musk of his loins and feel the white-hot heat of his erection , even before touching it . she could hold back no longer . she pushed her whole face into his cock and balls . she rubbed its hardness on her cheeks , and she allowed her lips to glide over the soft wrinkled skin of his scrotum . and with her wet , juicy tongue , she licked his organ from the end of his ball sack to the mushroom tip of his penis . and when she reached the summit , she opened her mouth wide and lowered down over his throbbing cock . she pumped her head , slowly at first , then building speed and rhythm . she allowed the salvia of her mouth to flow out and run down the length of his shaft until it gleamed . morgan would have kept going . she would have kept on pleasuring darren until he climaxed . but he reached down , his soft hands swiping back her hair and slowing her rhythm , until she came to a stop . she eased off of him and looked up with big , sultry eyes . i want to feel you , he whispered . darrens strong hands reached for her shoulders , pulling her to her feet . she stood before her naked lover , and realized she was overdressed . she reached a hand behind herself for the zipper of her dress . but darrens own hand stopped her . morgan stood before him , hands at her side . he reached up and touched her hair , her face , her neck , her shoulders and arms with the softness of a painters brush . his eyes gleamed with the awed quality of an admiring viewer taking in a masterpiece . ever so gently , he ran his fingers behind her neck and dexterously undid the clasp of her dress and slowly lowered the zipper until it was all the way down . he brought his hands and fingers forward now , slowly , gently lifting the fabric over her shoulders and arms , and allowing it to slide down morgans slender curves , until it fell to the floor . the designer frock gathered in a heap at her heels . gracefully , morgan stepped out of the dress and then backed closer to the bed . darren followed her lead . never did they not face each other as they danced closer to their ultimate destination . darrens admiring , respectful hands found her body again .
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the lightness of his touch prickled morgans skin with gooseflesh . it was as if her every nerve ending were crying out , moaning , for more . he traced a finger on the silk bra straps on each of her shoulders , following the soft trail of material to her breasts . her erect nipples strained at the thin , silky fabric . as his gentle hands reached their destination , they cupped her womanhood . heat radiated from her chest to his hands , and then back again . as his hands worked north again , his fingers twirled around the delicate shoulder straps , then slowly brought them down . he reached to the center of her rising and falling chest , and undid the clasp . the bra fell away . and morgans loosened breasts were no less pert and perfect . darren lowered his head to her chest . his breath and mouth were so hot , it was as if they were radioactive . his hands crawled up her stomach and lifted one breast , then the other to his greedy , hungry mouth . his wet tongue painted and swirled all over her nipples and around the rises of both sides of her chest . it felt wonderful , even though both of them realized that even this would not quell their mutual hunger . as he buried his face in her chest , his hands moved down the small of her back to her buttocks . he took the firm flesh freed by her thong into each hand , and kneaded and squeezed . with every rotation of his hands around her half-moons , darren moved closer and closer to the center . soon his wandering figures were brushing her moist mound and fingering her wet lips through the sopping fabric of her panties . the pleasure was so exquisite , the muscles of her legs spasmed , making her bounce with the electric charges racing all through her body . darrens knowing hands increased their rhythm until morgans entire body was aquiver . and when he brought her to the highest state of maddening delight , his strong hands found the thin string of her thong at the small of her back . he tore it in two , and let the last garment fall from her body . then , in one motion , he lifted her off the ground . he held her high above himself , she looking down at him , he at her . then slowly , gently , she slid down his muscular torso . and finally her warm , wetness enveloped his hardness as their aching bodies interlocked with each other . it was as if darrens erect manhood could support her entire weight . she lowered herself still more to take all of him inside herself . morgans hands were clasped loosely around his shoulders , and her high-heeled feet crossed behind his back . but the strongest connection between them was the long-delayed joining of their needy , throbbing body parts . the undeniable power and pleasure of that initial coupling was so strong , the two of them froze this way for a long moment . there was no movement , no thrusting . just a still , static artists sculpture of two bodies having become one for the first time . the thrill of this long-awaited connection between them built enough heat and moisture to be worthy of the most humid rain forest . morgan felt her wetness dripping out of her in rivulets that would paint darrens loins and scrotum with the shiny sheen of her pleasure . his rigidness was a pulsating piece of molten steel , boring deep inside her . and when passion dictated that they could hold their pose no longer , the natural , nocturnal rhythms began . he thrusted from below . she grinded from above . these instinctual movements were slow and deliberate at first . she needed to feel every inch , every vein , every ridge of him as he slid in and out of her . morgan would ride up darrens full length , then down to its base , and back again . the silk of her canal , its heat , and the intense smoothness of all her bodys natural lubricants painted him with pleasure . and as minutes passed , their pace quickened until it was darrens muscular legs , supporting their weight , that now spasmed with uncontainable pleasure . he backed her to the waiting mattress and lowered her body to the beds soft embrace . darren enveloped her as he took position over morgan . his thrusts were deeper now , more urgent . and she urged him on , squeezing his tight , muscular buttocks and pulling him deeper inside of her . darrens eyes were locked on hers as he hovered right above her . his sweet breaths were coming quicker now , building to an undeniable , unstoppable conclusion . but morgan didnt want it to end . she wiggled from underneath him like a wrestler escaping a hold . she gripped his shoulders to raise herself up . and when her body reached his level , she pushed him down until he was the one lying flat . it was morgans turn to rule over him . darren looked down the length of his body as morgan crawled up toward him .
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his erection was a fully-armed , purple-tinted warhead aimed at the sky . the launch code had been initiated . all morgan need do was to fire this weapon . morgan climbed on top of him , straddled his loins . she used her hand to guide his hardness inside her wetness . and then she began her gyrations . her undulations . her languid sloshing and rolling . her riding and galloping . her absolutely fluid , wonderful movements . controlling everything astride her man , morgan reached a cascading , quivering climax , just as darrens entire body jerked , arched and shuddered with his own spasm of release . the heights of ecstasy the two had summited together were so stratospheric and cataclysmic , their pleasure zones would continue to tingle and buzz until yet another round of passion kindled between them . by dawn , it would be as if their bodies were drained of every last drop of fluid . they never even bothered to close the drapes . chapter 6 the morning came as it always does after soul-shaking , bed-rattling evenings of ecstasy and fulfillment all too soon and cruelly . the bar of sunlight slowly creeping toward the bed as the sun rose over pittsburgh finally reached morgans closed eyes . as long as they remained shut , they would seal in all the joy and discovery from her night with darren . but as the sunlight brightened and bored through her eyelids , the new day intruded . the calendar page had flipped , and that one , dreamy night was assigned to history . soon , it would be as if it never even happened at all . consciousness returned to morgan like a swimmer coming up for air all at once and greedily . morgan popped up from the pillowy mattress , monetarily disoriented by the alien surroundings that she had never bothered to explore last night . she had been too busy exploring other things . she squinted against the brightness from the big , naked picture window . still , just that first blast of daylight and awakening was enough to send pain shooting across her temples and behind her eyes . the alcohol , she thought . all that alcohol . hit by the hangovers uppercut , morgan gently lowered her head to the bed . with a hand covering her brow like a baseball player scanning the bright sky for a fly ball , she searched the cushiony terrain of the king-sized bed for her partner in passion . perhaps she could command darren to draw the curtains and smother the offending daylight . but among all the bumps and lumps of pillows , sheets and blankets , darren spencer was nowhere to be found . she closed her eyes and listened for the shower . nothing but the distant hum of a housekeepers vacuum , beginning the thankless task of cleaning up the leavings of lodgers nocturnal rituals . morgan exhaled , her eyes closed but her mind working , collating and calculating the probabilities and outcomes . in the light of day , she had no choice but to be the levelheaded business executive . it was as if her very cells would not allow her to be anything else . perhaps this was best , she thought . darrens morning absence would make their transition to their daytime roles of boss and assistant all the easier . when they next encountered each other in the hustle and bustle of the office , they would slip into their former roles and routines like an old man putting on well-worn shoes . he was making it easier , she thought . morgan turned her head and squinted at the digital clock . it said 9:32 . she squeezed her eyes shut yet again . shit , she breathed out . thankfully , there was nothing pressing awaiting her back at the firm . if there were ever a night to drink and party and , well , everything else she did until the wee , wee hours , last night was it . her night of release and abandon had been timed perfectly . it came right on the heels of a flawless internal review of her signature project and nearly 36 hours before she would need to put the project over the plate with the client . morgan was covered . not only covered , but deserving of this indulgence . it would make her better , sharper and more focused going forward . if she ever shook her killer hangover , that was . then another thought occurred to her : grease . i need grease . in college , there had been nothing better than a buttery , greasy breakfast of eggs , bacon and sausage to emulsify and counteract the alcohol in ones system . it was the morning-after rescue . morgan blindly reached for the hotel phone , then managed to punch zero . room service , she pleaded in a hoarse voice . her mouth was parched , and the mere whiff of her rank breath nearly induced a wave of nausea . finally , a man with a hispanic accent asked for her order . scrambled eggs , bacon , sausage and wheat toast , she said . give me a large o.j. , bottled water and coffee , too .
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she paused and listened to the hispanic man attempt to repeat her order . she thought she understood him . more to the point , she was fairly confident that he had gotten her order at least mostly correct . im not sure what room . cant you tell from the phone number ? that must be correct . she didnt bother to hang up the receiver . and she still didnt move . at the very least , she would need to slip into one of those hotel-provided terrycloth robes so she could accept the room service she had just ordered . she still had a few moments to revel in her immobility . the next thing she knew , someone was rapping at the door . morgan quickly cycled through the disorientation of again waking in unfamiliar surroundings . her alcohol-hazed brain worked more rapidly through its analysis . room service , she determined . morgan , still naked , called out , just a minute , then extricated herself from the twisted , bundled covers and tiptoed to the bathroom for a robe . out of habit , she peeked through the peephole before unbolting the door to allow the uniformed room service attendant to serve her breakfast . as soon as she opened the door and smelled the food , her angry , empty stomach growled at the unmistakable aroma of good grease . yes , she thought , this was just what the doctor ordered . on the desk is fine , morgan directed the waiter , who dutifully deposited the tray , then returned with the check in a black folder . morgan opened the folder and was mildly surprised to see her name on the hotel bill . but the full implication of this didnt register , at least not then . she signed the slip , added a tip and returned the folder to the waiter . thanks , she said as she escorted him out , and then bolted the door behind him . on her way toward the desk , where her breakfast awaited , morgan picked up her handbag and pawed for her smartphone . she checked its display for a call from darren . then morgan saw the record of her last phone call , the one she made to her home early last evening before events and passion overtook her . but these were things best tackled on a full stomach and following a hot shower and a strong cup of coffee . she sat down before her feast , and removed the metal lid , revealing her plateful of cholesterol . heres to ya , she said , unwrapping the silverware , placing a napkin on her lap and digging in . later , after breakfast , a shower and a headache-inducing , guilt-ridden call home , morgan called darren . this wasnt an insecure older woman seeking reassurance from her younger lover . this was a hard-charging boss seeking to orient her day and cover for her late arrival by obtaining office reconnaissance from her most trusted assistant . at least , that was what it should have been . instead , morgans call immediately bounced to voicemail . she listened to darrens flat , professional voice run through his by-the-numbers greeting . her message to him was terse and far less professional : call me . her thumb disconnected the call . her eyes moved to the hotels picture window framing pittsburghs iconic skyline . but morgan wasnt gazing at the scenery . behind them , her mind was working through a multitude of calculations . why didnt darren pick up ? he never not picks up . but she couldnt dwell on this . not if she wanted to salvage the afternoon at the office . she slipped into her cocktail dress from the night before and didnt bother with her hair or make-up . it was a classic walk of shame moment as she slunk out of the hotel , and palmed a ticket to the valet . the sight of her suv rolling up in front of the sheraton was the most welcome one of the morning . she slapped a five-dollar bill into the valets hand , climbed behind the wheel and slammed shut the door . morgan tore off for home . chapter 7 morgan barreled through the back roads to her historic fixer-upper in mannerly squirrel hill . rush hour was over , and she was going against traffic to boot . the good time she made was but a hollow victory . she would be very , very late . and with darren incommunicado she had tried him two more times , to no avail she had no one watching her back at the office . she would have to fend for herself , but she couldnt do that until she primped and changed . it was one thing to be unexplainably late . it was quite another to show up desperate and disheveled . the smell of fear and uncertainty was a highly discernible scent among the hallowed halls of executive office suites . morgan would not make this mistake . she zoomed up her driveway , and nearly rear-ended the dated , dented , shit-brown pickup truck hogging her parking spot in front of the side kitchen door . what the hell , she mumbled as she kicked open the car door .
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she stormed through the door and shouted for ramona , her nanny/housekeeper . instead of the matronly mexican , morgan was greeted by a very masculine man , who climbed up from behind the formica-covered island in the center of her badly-dated , lime-green kitchen . you must be the lady of the house , the man said , as he casually wiped his rough-hewn hands on a rag . im travis . he reached out a newly cleaned hand toward morgan . morgans mouth gaped with incomprehension . the entire , disorienting morning had put her off her game , but this stranger in her kitchen was the capper . who you are isnt foremost in my mind at the moment , morgan said , refusing to extend her own hand in greeting . why dont you start with what in the hell youre doing here ? now it was the stranger who looked confused . the playful grin that had animated his lips dipped into a slight frown . he dropped his head as if just then comprehending an embarrassing truth . i take it big al didnt tell you about me , travis said , shaking his head . morgans eyes narrowed at the mere mention of her firefighter fathers name . whats he up to this time ? travis raised his head . his amused grin was back . his warm , friendly eyes were ice blue and seemed to look right through morgan . she noticed then how handsome he was . he kinda hired me to redo your kitchen , travis sheepishly said . he said if it were up to you , youd never get around to it , travis added . and is that the usual way you get clients ? morgan pressed . nothings usual when it comes to al , travis pointed out . but i guess youd know that , being his daughter and all . just then , ramona burst through the swinging door separating the kitchen from the dining room . ms. chase , you home , the nanny said . work , morgan thought . i got ta get to work . morgan narrowed her eyes at ramona now . i was just wondering why you decided to let a stranger into my house into my kitchen . her words smoldered . ramona winced defensively , and then shook her head uncertainly . mr. al bring him . mr. al say everything a-okay . a-number-one good guy will fix the kitchen . make it gourmet . by the time she finished her explanation , ramona was smiling at a job well done and a decision well made . hmm , morgan hummed , un-amused and still unconvinced . thats funny , because i thought i was the one who signed your paychecks . yes , maam , ramona nodded . you very good boss . it was no use , morgan thought as she stared at her smiling housekeeper . it wasnt ramonas fault , anyway . it wasnt traviss fault , either . blame rested , as it usually did , with her meddling old man . morgan shook her head and held up her palms as if trying to push everything away . i dont have time for any of this right now , she said . i have a multi-million-dollar project just hanging in the air , and ive got to get to work . well discuss this tonight . by then , i should know what were looking at . just dont do anything , morgan snapped . nothing more until you clear it with me . understood , he added . morgan , exponentially more flustered than when she had arrived , turned on a heel as if to exit the house . uh , you might want to change first , travis said in a low , gentle voice . i love the dress , but it just doesnt say , powerful , professional female business executive . morgan stopped dead , and looked at herself . wordlessly , she reversed course , headed across the kitchen and went upstairs . but not before travis added one more thing . must have really burned the midnight oil last night , he said , shaking his head in mock-awe . your old man was right about you all work and no play . morgan glared at the grinning , handsome handyman as she stormed from the room , her heels pounding the worn linoleum . chapter 8 by the time she arrived at the office , morgan had coached herself to calm down . but each unrequited call to darren four more in the course of changing clothes and driving into work had only added to her anxiety . power-walking the corporate halls , morgan tried to convince herself that people werent staring at her , that this , too , was a figment of her own insecurity born of a disorienting , routine-exploding morning that had now bled into the early afternoon . but the fact was , they were staring . morgan only quickened her heel-clicking , military-like pace and fixed her eyes straight ahead .
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she reached her corridor , where around the corner the familiar site of darren holding down the fort right outside her office had always managed to comfort her . but when she rounded the corner this time , an overweight , middle-aged , officious-looking woman was anchoring darrens desk , instead . this was the absolute last shock to the system that morgan could tolerate this day . she marched up to the woman and demanded answers . the pudgy woman peered at morgan over her half-glasses and frowned . who might i say is inquiring ? you might say that i am morgan chase . you might say that this is my office youre sitting in front of . you might say that i want to know where my assistant is , and you might say that i want to know that information right now . ms. chase , the woman repeated . now can you please tell me whats going on ? no , the woman said , then read the increase in morgans rage and quickly corrected herself . they called me in at the very last minute . im merely here answering the phones and taking messages . okay , lets start there . any messages from darren spencer , my assistant ? the person who usually sits right there and who never misses a minute without talking to me first ? no , the woman chirped . no messages given to me , at least . when they called you to fill in , did they say anything about where darren was ? my only instructions were to answer your phones , take messages , greet you when you came in , and ask you to wait in your office until mr. linden returns from a meeting . hes scheduled back at 3:30 . he wants to meet with you privately , i believe . impossible , morgan retorted . i have a major client meeting to prepare for . besides , i just saw hal last night . he was very specific , the woman added . and very direct . this meeting hes at . not much , im afraid , she answered . i got the impression that it was important and hastily called . people were running around here like chickens , as it were . running around here ? this time , she didnt wait for another unhelpful answer from the useless fill-in . instead , morgan turned and burst into her office . this was her domain , her bastion of productivity and promise . she flicked on the lights . she knew right where to focus from months of habit and ritual . morgans heart pounded , and her stomach dropped . her personal laptop and all of her files pertaining to project renaissance had been removed from her office her jealously guarded zone of personal space . morgan zipped around and dashed back to the woman , who wore a look of fear and dread against morgans onslaught . where is lindens meeting ? the woman cowered , lowering her head and pulling her arms protectively against her own body . i dont know , ms. chase , she squeaked . all i was told is that you were to wait here until mr. linden returns . this wasnt good enough . morgan dashed to the offices of other key staffers on project renaissance , only to find them empty and their assistants equally unhelpful . after her manic rounds through the corridor , morgan retreated to her own office . she slammed the door , slumped in her chair , and once again phoned darren spencer . she knew then that hal linden couldnt have done this without him . he couldnt have stolen away project renaissance without darrens complicit involvement . she wondered if the whole damned thing was a set up . had last night simply been a seduction so hal linden could control the fruits of two years of morgans blood , sweat and tears ? morgan pressed the icon on her phone for darren . it immediately dumped her call into voicemail . and that was a good word for it , wasnt it . morgan had been dumped . duped and dumped by darren spencer . played for a fool and deceived by hal linden . and unceremoniously dumped in the trash by her own company . she sat and seethed for each and every interminable second until hal linden waltzed into her office later that afternoon as if nothing at all had happened . chapter 9 linden perfunctorily rapped a knuckle on morgans closed office door before proceeding to let himself in without waiting for a response . a leather briefcase dangled from his hand , and a laptop was tucked under his other arm . he walked toward morgans desk without a word . linden placed the laptop morgans laptop on her desk , as if this lone gesture mended everything . the two locked eyes , and the silence between them swelled . finally , mercifully , linden broke he thickening ice . project renaissance is signed and sealed , he said , trying on the slightest of pleased smiles . we got our price . considering the events of the past twelve hours , its a win . a major win . morgan had suspected as much .
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but the confirmation of her having been cut out of the deal still carried a sting . and thats what this was all about , wasnt it ? you , winning . beating me . lindens lips curled downward . he bent down to relieve himself of his briefcase . and then the gimpy quarterback took a load off in one of the cushioned chairs arranged in front of morgans oaken barge of a desk . you sidelined yourself on this one , linden gently said . i did what good teammates do . i picked up the ball and put it over the goal line before this thing blew up in our faces . and it came this close to doing just that . linden held two fingers centimeters apart to emphasize his point . and how exactly did i sideline myself and jeopardize the project ? morgans tone was icy and flat . it was as if she were denying herself all emotion . if she allowed even a molecule of her anger to seep in to her dealings with linden , she feared losing it completely . you compromised yourself with a subordinate , linden flatly stated . lord knows , i am not one to judge , but on the eve of consummating our divisions biggest project ever , your celebration with your assistant got out of hand . no one is adjudicating the details of what might have happened between you two . if this thing is handled correctly which is what we all should prefer there will never be an adjudication . but the fact is , you as a manager -- the project leader , for christs sake -- put yourself in this position at an absolutely critical time for this project . and you even used your company credit card to pay for your hotel room . just when morgan had believed herself to be immune to further surprises on this terrible day , another electric wave of shock shot through her system . the credit card , she thought . thats why her name was on the room service bill . darren had used her card to pay for the room . morgan knew he held a duplicate card , which he used to make all her travel arrangements . but morgan had counted on him to be more discrete . not stipulating to any of your absurd allegations , i still dont see how this presents a threat to project renaissance and my handling of the state contract . morgans even tone never wavered . heretofore , it wouldnt have , linden answered . unfortunately , your assistant made an early morning visit to the companys hr department and requested to file a sexual harassment complaint . he paused for effect , then added , against you . morgans system sustained yet another blow . she knew it had to have registered on her face , but she groped for zen , anyway . just so happens , i have a friendly contact at hr , linden continued . this person placed an off-the-record call to me before any paperwork was field . and i was able to reach out to darren and reward him with some well-earned time off in order to consider his options . i made it clear to him that he could come back at any time to the equivalent position anywhere in the company . and i suggested strongly that his application for any senior openings would be given serious consideration . he most graciously agreed to delay his filing . so , theres no case , morgan concluded . why am i still on the sidelines ? there remains the potential for a case , linden corrected . and when you are dealing with state contracts -- even more sensitively , state department of education contracts -- just the whiff of scandal is a deal breaker . linden paused , looked down , considered ending things there , then changed his mind . when his eyes returned to morgan , they glinted with indignation . and when he resumed speaking , lindens voice was intoned with a rising note of superiority . here , we have the project director and programs creator inches away from a sexual harassment beef , he resumed . theres no way that doesnt leak , should any paperwork be filed . even worse , this supposedly highly respected executive paid for her tryst on the company dime , money that now would be coming from the state of pennsylvania . not just from the state , but from its schools . money that goes for books , pencils and paper not one-night stands at the sheraton station square . the only prudent thing to do was to fast-forward the agreement , get the contract signed and move on . i was fully within my fiduciary responsibility to this company in acting in the manner i did . and i was covering your ass in the process . linden let the kicker ring off the walls of the otherwise silent office for a second , then plowed right back in , really piling it on now . morgan sat stone-faced , taking it all , absorbing every blow . linden held all the cards , had all the facts . she , in turn , was being blindsided by one devastating surprise after another .
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the least you could do is show a little gratitude that your name and reputation arent being kicked around all over the world wide web , right about now , linden incredulously said . you are a very high-profile divorcee , by the way . and this little project we are peddling is nothing less than a revolutionary realignment of the pennsylvania public education system that will have the teachers union crying foul from pittsburgh to philadelphia . talk about a target on our backs ? the ex-jock was practically winded from his diatribe . his boardroom beat-down of morgan was all but complete . linden had her right where he wanted her under his thumb . but it was all too convenient the timing , the string of circumstances , the devastating results . it all began with lindens invitation to dinner . and events just kept cascading until morgan was left outside looking in at her own project . she was positive linden had orchestrated everything . ever the quarterback , he had called the plays . but morgan could prove none of this . so she swallowed what was left of her pride . i guess i should thank you , morgan managed in a small , defeated voice . she would play the vanquished rival so that linden would relax . perhaps then , she could get to the bottom of it all . hey , linden drew out the word in a reassuring tone of sympathy . dont sound so down . so , youre on the bench for a few plays . that doesnt mean youre off the team . all im asking you to do is sit it out for a series or two , until this thing blows over . you obviously know best , morgan glumly said . i hung back and let you run with the ball . linden continued with the coach-speak that morgan so vehemently detested . and by damned , you scored a big one with that project of yours . so what if i had to come in late in the game and get us over the goal line ? you drove us downfield . all the things we talked about last night the vice presidency , heading up your own education technologies division thats all still on the table . we just needed to call an audible here . the good thing is , theres a whole second half of football left . but its halftime now , and you need to take a break . hell , you deserve one . morgan took in a deep breath and exhaled . maybe youre right , she allowed . in that case , can i take a couple of days ? you know , get my head back in the game ? linden grinned . the coach had worked his magic . thats my girl , he smiled . just do me a favor ? if i can , she replied . let this thing cool down , he said . the worst thing you can do is to keep calling this assistant of yours . and for gods sake , dont leave any voicemail . all that stuff , it just fits in to a pattern of harassment should he decide to pursue this . morgan cocked her head , considering this . she just wished she had thought of it before she had spent all morning and most of the afternoon peppering darrens cell phone with missed calls and voicemails . youre right , hal , she said . linden popped up , his bad knee cracking . hey , kid , he said , lunging down from his briefcase and wincing at the pain . you showed me something here , the way you handled all this today . must have stung like a bastard , but you evaluated the situation and what i had to say with your mind , not your emotions . sometimes , its only when we stub our toes do we discover who can grin , bear it and soldier on . you just passed the test , morgan . its like i said last night , youre earning your big boy stripes , one by one . linden flashed his best get one for the gipper smile , then pumped a fist for emphasis . his creepy condescension , coupled with everything else that happened this day , nearly made morgan vomit . instead , she grinned back at him . but there was nothing behind her ice blue eyes , except cold calculations . chapter 10 morgan had come in late , and now she would go home early . no one met her eyes as she walked out of the office building she had exited so triumphantly less than 24 hours before . but on bad days like this , there was nothing to do but retreat . besides , she had work to do at home . the grueling ten-month drive to land project renaissance had transformed her into an absentee parent . geoff had withdrawn further into his video game and social media world . and samantha had developed the calloused feelings of the oldest child who swallows her hurt and attempts to act like everything is okay . morgan knew better . and she was to blame . last nights dalliance with darren was the capper , and not because it had turned out so badly and ruinous to her short-term career goals . but rather because it had replaced reason and responsibility with abdication and abandon .
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somehow , morgan had lapsed into the careless college student she had never managed to be when she was actually in school . yet that studious , overlooked coed was always inside her , waiting for her chance to be sexually adventurous and absolutely irresponsible . finally , morgans inner coed had managed to get the best of her for one night , and look what had happened . her family relations , already on life-support from all the oxygen sucked out by her career , were dealt another mortal blow . and now even her hallowed corporate career -- her only instrument with which to prove her worth to her ex-husband -- had suffered a major setback , as well . as she drove for home , morgan , the mother and career woman , vowed that the reckless , repressed college student who defined her id , would never be allowed to romp in such a destructive way again . morgans drive home ahead of the choking pittsburgh traffic that clogs bridges and backs up tunnels nearly managed to relieve some of the stress that had taken deep root in her shoulder muscles and at the center of her temples . then , as she pulled into her squirrel hill driveway , she saw the beat-up truck again . that guy what was his name ? she still had the task of dealing with him , yet another minion sent by the master-meddler , her father . big al was the bigger-than-life , blue-collar firefighter and friend to everyone who morgan had been trying to show up , shake off and run away from her entire life . she pulled to a stop beside the truck , giving it plenty of room to pull out and be gone , hopefully never to return . but as morgan marched toward her house at the unscheduled , early hour , she encountered something truly shocking . would the days surprises ever end ? she noticed it even before she entered , as she breezed by a kitchen window on her way to the side door . something made her pause and take a longer look . something totally out of place -- and out of character . morgans uncommunicative , anti-social , computer-wired son was there in the kitchen with the humble , flannel- and jean-clad handyman . and geoff wasnt just there . he was talking , actually conversing . the son who morgan couldnt coax to remove the buds from his ears and pry his eyes away from the screen he was viewing in order to hold an actual conversation was doing just that with some stranger . not only that , her boy with the perpetually downcast , otherwise-occupied eyes was looking at the man , engaging with him . actually listening . the pair looked to be talking about tools , kitchen pipes , electrical wires , countertops and cabinetry . in other words , manly stuff that was far removed from geoffs usual interests in computer gadgets , video games and facebook posts . yet , it all made sense in a way . the son born to an absentee father now forced into a life with his distracted mother craved male bonding . the look in geoffs eyes was unmistakable . her son was gazing upon this down-to-earth day laborer as a male role model . even as morgan comprehended this , it was incomprehensible . she shook her head , shut her eyes , then opened them again , only to see the same incongruent scene and draw the same inevitable conclusion . geoff needed this . in fact , he had needed this for a long , long time . these circumstances forced morgan to reset her game plan . up until now , she had intended to thank the handyman for his troubles , pay him cash for his time and usher him out of her house , never to return . but if she did that now , she might as well sprout horns on her head , as far as her son would be concerned . she also knew that she couldnt make a big deal about geoff hanging out with the handyman , either . otherwise , he would grow self-conscious and withdraw . in this one way , mother and son were alike . morgan couldnt count the number of times her own fathers well-meaning comments about her interests had sewn social insecurities , the tight stitches good and deep in her very being . so much so , that by the time she went to college , morgan lacked the self-confidence to claim the kind of out-going , experimental campus experience she craved . it took her many years in the shadows of strong men first her father , then her alpha ex-husband to finally come into her own . she would not do this to geoff . instead , she entered with a neutral demeanor . she would shake off the melancholy of her disorientating day , expunge the guilt over her all-night absence from home and even release her annoyance at her fathers meddling in her home repairs . because if there was one thing morgan could count on big al for , it was his instinctive assessment of the human character . if her father had sent this handyman , morgan knew she could trust him . she could trust him in her home , and she could trust him with her children .
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big al would accept nothing less . morgan inhaled , braced herself and entered the home where she was mostly a stranger . geoff turned to door . the easy , good-natured expression on his face wilted at the mere sight of his mother . geoff asked accusingly . morgan didnt blame him . she was out of place , especially at such an early hour . she stammered for a response , but before she could find the right words and approach , the handyman intervened . hey , geoff , youre a nice kid , but thats no way to talk to your mom , travis walker pointed out from under his furrowed brow . the boys head snapped around at the mans understated , yet unmistakable authority . morgan could see that the handymans opinion already mattered to her son . its just that shes usually not home this early , geoff stammered in explanation to travis . the handyman relaxed his knitted brow , softening his judgment of geoff . then , this is a good thing , right ? travis tested the boy . geoff shrugged , unsure . morgan stepped further into the kitchen . geoffs right , she said . i havent been around a lot . works been crazy , and ive allowed it to eat into my time at home . one ive decided to correct starting tonight . morgan attempted her most positive and confident grin . her son just frowned . with his mother around , he would have to do weird mother-son bonding stuff with her , instead of hanging out with travis . she had managed to ruin everything , yet again . even when she wanted to spend time at home , his mother ruined everything . travis studied the sullen boy whose demeanor had changed in front of his eyes . geoff , why dont you go say hi to your mom , travis gently suggested . hi , the boy muttered . travis leaned toward geoff and spoke in a stage whisper . she looks like she could use a hug . geoff shot back an are you out of your mind stare . travis deflected the unstated question with a flat , stern look . geoff dipped his head in compliance , pushed himself to his feet and slunk over to his mom . glad youre home , he said in an emotionless line reading , then flung his limp arms around morgans waist . yet even this half-hearted display orchestrated by a complete strange caused morgan to suddenly , unexpectedly mist up . her sons heavily prodded , highly pathetic gesture was cold , clear evidence of how far she had allowed things to slip at home . morgan attempted to cough away the onrush of emotion . when she spoke , the bright tone she tried to strike sounded choked and weak , quivering with a potent mix of feelings . im glad im home , geoff , morgan managed . how about we order pizza tonight ? i guess her son said , looking up at his emotional mother as if she were an alien . just then , samantha burst through the swinging kitchen doors . morgan looked at her daughter , so shocked by her own mothers sudden appearance , and her eyes moistened again against her will . all morgan could do was shrug . this , all this , how it had come to this ? it was beyond explanation . i dont know , baby , morgan squeaked . morgan held out her arms and samantha came to her , not as reluctantly as geoff , but still uncertain in her own awkward way . hows pizza sound ? morgan tried the suggestion out on samantha as she pulled her daughter tight . the confused girl didnt answer . thats when travis spoke up . it sounds great , the handyman enthusiastically said . but not that cardboard stuff with the domino on the box . im talking about real , juicy , tomato-y pizza where the mozzarella is so stringy it practically chokes you going down . geoff turned at once . samantha pulled back and looked at her mom , as if expecting a negative verdict . geoff pivoted to plead his case . can we , mom ? her son said . morgan stared silently at the carpenter . who was this handyman , she thought . his deep , blue eyes only begged the question , as well . travis joined in . morgan shrugged , smiled and turned over a new leaf . it was the best she had felt all day . chapter 11 they all piled in to traviss rattletrap , throwback of a pickup truck , the four of them lined up shoulder-to-shoulder on the single bench seat . geoff insisted upon being traviss wheelman . samantha , who was far less enamored with the mode of transportation , was next . morgan took the spot nearest the passenger door , which closed nothing like her new lexus .
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travis looked over bemused that this rich family had piled into his poor mans pickup for a night out in what pittsburgh locals called the boonies , the far-out ex-burbs where roadside pizza joints were big on portions , jukeboxes and pitchers of yuengling draft . he rocked the key , and the trucks engine rumbled to life . he dropped it in gear , and they were off . the tinny am radio chirped and twanged with country music as they made it out of the city . the strengthening spring was pushing dusk later and later now , and the four of them pulled into the pizzerias gravel parking lot just as the waning sunset was descending into its deep orange and purple death throes . on the long but relaxing ride out , morgan had to remind herself that she was doing this for her children , most especially geoff . but as the miles away from pittsburgh piled up , she felt herself relaxing in a way she hadnt in a long time . and by the time they reached the restaurant her mind categorized the place as a ramshackle roadhouse with a couple of neon beer lights in the window morgan chase was actually enjoying herself . cynical people and that included most of morgans colleagues at the office would say she was slumming it . but she found herself stealing looks at travis out of the corner of her eye . he had a natural calmness at the center of his being . and he seemed absolutely comfortable and totally at ease with who he was , as he drove the truck with a few fingers on the wheel and his right arm slung over the back of the seat . he was unhurried and happy and he never sent out a single vibe that there was somewhere hed rather be . it was more than morgan could say for most people . and she found herself both liking him and envying him . the truck rolled to a stop , and travis jammed the transmission stick into park . if you folks were hoping for pizza hut , youre plum out of luck , he said , turning to them . what do you say we go grab a table ? travis jerked open the squeaky door and got out . geoff shouted , parachuting out of the large pickup and into traviss waiting arms . inside the trucks cab , samantha turned to her mother . the girls confused , uncertain expression appeared all the more exaggerated by the shadows cast by the trucks dim dome light . when in rome ? mom , this isnt rome , her daughter corrected . well , lets give it a chance , morgan said , elbowing the passenger door several times until it opened . she hopped out , and then turned to help her daughter down . it looks dirty , samantha said , wrinkling her nose at the restaurants fogged windows , which obscured the goings-on inside . travis and geoff circled around the truck and must have heard the comment . dont worry , princess , travis said , coming up behind them . the paper plates and the plastic forks are clean . hold your judgment until you taste the pizza . with that , travis led the way , holding the door for morgan and the kids . inside , a waitress whizzed past with a foaming pitcher of beer , paying the new customers no mind . morgans eyes followed as the waitress raced by , then she tisked at the slight . travis leaned in . this is a seat yourself kinda place . how about that round table over there ? looks like it could fit a couple of large pies , dont it ? geoff headed for the table without another word . morgan followed with samantha taking each step as if her feet were planted in wet concrete . the dcor was wood-paneled walls , a red formica bar and red-and-white checkered plastic tablecloths that were sticky to the touch . and travis wasnt kidding about dishware . a stack of cheap paper plates and a roll of paper towels topped each table . at least it smelled good a top note of fresh sourdough , sweet tomato sauce and browning mozzarella over an undertone of stale beer . so what do you guys like on your pies ? travis enthusiastically inquired . retorted samantha . pizzas , travis clarified . pizza pies . usually , pepperoni , geoff chimed in . travis nodded in approval . well , if you like pepperoni , youre gon na love their meat eaters , travis said . its pepperoni-plus . geoff was sold . maybe something a little lighter for us girls , morgan put in . thought you might say that , travis said . how about the veggie delight ? well , i like the veggie part , morgan agreed . as if on cue , the fleet-footed waitress waltzed up , her pencil already poised over a thick tablet of checks . the gum-snapping 20-year-old asked travis . she didnt so much as look at morgan . i think were gon na do two large pies , one meat eaters and the other a veggie delight , he said . large ? morgan shot back . the waitress didnt so much as glance at her . well never eat two large pizzas . not tonight , travis agreed .
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but i love leftovers . nothing better than cold pizza for breakfast . ewww , samantha sang . dont knock it until you try it , travis advised . yeah , geoff agreed . the hurried waitress pressed . im gon na do a beer , travis said . yuengling draft . youre driving , morgan pointed out . youre driving my kids . the waitress frowned her annoyance . i can drive on one beer , travis said . technically , its legal . but if youre not comfortable he trailed off , as if relenting on the beer , then quickly added : you can drive . id give anything to see mom drive that truck . that would be too funny . morgan pursed her lips at her sons playful challenge . hmm , she hummed . you think thats funny , buster . ill show you a thing or two . i used to drive your grandfathers truck . heck , i even drove a few fire trucks in my day . i can hold my own behind the wheel . then to travis : go ahead , get your beer . im the designated driver tonight . okay , so what are we doing here ? the impatient waitress chomped her gum . you heard the lady , travis smiled . a beer for me , and a pitcher of coke for the table . it was the most natural , easy and unforced five minutes that morgan had shared with her children in a long while . chapter 12 their fun feast of stringy , saucy and delicious pizza only extended the comfort zone surrounding morgan and her children . it was an hours worth of good-natured one-liners and spontaneous laughs along with a record-breaking absence of awkward pauses , pouted lips and angry defenses . then , just as they were ordering boxes for the hemisphere of uneaten pizza , morgans one and only father burst into the restaurant , eliciting a chorus of good-natured calls of his universally known nickname : big al . morgans father exchanged a torrent of good-natured backslaps and shouted , enthusiastic greetings with nearly everyone at the bar . the commotion was too big to ignore . geoff swung his head around and instantly recognized his grandpa , even though morgan was less than diligent about visiting her side of the family . big al would not be denied . over the years , he had concocted a series of never-ending excuses to pop over to the house , a pattern that only increased following morgans separation and divorce . big als ploy to dispatch travis to remodel morgans kitchen was just the latest example of his constant meddling . but what morgan saw as interference , her children , especially geoff , longed for as welcomed interactions with a fun family member with seemingly no agenda but doting on his grandchildren . geoff chimed from his seat . instantly , big al broke off his conversation and squinted his eyes in the direction of the familiar voice . the loveable grandfather feigned ignorance at the source of his summons . al boomed from across the restaurant . its me , papa , geoff called . al made a show of walking uncertainly toward the table of seeming strangers . it cant be , the robust 60-something said . thats not my favorite grandson in my favorite pizza joint , now is it ? geoff giggled , as his seemingly bewildered grandfather stumbled closer to the table . by darned , if it isnt , al said as he drew closer . and my favorite granddaughter , to boot ! al added . samantha smiled , despite herself . but this isnt possible , al continued the charade as he stepped closer . a disbelieving father was focused on his daughter , now . morgan refused to meet her fathers eyes . she looked at her lap and frowned . not my highfalutin , high-society , better-than-us-monroeville-mongrels daughter ? big al played it for all it was worth . and just like the little girl under the intensity of her boisterous , braggadocios fathers white-hot spotlight , morgans cheeks turned crimson . she absolutely hated that al could still do this to her . what in the world could she be doing here ? morgan raised her head and locked in on travis like a laser . youre in on this , she accused . you took us here because my father told you to . this is a set-up . travis chuckled , raising both palms in a show of utter innocence . not guilty , he pleaded , his eyes crinkling and sparkling with irresistible warmth . i cant help it if your father and i have the same taste in pizza . besides , youre the one who came home early and suggested it . i suggested ordering in , morgan corrected sternly . wasnt this better ? travis goaded . morgans stubborn mouth resisted answering . it was , she grudgingly allowed . big al and the gravitational pull of his out-sized personality were upon them all now .
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the fit but barrel-chested firefighter-grandfather scooped geoff right off his seat , bounced him in the air , then pulled him close . you didnt eat all the pizza , did you ? big al mockingly accused . geoff violently swung his head from side to side . saved some for me , did you ? geoff vigorously nodded . good , al said . thats a good grandson . saving some pizza for his hungry , ol pap . dad , he just ate . morgan shot her father a disapproving look from under low , furrowed brow . her father didnt even notice . oh , hes okay , al shrugged it off . arent ya ? geoff nodded again . cant baby a big guy like this , al corrected . not if he wants to be a tough , smoke-eating firefighter like his pap . geoffs smiled widened as morgans annoyance grew . im sure geoff is going to do something with computers , morgan said . that geeky , bookworm stuff ? al scoffed , making a face at geoff and ignoring his daughter . thats not mans work . thats not for guys like you and me . he isnt like you , dad , morgan announced to no avail . and what about this young lady ? al asked , lowering geoff to his seat and turning his attention to samantha . bet all the boys are after you ? i bet youre beating them off with a stick , arent ya ? samantha forced an embarrassed , uncertain giggle . no , she said shyly , then looked at her lap . sure you are , her grandfather prodded , reaching down and gently tweaking his granddaughters reddening cheek . pretty sweetheart like you . samantha glanced up at her grandfather with a shy , break-your-heart look as the red in her cheeks bloomed . dad , youre embarrassing her , morgan admonished . we dont encourage dating at her age . al acknowledged his daughters protests for the first time . he stared at her with an expression of absolute innocence . im not encouraging her , he pleaded . i think pretty , little samantha , here , should stay away from those badgering boys for as long as she can . if she were my little girl , why id put her under lock and key . theres no one good enough for my baby . not until pappy al , here , has a chance to check them out . see what theyre all about . isnt that right , samantha ? al tweaked her cheek again . samantha smiled at her lap . well , shes not your little girl , dad , morgan said . i know , al sullenly said . the sudden swing in his emotional state was disorientating . but morgan knew it was all part of her fathers act . im just her poor , old pap , he said . good to see you , al . travis reached out his hand to his friend , trying to change the subject . al took the extended lifeline of traviss hand and shook it vigorously . you , too , my friend , al said . you must be one heck of a handyman if you got my daughter to come way out here . al swung his gaze back to morgan . this heres a fine man , yes sir , he said , nodding toward travis . dont pull that bossy stuff with him , the way you do with your old man . this heres a guy you want on your side . morgan frowned , but for the first time tonight she suspected her father was right . thanks , dad , morgan said . thats something i dont hear too much . ill tell you , travis , i dont know what you did , but there might be hope yet for my little girl , here . morgans great , travis said . she raised her head to see him staring right back at her . anything i can do to help , im there . al seemed to notice the unstated connection and chemistry between travis and his daughter . he knew better than to toy with this , something that he had helped to create . sorry , folks , al announced . pizza wont do , if its cold . bye , papa , geoff intoned . al reached out his ham-sized fist to bump knuckles with his grandson . so long little lady , al said , as he stooped down to kiss shy samantha on a cheek . you watch out for my family , al said to travis . the two clasped hands again . al pivoted , swung in and planted a quick kiss on morgans cheek , just like he did when she was a little girl . and despite everything , morgan felt nothing but love for him then . bye , love , her father said . try not to be so hard on yourself . with that , big al walked to the cash register , where he exchanged twenty dollars for two big boxes of pizza , then barged out the door into the chilled spring night . chapter 13 as promised , morgan drove the truck home . travis was perfectly fine with one beer under his belt , but it wasnt about that .
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morgan had said she would do it , and she meant to follow through . geoff giggled at the sight of his mother behind the oversized steering wheel . travis grinned in delight and admiration . morgan was nothing if not a good sport . are you really gon na drive it , mom ? geoff asked , after travis hoisted the boy into the cab . you betcha , morgan nodded , then looked to samantha , who snugged up against her on the bench seat , for some girl power affirmation . her shy daughter flashed an uncertain smile . and then , the womea in charge dropped it into gear . she gave it a bit too much gas , and the trucks treaded tires sprayed gravel the whole way out of the parking lot . you go , mom ! geoff cheered . its a bit touchy , travis calmly advised . on the dark , quiet ride home , morgans mind raced over her long , eventful day . to her surprise , her brains rewind fast-forwarded over the boardroom intrigue that spelled such a reversal in her fortunes at the office . those things would sort themselves out in time . instead , the lingering thoughts and images were of family -- her fast-changing and ever-maturing children who morgan needed to get to know all over again . how geoff so instinctively and immediately gravitated toward the new male presence in the household . how badly must he have needed that , after years of a pre-occupied father whose absence in his sons life was only formalized by morgans divorce ? and then there was samantha . fragile , swan-like samantha . morgan made a mental note that she would have to work on boosting her daughters confidence . samantha was such a unique flower , so ready to blossom . but she needed a gardeners gentle nurturing and loving care . and she required some time in the sun -- time away from men like morgans father , her ex-husband and even her young son . samantha needed her own oxygen , just as morgan had needed it . it was a supply she tapped into only after college , and even then the flow wasnt constant . not in the shadows of her then-husbands atmosphere-sucking gravitational pull . travis was just the opposite of most of the men in her life . his coiled , compact body seemed to pull in on itself from its center . he did nothing to call attention to himself . nothing he did was for show . and as morgan watched him on the drive out , all throughout dinner and , especially , the strained scene with her father , traviss placid but deep reserve seemed to be drawing her in . the dense substance at the core of this easy-going , centered man had its own gentle but firm attraction . and morgan had felt it . she was fully aware of this , however . and she remained bound and determined not to fall within its tractor beam . because all the men in morgans life had agendas . she knew that even travis still , placid waters hid something in their depths . morgan would need to discover this mans deep secrets before she permitted herself to plunge in . she would not be fooled . not so soon after the debacle with darren and all the irreparable harm it had wrought to her career . she could not afford another misstep , especially not with a man she had allowed into her childrens lives . the handyman dispatched by her father had been around for just one day . yet , there they were , packed into his pickup truck like some happy family . geoff even laid his head on traviss firm chest for the long , soothing ride home . by the time morgan pulled the pickup truck into her squirrel hill driveway , the kids were asleep and the coolness of the spring night had turned cold . morgan turned the key and the old , balky engine coughed dead . she looked over at travis . so this is what a regular life is like ? but whatever this is , i like it . you have great kids . morgan looked away . too bad their mother sucks , she whispered . you dont suck , m , travis said , bestowing a nickname on morgan that would come to stick . you just try to have everything . dont remind me about work , she said in hushed tones . right now , i feel light-years away from that office . and i mean it to stay that way . at least for a couple of days . good , he said , putting a period on the subject . so how do we get these zombies inside ? travis glanced down at the slumbering children with their slack , sweet faces . i think i can carry geoff , morgan said , sizing up her son . my personal trainer has me pumping well over a hundred pounds . travis nodded in appreciation . chinese fire drill , morgan said , gently opening the creaky truck door , so they could switch sides and claim the kid they would carry to bed . travis followed suit with an even greater stealth .
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he didnt make a sound as he climbed out and crept around his big , old truck . travis scooped up samantha with an ease and delicacy that belied his compact build . it was much more of a struggle for morgan to hoist geoff from the trucks high perch . the boy stirred and his mother groaned to heft his dead weight . he groggily said . i got you , morgan answered . and the security of his mothers embrace seemed to send geoff back to a blissful state of unconsciousness . and as morgan looked down at her son , she realized she had not held him like this since the boy was fresh out of diapers . still , her mothers power to send her son off to sleep remained undiminished . at the side kitchen door , travis gently shifted samantha until she was comfortably flopped over one shoulder , his strong arm providing a secure seat . he extended his free arm for morgan to hand him geoff . she carefully transferred her son , until he was draped over travis opposite shoulder . morgan keyed the lock and held the door . lead me to the bedrooms , travis said . morgan tiptoed through her own house . first , they laid geoff down in his computer and electronics filled room . morgan spread back the sheets , then caught her son as travis dipped the boy off his sturdy shoulder . she kissed her sons forehead , then led travis down the hall to samanthas room . after similarly putting her daughter to bed , morgan slowly pulled shut the bedroom door as the two adults stepped quietly into the dimly lit hallway . morgan smiled at travis . he flashed her a thumbs up , then followed her back down the stairs . walking into the outdated , lime-green surroundings , morgan surveyed the scene as if seeing it for the first time . i guess this place could do with a bit of a makeover , morgan mused , craning her neck about the room . it could , travis neutrally agreed . so , how do we start ? morgan turned to the handyman who was , indeed , so very handy . you tell me what you want , travis said , looking his beautiful client right in the eye . his gaze had warmth and power . it was as if there were a current running between them . for a long moment , morgan could not break this connection , just as a person being electrocuted can not rip his hands from the source of the current . morgan said in a low voice that was nearly inaudible . were starting , travis answered . youre telling me what you want . and in that moment , the two strangers who were opposites in nearly every way werent talking about cabinets , countertops and wallpaper . but morgan didnt have an answer for him . and the truth was , morgan didnt know what she wanted . the silence between them swelled . yet , neither broke their electrically charged stare . i dont know , morgan whispered after a long moment . lots of people feel that way , travis answered . nothing too modern , morgan elaborated . she could have been talking about her kitchen -- or her life . something classic , she added . nothing trendy . something tried and true . something that can stand the test of time and never goes out of style . classics good , travis agreed . i can work with classic . so can i , she said . but we shouldnt rush this , travis pointed out . this is something youre going to live with every day . you should be careful and deliberate in your choice . thats only wise , morgan concurred . how bout i bring some catalogs in the morning ? bright and early , he said . sometimes , things look different in the morning . and what if they dont ? what if youre more sure than ever ? then , travis said , stepping toward morgan and taking her hand . you know youre onto something . he gave her soft , delicate hand a gentle squeeze . she could feel the understated power in his callused palms and rough-hewn fingers . and the electricity that had connected their stares now coursed and sparked throughout morgans paralyzed body . i had a great evening , travis said , giving morgans hand one more squeeze before breaking the connection . and morgan , a woman of constant motion , remained as still as a statue in his wake . chapter 14 morgan awoke the next morning to a buzzing sound that bored into her brain . but it wasnt her alarm clock . the hard-driven corporate executive who rose at 5:30 am every weekday and who was prone to logging double-digit office hours over the weekend , as well , had not set her alarm , despite the fact that it was a friday . instead , the source of the annoying sound was inside the drawer of morgans night table . the wooden echo chamber only amplified the grinding , grating sound . morgan stirred in her bed , feeling refreshed and recharged . she blindly reached a hand for the drawer pull .
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and when she opened it , the sound became clearer and instantly identifiable . it was her smartphone . and morgan , being morgan , that signature sound seemed to instantly snap her back into corporate climber mode . with her eyes immediately clear and alert , and a single cough to transform her voice into its typical calm executive confidence , she answered the phone , even though she did not immediately recognize the callers number . she said , snapping herself out of bed and springing to her feet . she was always better sharper , quicker -- on her feet . morgan chase ? it was a males voice , sounding somewhat uncertain . it was not one that morgan could identify . dale barbaro . from the journal , he replied , more confident now , even arrogant . may i speak to morgan chase ? its concerning a story that were planning to run . morgans stomach , full of the remnants of last nights pizza feast , suddenly sank . she began pacing the original oak floor of her bedroom . what did they have on her ? this is ms. chase , she said . i hope im not bothering you , the business reporter said . but morgan could tell barbaro could have cared less . a source gave me this number . i was told youre not expected in the office today . i have meetings , morgan said curtly . barbaro blew out air that whooshed like a tornado through the phone . thats not what i heard , he scoffed . then youre misinformed . why didnt you attend the client meeting with pennsylvania department of education officials yesterday ? the reporter shot back . your absence was quite noticeable , considering it was your project and this was your companys first major client for this product . it was a private meeting , morgan said as evenly as she could . neither side is releasing a list of attendees . the news the real news in case you missed it , is that the contract is signed . our companys public education renaissance curriculum is being rolled out across pennsylvania . and because of this , there will be many more client meetings and many more contract signings to come . thats the story , mr. barbaro . it was a classic non-denial denial , and dale barbaro knew it . morgan had never answered his question . she never said if she was present for the pennsylvania meeting , or not . besides , reporters like barbaro hated being told what the story was , especially by corporate executives who earned ten times his salary . barbaros journalistic license to harangue business big shots was the one thing that made up for his salary deficit . in this one respect , dale barbaro , and all the nettlesome journalists just like him , possessed the one form of power corporate titans could never wield . and he meant to use it . then , i take it youre denying the rumors of your suspension ? barbaro plowed ahead , each question more inflammatory , sensational and provocative than the last . im not commenting on anything beyond the news of the successful consummation of our agreement with the state of pennsylvania . its a bold , groundbreaking step that will allow our company and the students of this state to show the world the power of progressive , self-directed and fully integrated intellectual software . morgan quoted rehearsed , scripted lines . we are gratified that we will have this unique opportunity to partner will the educators of pennsylvania , and more importantly , to engage , excite and re-invigorate the students of this state . yeah , yeah , barbaro sloughed her off . i heard that one before . funny how no ones talking about why the design director who conceived and created all that groundbreaking software is nowhere to be seen when this historic stuff goes down . the phone line swelled with silence . ms. chase ? barbaro asked . im not just in the habit of responding to a reporters idle musings , even one as accomplished as you , mr. barbaro . now , if youll excuse me , i do have work to do . believe it , or not . i understand , the squelched scribe dejectedly said . thanks for the time . i do appreciate your calling for my response , morgan said . i hope ive settled the matter to your satisfaction . and if in the future there is anything i can report , youll be my first call . i can live with that , barbaro said . to be continued , then . i guess we can leave it at that . yes , she said , wondering how all those future pages would be written . the moment morgan disconnected from barbaro , she called hal lindens personal , private line , the one for internal executives only . the genial vice president picked up on the second ring . hal , this is morgan , she said in tones that sounded more urgent than was wise . morgan , linden gregariously said . i thought i told you to relax . that voice of yours doesnt sound very relaxed . he came off like a father scolding his little girl . so damned condensing .
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you tell me , morgan demanded hotly . do i have reason to relax ? well , we havent heard a peep from darren , if thats what you mean , linden elaborated . no further calls to hr . no push to move this mess into a full-fledged accusation . it sounds like my little huddle with him is working . cooler heads are prevailing . i just need you to simmer down , as well . for once , no news is good news . thats just it , morgan said . im not sure there is no news . she paused for effect , and linden didnt say a word . it was either shock on his part that she had discovered his back-channel play , or his genuine interest beckoning morgan to continue . no sooner do i take your advice to lay low for a couple of days , and i get a wakeup call from a reporter , morgan said . that pain-in-the-ass tech writer for the journal , she said . christ , he sputtered . barbaro ? linden sounded genuinely surprised . if he had set her up , he was a hell of an actor . thats the one , morgan said . dont tell me someones selling me out at my own company . you said you were putting a lid on this thing . i was , linden stammered . now , tell me exactly what this bastard said . morgan related the conversation , nearly word for word . linden listened intently , then rendered his verdict of what it all meant . nah , linden drawled . hes fishin . barbaro doesnt have anything . not on you , morgan . but he might have got wind of the companys financial play . theres been rumors all along that nestor would take us public , morgan pointed out , referring to the companys slick british ceo , nigel nestor . its always been a matter of when , not if . well , lets just say that the when has gotten a lot closer , linden hinted . unofficially , nigel is in london as we speak courting investment bankers for a deal . the timing of our pennsylvania contract , the prospect of a nationwide rollout for this software and the friendly climate for international ipos makes now the time to strike . im not privy to details , but ive been instructed to eliminate all bumps back home . thats why ive handled your situation the way i did . its for all of our benefit , really . as an equity partner in this company , do you have any idea what your share of an ipo would be worth ? morgan had been so focused on the details of project renaissance and the path to an executive vice presidents position it represented , that she had almost forgotten the bigger picture . the company itself was ripe for promotion to the wild world of the public sector , where the sky was the limit for the stock price of a suddenly hot technology company . well , i havent calculated it down to the penny , or anything , morgan said . everything makes more sense in the context of a pending ipo . i hadnt considered it when last we talked . but the whole thing with darren could he be a puppet for someone trying to torpedo the deal ? i dont know , linden answered in low , measured tones that dripped with deep contemplation . thats why im handling him with kid gloves . sorry if i was less than ginger with your feelings , but i assumed you would be on the same page with the bigger picture , given everything thats at stake . besides , now i know that you do fit in with the big boys . morgan wondered if linden was playing her again , but it didnt much matter . and all of his actions up to this point had served larger interests theirs personally and the companys . im over it , she said . and im with you one hundred percent . but im wondering how leak-proof your containment really is , what with barbaro sniffing around . not just sniffing , either . coming right to me , the unexpected chink in the companys armor . i still dont think he knows anything , linden analyzed . and if he has caught wind of nigels moves in london , a little fishing from a reporter is to be expected . in fact , the media scrutiny will only intensify as this deal moves closer to consummation . not a great time to have a rogue secretary out there with secrets . morgans voice dripped with self-recrimination . i wasnt thinking far enough ahead . dont beat yourself up , linden consoled . and right now , we have it contained . ive set myself up as darrens white knight in the company . he knows to come to me when hes ready to talk . going to him before hes ready will only strengthen his hand by signaling our own desperation . in my experience , people tend to think only as big as their job titles .
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an executive assistant sees a pampered department director , and dreams of walking in those shoes . he doesnt dream of corporate sabotage to service a rival investment banker and bring down billion-dollar deals . we shouldnt let our imaginations run away with themselves . lets not invest your handsome secretary with the skills of a boardroom chess player . morgans esteem for linden had increased ten-fold since their conversation began . as field general , people-reader and corporate strategist , the old quarterback was an all-pro . there was much she could still learn from him . youre right , morgan said . and the mere words themselves were a relief . we sit tight . we sit , linden corrected . no need to be uptight about it . in fact , i know one dedicated director who should be enjoying some well-deserved downtime . how are we doing with that ? not bad , actually , morgan said . believe it or not , i actually managed to decompress and feel somewhat human last night . i guess i have you to thank for that , as well . not necessary , he said . and let me know if you receive any other calls from fishing business journalists . ill stay in touch on my end , as well . thanks , hal , morgan said . and youre quite welcome . chapter 15 after a relaxing , rejuvenating , unhurried shower that nearly released the mornings tension , morgan was toweling off her hair when her smartphone buzzed again . almost immediately , the restorative efforts she had just completed were ruined . when she glanced in the phones display showing the source of the incoming call , any last bastion of stress relief was obliterated . it was her ex-husband , brock ballentine . morgan frowned as she hit the answer button on the phones display . she might have lamented her ex-husbands call , but she never once considered not taking it . yes , brock . whats this im hearing of a scandal ? ballentine blustered . some sort of embarrassment that could spill over onto me and my children ? good to hear from you , too , morgan deadpanned . come now , morgan , her imperious ex-husband lectured . you cant possibly expect pleasantries . not with these wild rumors zipping about . youd think i would have learned from eight years of marriage not to expect pleasantries from you , brock , she somberly said . get on with your life , woman , he snorted . this is about the future . no , morgan corrected . what did morgan do now to fuck things up for brock ? i hope youre not talking like that around our children , he said . maybe youd know if you ever bothered to see them . morgan swung back . i see them , he said weakly . is that all you have to do ? wave at them from your limo ? exchange platitudes and pleasantries over the phone ? send them parcels from whatever five-star hotel that hosts your latest business meeting ? hotel gifts are all the same , no matter where in the world you happen to be . i did not call to re-litigate our custody arrangement , nor to defend my parenting skills , ballentine said , not even attempting to take a stand on such shaky turf . its what made him such a skilled negotiator . brock ballentine saved all his battles for when he held the high ground . sun tzu would be proud . perhaps then youre calling to compliment me on the successful launch of my new project , morgan fished , trying to find a weak nerve that would send a jolt of guilt racing through her ex-husbands otherwise impenetrable system . thats just it , ballentine pounced , seeing firmer footing now . im hearing you got sidelined at the last minute . word is , that joke of an ex-jock , linden , had to close for you . why werent you at the biggest client meeting of your life , morgan ? i know you well enough that you wouldnt have missed it . and why would mr. fortune 500 care about our little private company that could ? morgan deflected the question . i dont , he bellowed . but i do care about my reputation . and if something makes my ex-wife and the mother of my kids too toxic to preside over her own meeting , i need to know about it . it was a private meeting . morgan retreated to the company line once again . you know i cant confirm or deny who attended and who didnt . corporate strategy is off limits . lord knows , you shut down many a conversation between us with that line . this is not the same , and you know it , ballentine huffed . dont make me come in there and clean this up . you might not appreciate how i sanitize the situation . theres nothing for you to worry about , morgan reassured . i do worry , he said . this isnt the best time for me , you know ?
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i realize you have to have your little hobby with these video games , or whatever it is that youre doing . but we both know that the real money still comes into this enterprise from my accounts . thats what will fuel the childrens trust funds , pay for their ivy league educations and purchase their futures . you do realize this , dont you ? yes , brock , morgan droned back , as the conversation had taken its inevitable turn . with ballentine , it always came back to money his money . everything and everyone took a backseat to brock ballentines bank account . then you might want to take greater care to ensure whatever you do in your little playground doesnt sully the real work i accomplish in the cut-throat theater of international business . ballentine was just pouring it on now , just twisting his thumb and grinding it in . morgan let him continue the lecture . i just cant afford a scandal , even if it only involves my ex-wife . please tell me you have n't allowed that ball-playing buffoon you work for to get one over on me , ballentine warned . i wont allow a moronic minion like that to hold anything over my head . ill take any and all measures to prevent it . brock , really . morgan tried brushing it off , but she couldnt help but wonder what measures her ex-husband was talking about . dont you have bigger things to worry about ? but i always watch my back . morgan pleaded innocence . so , youll let me know if theres anything i need to know as soon as i need to know it ? and i do mean anything , morgan , ballentine forewarned . any little thing . anything , brock , she said . no surprises , then ? you know how i hate surprises . i dont like them much , either , brock , morgan added , referring to the scores he had sprung on her over the long , tortured course of their marriage . not the least of which was the conniving mistress whom brock ballentine eventually elevated to be his second wife . no one does , she added . chapter 16 it wasnt yet mid-morning , but morgan already felt defeated and drained . instead of being the businesswoman who authored her own opportunity , events were happening to her now . away from the office , she felt unmoored , unplugged and adrift . a bobbing buoy to be buffeted by whatever direction the tides happened to be running . this wasnt morgan . with both her ex-husband and a reporter sniffing around her exploits at the office , she had no choice but to stay away from the one place that had been her anchor for the past two tumultuous years . and as reluctant as she was about it , morgan would have to trust linden . she realized now that it was in her bosss own interest to protect her . doing so would safeguard the companys ipo , which would rain money into all of their pockets . clad in a terrycloth robe and slippers a rare luxury on a weekday midmorning -- morgan lumbered down the steps of her house . her alert nose followed the delicious aroma of fresh-brewed coffee . and by now hours behind her typically high-octane schedule morgans very soul craved caffeine . she padded into the kitchen to find a fresh pot underneath the coffee maker . a mug and spoon were laid out nearby . morgan so honed in on the coffee , she didnt immediately notice travis surveying a sheaf of plans , sketches and materials catalogs at the kitchen table . morgan poured and sipped at a steaming mug before her slowly sharpening eyes finally rose beyond the cups brim . she wasnt surprised at all to see travis there . in fact , she had been looking forward to seeing him . with both hands wrapped around her warm mug , she padded over to the table . traviss brow was furrowed in concentration as his eyes surveyed the array of documents . morgan didnt disturb him , merely padded up behind him and peered over his shoulder . she sipped from the cup , and as the mind sharpening properties of the caffeine pumped through her system , she began to realize what she was looking at . the kitchen she had imagined . the classic warm , country hearth that in her mind smelled of fresh baking bread and bacon sizzling on a griddle , along with that wonderful foundational undertone of good , strong coffee . you did all this in one night ? travis still didnt look up at her . this house has a lot of potential , he said , still studying the drawings . i guess i couldnt get it out of my head . his sharp , blue eyes found hers . she felt inadequate in his gaze , what with her wet hair and her face free of makeup . but his kind , comforting eyes held no judgment of her . only warmth , just like the kitchen he had imagined for her . i knew youd be around the house for a couple days . and i know that isnt always the case .
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so i figured id better take advantage of the fact that i have a captive audience . so , im your captive ? morgan playfully asked . she could get used to such things . travis raised one side of his mouth in an amused grin . lets just say i was worried that once you got back into your usual routine , id never get you to stand still long enough to make a decision . morgan raised her gaze to her pathetic kitchens ceiling , as if considering this . then , she dipped her chin in agreement . travis had a point there . maybe ive changed , morgan allowed . i go by what i see , travis answered . youve lived here going on two years . and while its a great old house , it could use some work . its not like money is a problem for you . so im thinking it must be time . youre just too busy to sign off on a project to fix your own house . moneys a problem for everyone , morgan pointed out , cynically . not me , travis countered . never was high on my agenda . thats not a very good opening position from which to negotiate your rate . morgan smiled devilishly . a woman in my position could really squeeze you for all youre worth now . only if i let you , he said . but i dont negotiate . my rate is what it is . i know what im worth , and thats what i charge . i havent had many complaints . that , i do believe , morgan said , raising her mug with both hands , and gently sipping from it . i do like what i see , morgan said . she meant the drawings , but her comments could have applied to travis himself . its like you read my mind . no , he said , narrowing his eyes and considering her . that would be a fools errand . i just listened and took my best swing . morgan sat down at the table , and rested her cup on its surface . she picked up a catalog showing various cabinet styles and materials . she moved the booklet to one of the drawings , as if attempting to see how traviss sketches would come to life . travis watched her comb through the appliance catalogs , circling her favorites , and comparing them against the sketches . he was quiet , jotting occasional notes and figuring up prices . the two sat together like this for most of the morning , until nearly everything was decided . morgan brightly posed . well , you write me a check , and i order all the materials and appliances , he said . the cabinets themselves could take up to three weeks , so ill hold off on the real demo work until i get the delivery dates firmed up . youll want to keep a working kitchen as long as you can . its going to get pretty ugly around here , before it gets better . you wouldnt be one of those contractors who leaves a girl hanging , would you ? morgan was playing with him again , randomly poking and prodding , looking for buttons on this calm , centered man whom she found so intriguing . havent yet , travis said . but to be honest , theres not a lot i can do around here until the orders start coming in . so youre going to just sketch and run ? morgan asked , disappointed . actually , after i get these orders in , i was thinking about taking in a ballgame , he said . theres a businesspersons special this afternoon . im a businessperson , morgan pointed out . you tell me , am i special ? travis broke into a full grin . youre special , all right , he agreed . is that your way of inviting yourself to the game ? a guy like you wouldnt want to drag a mother and two kids to a ballgame , morgan tentatively stated . youre clients now , travis pointed out . i can write it off . oh , i know , morgan excitedly said . i can call the office and see if i can get us seats in the corporate skybox . travis frowned for the first time that morning . thats not baseball , he said . ill get the seats . just have the kids ready . and bring your mitt . i have a feeling were gon na catch one today . my mitt ? morgan said , dumbfounded . she hadnt taken a mitt to a game since she went to old three rivers stadium with big al . they sat way out in left field . terrible seats by any standard . big al drank beer , ate peanuts and got sunburned . and morgan hadnt had that much fun at a baseball game since . she had had plenty of better seats and much better food yet not nearly as much fun . chapter 17 this time , morgan insisted upon driving her lexus . after all , the afternoon baseball game was billed as a businesspersons special . therefore , morgan reasoned , she might encounter actual business people executives she or her ex-husband knew . quaint and retro as it was , it just wouldnt do to be seen piling out of traviss seen-better-days pickup truck .
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morgan didnt much mind being seen with travis , himself . although in some ways , he was as rustic and iconoclastic as his truck . she was duly divorced , and it was nobodys business with whom she went to ballgames with . besides , while the jeans , tees and checked flannels didnt make any fashion statements , traviss intense eyes , his strong , square jaw and his compact , coiled strength more than made up for his fashion deficiencies . and morgan knew that if she did happen to encounter any female executives at the game , they would be more than jealous of her escort . travis walker was all man far more than any blowhard , cigar-champing warren buffet wanna-be they might happen to have on their arm . as if on cue and in character , travis walker showed up at morgans side kitchen door in a well-worn white t-shirt with a badly faded pirates logo across the chest . he clutched a relic of a leather baseball glove that had been rubbed and oiled so many times , it was as soft and pliable as a babys bottom . morgan was packing her purse and calling for the kids when travis stepped in the kitchen . he inquired , holding up his glove . lets just say , i must not have won it in the divorce , morgan whispered conspiratorially . geoff doesnt have one either . hes not exactly the play-catch-in-the-backyard type . neither was his father . the only sports he plays are on the computer . travis shook his head gravely . thats child abuse in some states . well have to fix that . just then , morgans son slow-walked into the kitchen , his head down and his eyes fixed on his smartphone . he didnt even notice travis . are we really going to a smelly pirates game ? geoff asked , refusing to remove his hypnotized eyes from his electronic device . her own eyes still locked on travis , morgan tilted her head like a lawyer who just presented case-clinching evidence . ill let you use my glove , travis spoke up . geoff lifted his eyes . hey , travis . travis held out the glove . geoff eyed it uncertainly . looks old , the boy said . some of the best things are . miraculously , geoff slipped his smartphone in his pocket and held his hands out for the glove . travis tossed it to him . you used to play ? only in high school , travis said . but that mitts been just about everywhere ive been in the world . nothing clears my head like throwing and catching a baseball . geoff pulled on the glove . he worked it deeper onto his hand by pounding its center with his other fist . its soft , geoff said . all the best ones are , travis smiled . asked morgan , to which her son simply shrugged . i better go get her , or well be waiting until the seventh inning stretch , morgan announced , before marching off in her very springy ensemble of a breezy blouse , casual slacks and strappy sandals . a few minutes later , samantha appeared , sullen but ready to go . okay if we take mine ? morgan said , swiping her keys from the kitchen counter . its easier with the kids . travis held up his palms in surrender . the whole goal here is to relax and take in a game . so whatever makes you comfortable all of you . travis palmed the heads of both geoff and samantha . can we show just a little enthusiasm here , guys ? travis squinted as if the effort he was demanding of them were extraordinary . he raised a hand , showing the slightest space between his thumb and index finger . woohoo , she sang sadly . i guess it would be cool if i caught a ball , geoff allowed finally . you never know , travis shrugged . but we got ta actually get to the ballpark first . are the chases and the ballentines ready to depart ? should we have a countdown ? a drum roll ? an announcement that the family is leaving the building ? morgan shot him a forced grin at the not-so-veiled references to her high-maintenance family . is he going to be like this all day ? samantha asked , looking up at morgan . im sure it gets worse . youll just have to forgive him . back in his day , going to a baseball game was a big deal . travis smirked a grudging submission . morgan had gotten him there . baseball still brought out the kid in him . chapter 18 travis insisted upon purchasing the tickets for all of them . he did this at the ticket window and with cash . no ticketmaster , stub hub or scalpers for him . the seats were down the left field line . not the outfield , exactly . but no luxury skyboxes , to be sure . once again , the kids were singularly unimpressed .
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on the way to their distant destination , the band of them stopped for refreshments that they would carry to their seats . here again , travis insisted upon the traditional -- hot dogs , peanuts and beer ( water for the kids ) , all around . yet , when the group finally made its way from under the dark concourse surrounding the stadium , through the tunnel and out onto the field level seats , some sort of magic occurred . the brilliant blue sky , the cool spring breeze , and that fluorescent green grass opened up to them all at once . on the plush field below them , players tossed baseballs in the outfield . batters cracked bats in batting practice . and pitchers labored in the bullpen , the strengths of their pitching arms and the speeds of their pitches registering with the sharp smacks of the baseball hitting the catchers glove . travis stood there for a moment , taking it all in . morgan noticed this and wondered whether such a constant as this in a persons life somehow connected him to all iterations of him former self down through the years . looking at travis walkers content , contemplative face , she suspected that it did . clutching a cardboard tray containing her beer and hot dog , morgan brushed up close to travis and whispered in his ear . she watched him close , his eyes sparkling . im glad you brought us , she whispered softly . travis eyes were another of the brilliant , crystalline things in the ballpark that day . they seemed to penetrate her then . it means a lot that you came , he said . his mesmerizing eyes seemed to possess the power to hold morgan , to freeze her in place . on the periphery , morgan was aware of her children and their growing impatience to get to their seats . no doubt , they were eager to dig into the junk food she normally wouldnt allow . perhaps , they were confused by this developing bond with travis . geoff took advantage of the lull in the action to plug one end of the foot-long dog into his mouth . samantha , meanwhile , shuffled uncomfortably from foot to foot . the idle , uncertain moment between her mother and another man was much too long for a twelve-year-old girl with self-esteem issues and a daddy complex . can we , like , go now ? samantha said with every ounce of her adolescent sarcasm , judgment and disdain . it was enough for morgan to break from the trance travis had her under . sure , honey , morgan smiled . but i told you we werent done seeing the weird side of travis . samantha looked at her feet , and then mumbled a rejoinder that was right on target . hes not the only one acting weird , she said . morgan turned her head , leaving her daughters comment undressed . she stepped forward , as if leading the way to the seats . but it was travis who held the tickets . over here , he called , nodding to the left , further toward the outfield . those four right on the end . the group of them headed in that direction . on the way , geoff mumbled over his mouth full of hot dog : do you think well catch a ball out here ? adept at deciphering hot dog speak at baseball games , travis answered : were sure going to get our share of chances . cool , geoff said , his lips pulling into a ketchup-stained smile that stretched over his mouthful of food . travis took the seat farthest away from the aisle . morgan sat next to him , leaving samantha and then geoff to complete the row . its important for the guy with the glove to be on the aisle , travis instructed geoff . this way youre freer to go for the fly balls . and even though the game was still about a half-hour away , geoff kept the glove on his left hand , leaving him just one arm with which to finish his food . the ballpark filled in with a respectable , but far from capacity , crowd . clusters of fans dotted the seats around them , but no one was forced to sit elbow to elbow . travis clasped his hands behind his head and kicked his feet over the back of the seat in front of him . in his position , his biceps swelled and pulled at the arms of his seen-better-days pirates t-shirt . morgan couldnt help but admire his pose and his body . she used the excuse of some idle chitchat to remain locked in his direction and study his form . she noticed the dark shapes of what had to be a tattoo of some sort encircling traviss left upper bicep . but she didnt recognize the design , nor think much about it . it was just another of travis charming blue-collar traits . the game began , and geoff sat ready with his glove . travis made work of shelling his peanuts and washing them down with beer . the discarded shells were like a carpet of sawdust on the concrete underneath his seat . morgan seemed to think that this blatant disregard for littering laws was a breach of etiquette of some sort .
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but travis assured her that this was yet another of the charms of being at the ballpark . and he watched delightedly as morgan began cracking her own shells and letting the brown pieces fall to the floor . after her first few peanuts , travis raised his beer in a toast . to the cheap seats , he said . morgan smiled and grabbed her beer from a cup holder . the cheap seats , she agreed . and so as not to exclude her children , she turned with her beer to samantha and geoff , and repeated the toast . geoff immediately got the drift , and raised his water bottle , but samantha just frowned at another of her mothers weird ways . by the third inning , they were ready for more refreshment . at the very least , travis and now morgan were ready for another beer . but before travis could get up and squeeze out of the aisle , a man walked up holding a tray of drinks . sir , the man called to travis , who turned to see a fan that travis vaguely remembered seeing seated nearby . on me , sir , the man said , presenting travis with the tray containing two beers and two sodas . travis looked down at the offering , somewhat taken aback but smiling graciously . thank you , travis said . no , corrected the man . by this time , morgan and the kids had turned and were watching the unusual exchange . travis fisted two of the drinks , handing one to each of the kids . he then pulled out the beers , offering one to morgan and raising the other to his mouth and drinking . he nodded and smiled at the man . mighty nice of you , sir , travis said . the man smiled warmly and nodded back . he looked down at morgan and her family . he must have noticed the confusion on samanthas face . perhaps , that was why he addressed her , specifically . you got a brave dad right there , young lady , the rather large man said as he leaned down to address samantha conspiratorially . he smiled and nodded again as if to emphasize his point . samantha asked , not bothering to correct the mans assumption of genealogy , but rather more interested in getting to the bottom of this strange gesture . not personally , the man said good-naturedly . havent had that pleasure . but i know that tattoo there on his shoulder . i know what men like him have done for our country . its why you and i can sit here and enjoy this game . the man laid a gentle hand on samanthas shoulder , and then raised himself to travis . navy seals , if im right , the man said , nodding at traviss left arm . you guys are one hell of a weapon , if youll excuse my enthusiasm . but instead of offering more information , travis seemed to close off then . suddenly , his face held a flat , neutral expression that betrayed nothing . thanks again for the drinks , travis firmly said . the man nodded and smiled knowingly . thats a seal , all right . the real heroes never talk about it . i understand , and i thank you again for your service . ill leave you fine folks to enjoy the game . geoff called , raising the sugary soda that normally was disallowed . travis turned and sat down as if nothing had happened . but morgan , and particularly , samantha , were studying him . well , that was nice , morgan said , fishing for further explanation . yeah , travis said mildly . samantha pressed . about you being a hero and stuff ? travis turned and looked at samantha . her face was so eager , so expectant . he didnt want to disappoint her . but the fact was , travis walker didnt talk about himself . i can tell you this , honey , he gently said . i served my country . but the only heroes i ever met were the ones who didnt come back . that man says youre a hero , samantha countered . he says you were a seal . were you a seal ? seals are the biggest , boldest badasses , geoff chimed in . anyone who plays videogames knows that . theyre the ones to send when the mission is impossible , the odds are against us and the enemy needs killing . i guess i was too thick-headed and stubborn to quit the training , travis allowed . lots of people served , honey . what people call them doesnt matter that much in the end . i want to see your tattoo , samantha insisted . the one the man was talking about . reflexively , travis reached a hand to his shoulder , as if covering up the ink that snaked around his upper bicep . its an ugly , ol thing , really , he said , almost embarrassed . i wan na see it , the girl pleaded . watching all this , morgan wanted to see it , too . and she wasnt about to correct her daughter for being nosey , not while samantha was sweating this blank page of a man for firm facts and precious bits of biographical information .
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travis just couldnt resist the searching and longing in the pretty little girls face . samantha had been blessed and cursed with a high-achieving but absentee father . and an empty space inside of her has been longing to be filled ever since . samantha needed a hero . travis knew he did not fit the bill . no one could measure up to the man that little girls like samantha truly need and deserve . but he was the one right there . he was the one who had to face her heart-breaking eyes , brimming as they were with so much need and want and uncertainty . travis turned his shoulder toward morgan and the kids . then , he rolled up his sleeve . underneath , riding high his on his arm , was the elaborate image of a skull wearing a floppy brimmed hat , scuba goggles and a respirator . two rifles were crossed behind its head . and these words were scrawled underneath : god will judge our enemies . we arrange the meeting . geoff sang delightedly . that is too cool , travis . samantha , by contrast , was struck silent as her eyes scrutinized the tattoo . wordlessly and semi-consciously , she reached out a hand . her fingers gently touched the image , as if needing to confirm that it was real . samanthas kind and gentle fingers lightly traced the inked lines that so coldly and harshly represented death and vengeance . morgan could only watch as her daughter literally reached out for something her very soul had been craving since the divorce had become final . you are a hero , samantha finally said , her fingers still running over the lines of traviss tattoo . just then , there was a loud crack that snapped everyones attention toward the field . the crowd gasped in anticipation as the ball rocketed toward left field . geoff instinctively jumped up and raised his glove . but this was no fly ball . this sucker was on a mission . it zoomed on a rope over the left field wall for a homerun . the crowd cheered the two-run knock that put the home team ahead . the four of them were on their feet with the rest of the crowd . suddenly , the once-sullen samantha was cheering and clapping right along with everyone else . and as the excitement was waning , she reached up for her mother . morgan leaned down to her daughter . can i sit by travis ? samantha asked meekly . morgan smiled as something inside her heart let loose . yes , dear , morgan whispered . good try , morgan said , changing places with her daughter and addressing her son . i want to sit by my left fielder over here , she announced by way of explanation for the sudden change in the seating chart . having switched places with her daughter , morgan watched as samantha nuzzled close to travis for the rest of the game . she saw the way her daughter looked at this man , and morgan couldnt help but look at him in the same way . but right now , and best of all , travis walker was theirs . and when travis caught morgan looking so admiringly at him , she didnt turn away . and to see her daughter with this fine man , morgan would look and watch and admire -- all day long . chapter 19 they got back after dark again . the day , the game , the sun and yet another filling dinner -- this one of steak and fries at a steelers-themed restaurant near the stadium -- left them all blissfully fulfilled , happy and fatigued . morgan marched the children upstairs after each received hugs and hair tousles from travis . but there were no goodbyes between him and morgan . she made a point of telling him to stay . we need to finalize those kitchen plans , morgan said while herding her two children toward the stairs . you mind waiting around ? and later , when morgan returned after putting the kids to bed , she went for the fridge and removed two beers . she popped the tops and handed one to travis . he rose from the table and took it . about those plans , he began to say . plans are overrated , morgan cut him off playfully . she swigged her beer and stepped closer to him . sometimes you need to act on instinct , she said . morgan stepped into him . travis walkers chest was rigid and strong . his entire body was compact , solid and utilitarian , not overly muscled and showy . he smelled of sunlight and the outdoors . and he didnt back away a single inch . after all , travis walker had never backed away from anything in his life . morgan took another drink , and then slid her arms around his waist . she rested her beer on the countertop behind them . travis body was hot , as if it had absorbed the days worth of sunlight . travis swung back his head , slugged his own beer , and then looked down at morgan . acting , morgan said . her eyes smoldered at a sultry half-mast . on instinct .
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his waist was compact . his hips , tight . the bulge in his jeans , full and pronounced . the day of watching this fine man had been foreplay for morgan . she was primed and ready to swing for the fences now . morgan grinded into him harder . her hands ran up his muscled , sinewy back . it was so strong and solid under his thin , soft t-shirt . she pressed her own ample chest into his . yet she felt him standing rigid , holding back . morgan asked , pulling back and showing him a pout . he smiled down at her , even as he shook his head . i like you and your children very much . but things that begin like this never seem to last . you admit , theres something here ? she lawyered him . then lets explore it , she said breathlessly , pressing into him again . we are , he said . weve done a lot of exploring for just two days . and its only made me want more . then take it , she offered . i will , he nodded . morgan pulled back and studied the ugly linoleum floor . you think im some kind of slut , she said into his chest . i was out all night the morning we met , and here i am throwing myself at you after a ballgame and a beer . and its taking everything i have to hold myself back , travis said . the thing is , i want a whole lot more than just tonight . the more morgan knew about this wonderful , mysterious man , the more she wanted to know . travis had a way of making her want more and more and more . she asked , shaking her head in bewilderment . you show up in my life , and everything turns upside down . just who in the hell are you ? im here , he said kindly . im right where i want to be and nowhere else . im present . and im not going anywhere . the breath through his nose was hot and heavy . his lips were soft , but the firmness of his kiss pressed hard into morgans mouth . she could feel the brittles of his beard stubble scratching her cheeks . she opened her mouth and accepted his tongue . their mouths and tongues explored each other . in their hunger , it was as if they meant to devour each other . the passions in their bodies ignited blazes in their already stimulated erogenous zones . the fullness of his package became rigid and hard in his jeans . hers became aching and wet . but as they pulled hard and close into each other , both of them realized that their nerve-quivering desire to discover each other would only deepen and build with time . indeed , if they could play each others bodies like symphonies with mere kisses , just think what soaring music they could create together if they permitted their feelings and passions to crescendo in equal measure . so even as her hungry mouth and aching body yearned and beckoned for his throbbing manhood deep inside of her , morgan knew travis was right . the act , while so immediate and instinctual , would only siphon away the intensity from what was quickly becoming the most wonderfully romantic experience of her life . the journey she and travis were on now stood the chance of blossoming into something so monumental , not even the pimply-faced sophomore left to yearn and dream and masturbate alone in her dorm room could have dared imagine it . i guess i should go , travis managed , breaking off their oxygen-depriving deep kisses . both of them were panting . the heat and electricity between them had manifested itself in the form of their steam-like breath , the sheen of sweat on their faces and chests and , of course , in their swollen , aching genitals . morgan licked her nearly numb lips , as she struggled to catch her breath . as much as i hate to admit it , yeah , she exhaled . but i need to see you . every minute with you makes me want another day , week , month , year . im not leaving , travis said . just pausing for intermission . count on it , morgan said , her hands falling away from him as the stepped toward the door . if not , ill hunt you down , sailor . seal or no seal , you never faced morgan chase on a mission . could be fun , he said , opening the kitchen door . you have no idea , morgan said , raising a sly , slanted , sexy grin that told of all the pleasures yet to come . chapter 20 the optimistic , expectant grin written large on morgans attractive face was never erased that entire night . she awoke with the thrill and longing of a schoolgirl . the new day only made her want travis walker all the more . and with the morning sunlight beaming into her bedroom and the excitement of last night still coursing through her body , morgan thought she smelled coffee . clad in a robe , she stepped into the hallway , where the pleasing aroma grew even stronger .
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padding down the steps only confirmed its source . there in the kitchen , clad in work clothes and with a tool belt strapped about his waist , travis walker , her handyman in all things , was fixing breakfast . wholl break the eggs ? morgan teased from the entryway . oh , we already cracked the shells , travis grinned . thats what last night was all about . all we have to do now is scramble them . some peppers and onion might be nice , morgan offered , stepping toward him . sure would , he agreed . some cheese , too . quite the recipe , she said , taking a knife to a green pepper . guess we both like mixing things up . wouldnt have it any other way , morgan said . in the kitchen , with the wonderful morning scent of freshly brewing coffee permeating the outdated but sunlit space , morgan watched as her bleary eyed children stumbled down for breakfast without being summoned . the two sleepy faces wore puzzled expressions as they stared at their mother , working over the stove . the iron skillet in morgans hand sizzled with frying butter . a nearby ceramic bowl held a mix of scrambled eggs , sliced green peppers , diced onion and grated feta cheese . morgan glanced at her bemused children and smiled . samantha asked , as if she were bearing witness to a mad woman . looks like your moms doing some cooking , travis offered , by way of explanation . mind if i join you guys for breakfast before i get to work ? sure , geoff answered . but my mom doesnt really cook . im not sure youd want to eat it . she looks like she knows what shes doing , travis said , glancing at morgan . but what do you say we give her a hand ? the three of them -- samantha , geoff and travis -- gathered around morgan near the old , soon-to-be-replaced kitchen island . and unlike so many past manic mornings , she wasnt hurrying for work . she wasnt leaving breakfast for ramona to fix . she wasnt whizzing by her own children as if they were strangers . and she wasnt wanting for a mans attention . right then , in that shambles of a kitchen , morgan chase had it all . all , except for a cup of coffee . morgan was no longer in overdrive , but she still needed her caffeine . okay , you guys take over for a minute , morgan announced . im going to get that coffee . travis , you want a cup ? travis affected a gravelly , ghoulish voice , and both of the kids laughed . morgan cracked a crooked grin . this guy was something else , she thought . she plucked two large mugs from the fluorescent green cupboards , and reached for the decanter from the coffee machine . thats when morgan noticed the latest surprise to rock her world . morgan wasnt sure what made her glance at it . habit , perhaps . but whatever the impulse , she happened to catch a glimpse of her smartphone . it was there on the countertop , next to her keys . and a message was waiting . she poured the coffee , and walked the first mug over to travis . thanks , he said , while pouring the omelet mix into the sizzling skillet . on her way back , morgan discretely palmed her phone from the counter and slipped it into the pouch pocket of her robe . she fixed her own cup of coffee with a touch of cream and a pouch of equal . when she finished , she took a careful sip , then turned her back to the otherwise-occupied chefs over by the stove and slyly checked the phone message . the identification widened her eyes and quickened her pulse . darren spencer had placed the call . indeed , her one-time lover and former administrative assistant owed her much more than a single voicemail . he owed her a full-on , detailed explanation of everything that occurred since their steamy one-night stand at the sheraton . and that was just for starters . the fierce competitor and no-bullshit businesswoman inside morgan wanted to pounce on this immediately . those parts of her surged with the darwinian impulse to immediately begin to get to the bottom of darrens mind-blowing betrayal . indeed , the lure compelling morgan to bolt from the kitchen and hole up in her bedroom making and taking calls was strong . the old morgan wouldnt have thought twice . yet , she did none of these things on this morning . instead , morgan slipped the smartphone back into the pocket of her robe , with darrens mysterious message unchecked . she took another sip of coffee and padded back over to the stove , where the omelets were almost ready . so you managed to get out of cooking , after all , travis accused . see , i told you my mom doesnt cook , geoff called in gotcha fashion .
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morgan shrugged a no contest to the charges and her well-earned reputation among her children . i need coffee to function . morgan took another sip , as if to confirm this fact , and then set down her mug . she passed plates that soon would be filled with homemade , secret-recipe omelets . the four of them would sit and talk and eat . and the lazy , still-awakening saturday would be theirs to plan . oh , she would get around to listening to darrens message . morgans never-ending chase would inevitably continue . but right then , on this perfect morning , the pendulum had swung and the tables had turned , if only for the moment . morgans personal life was , at this moment , a norman rockwell painting . it was her career that had disintegrated and descended into the heinous-looking hieronymus bosch . and morgan had yet to found the balance . perhaps , her ongoing quest for the professional womans holy grail of symmetry would be advanced by darren spencers unheard message . morgan chase would discover all of this . but not until after breakfast . perhaps , not until the end of what she hoped would be another long , wonderful day with samantha , geoff and travis . a day so perfect that every detail would be etched like engraved crystal into morgans memory . hey , wake up over there , travis snapped his fingers like a hypnotist bringing a patient out of a trance . do i have to cook , serve -- and remodel this kitchen ? or are you going to help us plate these omelets ? for a second , morgan was caught dumbfounded holding her stack of plates . then , just as suddenly , she plunged back into the present . alongside travis . in other words , right where she was meant to be . yes , chef , she barked . whatever you say , chef . and for one blessed day , that was as hurried and harried as it would get for morgan chase . to be continued dear reader , i hope youve enjoyed this special 30,000-word free preview of my exciting morgans chase series . the succeeding eight installments in the romantic and suspenseful chase series await your discovery . future books range in length from 33,000 words to 55,000 words , and are priced accordingly , between $ 1.99 and $ 3.49 . i do hope you continue the chase . you have no idea where it goes next . and believe me , you aint seen nothing yet ! so start now . dont miss the shocking second chapter in morgans chase with book # 2 tied up & twisted . love , lucy st. john the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious . any similarity to real persons , living or dead , is purely coincidental and not intended by the authors . first kiss copyright 2013 by sara burke , jane charles , claudia dain , catherine gayle , rose gordon , samantha grace , julie johnstone , jerrica knight-catania , erin knightley , sue london , deb marlowe , delilah marvelle , ava stone , and sara wampler , all rights reserved . cover design by lily smith smashwords edition includes excerpts from the following , reprinted by permission : her wicked ways copyright 2012 by darcy burke , all rights reserved . a reluctant rake copyright 2013 by jane charles , all rights reserved . much ado about dutton copyright 2013 by claudia dain , all rights reserved . the devil to pay copyright 2013 by catherine gayle , all rights reserved . the officer and the bostoner copyright 2013 by c. rose gordon , all rights reserved . twice upon a time copyright 2011 by samantha grace , all rights reserved . what a rogue wants copyright 2013 by julie johnstone , all rights reserved . more than a governess copyright 2009 by jerrica knight-catania , all rights reserved . ruined by a rake copyright 2013 by erin knightley , all rights reserved . athenas ordeal copyright 2013 by graythorn publishing , all rights reserved . the love list copyright 2013 by deb marlowe , all rights reserved . lady of pleasure copyright 2013 by delilah marvelle delilah marvelle productions , llc , all rights reserved . heiress without a cause copyright 2012 by sara wampler , all rights reserved . a scandalous pursuit copyright 2011 by ava stone , all rights reserved . no part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical meansexcept in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviewswithout written permission . about this book fourteen bestselling and award winning historical romance authors have come together with an excerpt collection just for you . inside , youll find scenes leading up to that glorious moment of the first kissor , in a few instances , the almost first kiss . we hope you are swept away in the romance of the first kiss .
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table of contents first kiss excerpt from her wicked ways by darcy burke first kiss excerpt from a reluctant rake by jane charles first kiss excerpt from much ado about dutton by claudia dain first kiss excerpt from the devil to pay by catherine gayle first kiss excerpt from the officer and the bostoner by rose gordon first kiss excerpt from twice upon a time by samantha grace first kiss excerpt from what a rogue wants by julie johnstone first kiss excerpt from more than a governess by jerrica knight-catania first kiss excerpt from ruined by a rake by erin knightley first kiss excerpt from athenas ordeal by sue london first kiss excerpt from the love list by deb marlowe first kiss excerpt from lady of pleasure by delilah marvelle first kiss excerpt from heiress without a cause by sara ramsey first kiss excerpt from a scandalous pursuit by ava stone she was his savior banished from london for her reckless behavior , lady miranda sinclair is robbed by a dashing highwayman en route to the country . by offering him a kiss in lieu of the jewels she had to leave behind , she commits the very type of act that caused her exile . when her dour guardians extend her punishment to performing charitable work at the local orphanage , shes further tempted by the homes owner , a provincial gentleman who stirs her passion in a most wicked way . he was her downfall desperate to save his orphanage from financial catastrophe , montgomery `` fox '' foxcroft leads a double life as a highwayman . the arrival of wealthy , well-connected miranda , whose kiss he cant forget , presents a lawful opportunity to increase his coffers . his problems seem solveduntil she rejects his suit . out of options and falling for the heiress , fox must risk what principles he has left and take advantage of her wicked wayseven if it ruins them both . a bad girl heroine steals both the show and a highwayman 's heart in darcy burke 's deliciously wicked debut . -- nyt bestselling author courtney milan june 1816 , wiltshire stand and deliver ! montgomery foxcroft demanded a second time as he and the other four members of his band stepped out from the trees lining the rutted and muddy road . theyd scouted the two coaches for the last quarter mile . each had a coachman at the reins and a footman on the back . the footman on the rear coach crouched low as both vehicles rumbled to a halt . you there , stand away ! fox stalked toward the second coach , training his pistol on the mans chest . the servant stared , wide-eyed in the milky light offered by the half moon . sweat trickled down foxs back as he waited for the footman to obey . an eternity seemed to pass before the man jumped from the back of the dark blue lacquered coach , his arms spread . fox let out his pent up breath . they hadnt prepared for two coaches , but foxs steward , robert knott , had come up with a plan to direct the four retainers to a single location . rob came abreast of him and shouted , move between the coaches , and keep yer hands where i can see them ! fox resisted the urge to tug his mask further down his face . the rough , black fabric covered everything but his mouth . surely that wouldnt be enough to spark recognition . hugh carmody , landowner and retired mp , opened the door of the lead coach and thrust out his nearly bald head . rob pointed his pistol at the mans face and was answered with a decidedly unmasculine shriek , followed by a thud . carmody retreated . rob murmured the question that had been plaguing fox since theyd sighted their quarry . why two coaches ? carmody owned just one , and it wasnt the fancy , lacquered coach in the rear . he also didnt employ that many footmen . someone had to be traveling with them . someone wealthy . the door of the expensive coach flew open . pale hair glistened in the moonlight as a female head poked forth and glanced down at where the step would have been if the footman had pulled it out . she raised her face , and foxs jaw loosened . he just managed to keep it from unhinging entirely . no , that word didnt do her justice . she was incomparable . her heart-shaped countenance was perfectly proportioned with delicious bow lips set above a strong chin . a delicate nose turned up at the end in a rather saucy fashion . softly angled cheekbones were accentuated by her annoyance . eyes of an indiscernible color tilted at the outside . his heart took a decidedly different rhythm as his body reacted to her instead of the robbery . are you here to steal our money or gape ? she jumped from the coach , scattering a spray of mud as she landed in the lane . the young woman looked down at the dark spots now marring the lower skirt of her dress . hed no notion of its construction , but the rich fabric and sparkling decoration bespoke extravagance . she raised her gaze to foxs once more and again , the impact of her beauty hit him like a bludgeon . rob coughed loudly . fox silently cursed his distraction . he nodded toward the first coach . were here to steal his money . he considered her gown again , the luxuriousness of her equipage , and the gold-trimmed livery worn by her retainers . though im happy to take yours as well . a second chit stuck her head out of the window of the fancy coach . fox recognized the young womans dark hair and narrow face . we dont have any money ! beatrice carmody squealed . fox found that hard to believe . he motioned toward the rich girl . this ones got money to burn . he tightened his grip on the pistol . what he wouldnt give for a surplus of money . hell , what he wouldnt give for just enough money .
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the beauty pursed her lips . unfortunately , i do not . lying brat . he didnt believe her declaration of poverty for a trice . she had to possess something of valuethat dress for instance . christ , would he stoop to stripping a girl of her clothing to support the orphanage ? he immediately imagined her pale flesh exposed to the moonlight , her radiant blond hair sweeping her shoulders , her breasts . his first foray into criminal behavior , and he was already a blackguard . an enigmatic smile lit her face , thankfully interrupting his thoughts . instead of coin , might i offer you something else ? he relaxed a bit , glad shed decided to be accommodating with whatever valuables she had in the coach . perhaps this nights endeavor would reap a larger bounty than hed anticipated . feeling lighter than he had all evening , he waved rob toward the first coach . get the money from the gent . fox kept the pistol in his right hand as he moved toward the beauty , his boots squelching in the wet earth . she tried to shake the mud from her hem , clearly unaware wiltshire dirt was a bloody , clinging nuisance . he considered offering assistance , but she raised her head and he judged such chivalry to be pointless . her stare was direct , and she elevated her delightfully pert chin . her regard all but dared him to come closer . up close , she was even more stunning . she smelled of orange and clove . completely feminine . fox wanted to knock his head against a tree . mentally undressing hapless females whilst he stole their valuables . rob and so many others counted on his success tonight . she stepped toward him until they stood a mere hands width apart . i have nothing , save a kiss . his jaw did drop then . brazen enchantress . he willed his brain to think of his charges . edward needed medicine . dora needed shoes . they all needed a secure place to live that didnt leak . he couldnt believe he was going to refuse herhis body certainly didnt agree . i dont need a kiss . she sighed , a sound of deep regret . i told you , i have no money . you reek of wealth . fox sniffed loudly to punctuate his statement and got a nose full of her alluring scent for his trouble . her lips curved into a small , almost seductive smile . when he finally remembered to take air , he did so quite audibly . her mouth widened then , and her face shone like the sun on the brightest summer day . what the hell kind of highwayman fixated on some chit like a cheap byron impostor ? fox reined in his wayward lust . you must have something of value . a piece of jewelry ? a quizzing glass ? a doddering dowager ? if theyd been anywhere else , he wouldve laughed . instead , he called out to rob , as much to distract himself from her as to determine his stewards progress . how are you doing over there ? he was careful to lower his voice lest carmody determine his identity . highway robbery shouldnt be this bloody complicated . gents being quite accommodating . he returned his attention to the girl , disappointed she hadnt sprouted a wart in the last few seconds . i dont have time to discuss the finer points of your doddering or lack thereof . return to the carriage and retrieve whatever it is you have of value . id hate to have to use my pistol . her gaze flicked downward . your pistol ? hells teeth , had she just looked at his crotch ? youre not even pointing it at me . she was quite maddeningly correct . the weapon hung from his fingers , forgotten amidst her beauty and the tormenting effect of her nearness . unwelcome desire charged through him despite his best efforts to keep it at bay . yes , my pistol . id prefer not to harm you , but if you do not procure your valuables immediately , i shall be forced to do so . a pouch splattered in the mud near their feet . beatrice called from the coach . thats everything we have . shes not lying to you . her parents have exiled her to wiltshire and gave her nothing of value as punishment . she doesnt even have her maid . the beauty threw a glare at the coach . foxs lips quirked beneath his mask . a spoiled society chit then . pick up the pouch and put it in my cloak . perhaps it was foolish of him to invite her even closer , but he reasoned he couldnt very well pick up the pouch and leave himself vulnerable . she contemplated him , her bow-shaped lips pressing together . he still couldnt detect the hue of her eyes , but imagined them to be the color of the seanot blue , not green , but something just between . with a huff , she bent and plucked the purse from the ground . she straightened and raised her right brow again . do you have a pocket ? fox held the left side of his black cloak open . she reached inside and fumbled for a moment .
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the back of her handshe wore no glovesgrazed the front of his waistcoat . sensation leapt from the intimate contact . he was torn between rebuttal and encouragement . upon locating the pocket hed had sewn solely for the purpose of this robbery , she deposited the purse . she pulled her hand back , but he grabbed her fingers , bare against the leather of his glove . her gaze met his , and her lips parted in silent invitation . later he would chastise himself for his poor judgment , but nownow he would surrender . fox lowered his head and put his mouth on hers . the jolt of sensation flooded him with warmth , made him forget time and place and purpose . soft lips moved beneath his in delicious response , as if this kiss were the reason for their meeting . with his free hand , he caressed her waist , pulling her closer . her form fit against his with astonishing precision . his senses screamed for more . her tongue flicked against his mouth . her tongue ? after her behavior thus far , he shouldnt have been surprised by her shocking display of experience . she was obviously not married , given her exile , but someone had taught her how to kiss . someone hed like to thrash . then her tongue slid into his mouth , and conscious thought evaded him completely . with a groan , he tugged her harder against his chest and wrapped his arms around her back . her hands crept up and pulled his shoulders closer while her head angled beneath his . he lost himself in the kiss , for once surrendering to his most primal needs , prioritizing them instead of everyone elses . he tipped his head to stroke deeper into her mouth , unable to get enough of her . this moment was for him , and he meant to indulge . the swell of her breasts strained against him , echoing the insistent pressure of her palms driving him nearer . he was overwhelmed by her touch , her scent , her taste . he worked his free hand up to the back of her neck , his fingers caressing her warm flesh . like silk christ ! robs booming voice crashed into their embrace like a pistol cocked against foxs temple . fox pulled away guiltily , feeling like a green lad instead of a grown man of eight and twenty . as if , like him , she couldnt quite believe what had just transpired . despite the fact shed been the instigator . he smiled slowly , fixated on her kiss-reddened lips . she arched her brow again , and he couldnt tell if she was an innocent girl or an accomplished seductress . he hadnt the time for either complication . rob came to his side and elbowed him in the ribs . fox lowered his voice to barely above a whisper . did you get enough ? the answering snort clearly said , is there ever enough ? sorry , stupid question , fox muttered . fox turned a wary eye on the beauty . she stood stock still , her chin thrust out , whether in pride or insubordination , he didnt know . the man foolish enough to court her was destined for agony . he patted his cloak . i got a bit of blunt from those two as well . he hoped it was enough for their immediate needs . he preferred not to play the highwayman again . rob called , lets go , lads . he led the other two members of their motley band into the trees where their horses waited . theyd meet up at the manor and tally the profit . fox should have followed directly on their heels , but he couldnt resist a final glance at the beauty who kissed too well . her lips curved into that devastating smile , and for a brief moment , fox pondered risking the hangman and sweeping her into his keeping . he shook the madness from his head and offered a slight wave . she raised her hand in response . fox chuckled . incomparable . pray , my lady , there isnt a next time . she dropped her fingers to her lips , touching them briefly before letting her arm swing down . beatrice gasped , drawing his attention . one of the footmen was reaching toward the back of the first coach , perhaps for a weapon . fox refused to stay to find out . with a quick turn , he dashed into the trees . out of sight but not out of hearing . what in gods name are you about , miranda ? your father wont be pleased to hear this ! carmody wasted no time berating the lovely siren for her imprudent behavior . after the mans tirade faded behind him , fox approached his horse and mounted . the evenings tension drained from him under the pleasant memory of mirandas kiss . before setting icarus to a walk , he retrieved the velvet purse . with a tug , the drawstring came loose and he emptied the contents into his hand . hairpins and a couple of biscuits . the tension returned , with a shock of irritation . why hadnt he checked the purse in the road ? because hed been too confounded . he cursed in self-recrimination . he couldnt repair a leaky roof with biscuits and hairpins , which meant hed likely have to do this again .
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for all his bravado , tonights lawlessness hadnt come easy . only the desperation of his tenants and his orphans had forced his hand . for them , hed sell his soul . darcy burke wrote her first book at age 11 , a happily ever after about a swan addicted to magic and the female swan who loved him , with exceedingly poor illustrations . darcy writes hot , action-packed historical and sexy , emotional contemporary romance . a native oregonian , darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her devoted husband , their two great kids , and three cats . in her spare time darcy is a serial volunteer enrolled in a 12-step program where one learns to say no , but she keeps having to start over . shes also a fair-weather runner , and her happy places are disneyland and labor day weekend at the gorge . visit darcy online at http : //www.darcy-burke.com , follow her on twitter at http : //twitter.com/darcyburke , or like her facebook page , http : //www.facebook.com/darcyburkefans . mr. jordan trent , the spare , was raised to be a rake . not only did his father encourage his roguish life , but insisted that jordan do nothing except enjoy the life of women , gambling and fine brandy the life his father had wanted . it is a life jordan enjoyed until he realized something , or someone , very important was missing . miss audrey montgomery had been warned to avoid rakes like jordan trent but fell under his spell like so many ladies before her . she should have known better and vows to protect her heart whenever he is near . if only his kisses werent so delicious it would be so much easier . miss audrey montgomery stifled her groan . she had chosen the peyton ball because out of all the events this evening mr. jordan trent would least likely be here . he was a confirmed bachelor , rake , rogue , and all manner of immorality , and lord peyton had three unwed daughters . what was peyton thinking by inviting such a lothario into the midst of so many innocent young ladies ? audrey knew she wouldnt be able to avoid trent the entire season , but she had hoped not to see him at her very first ball . she drew a deep breath in hopes of calming her erratic heart . why did trent have the power to set her pulse a flutter ? besides , she was well aware of what a despicable creature he was , yet he still had the strangest effect on her senses and she knew better than to succumb to his charms . she had been attracted to him last season , as had every other lady in london , but she knew better now . he did look handsome in his dark blue double-breasted coat with tails and black trousers . trent stood with one hand in his pocket and when he moved she glimpsed the gold waistcoat beneath . trents broad shoulders filled out the coat perfectly and she had danced with him often enough at the beginning of last season to know he did not use padding , or have a need for it . his dark hair was cropped short and she suspected by the waves that it would be a mass of curls if he let it grow out . the snowy white cravat made his cobalt eyes all the bluer . why hadnt she noticed he was looking at her , otherwise she would not be able to see his eyes ? perhaps he was merely looking in her direction and not directly at her . audrey glanced around . nobody else was looking at him and when she turned back , he wasnt looking at anyone else . oh , drat ! the last thing she wanted to do was encourage that rogue , but apparently she had . a slow , sensual smile came to his lips and that blasted dimple emerged . audrey closed her eyes for a moment , hoping he would disappear . when she opened them , he was walking toward her . this was the last thing she wanted or needed and she certainly hadnt meant to encourage him . and , why would he want to even be near her after the way she treated him last fall when he visited his brother ? of course , he deserved every bit of her rudeness after what he had done , and more , so why was he approaching her now ? mr. jordan trent stopped before audrey and her aunt and uncle . his eyes focused on her after greeting the older couple and he bowed deeply before speaking . you look beautiful this evening , miss montgomery . before she could respond someone bumped into her from behind and she found herself pushed into mr. trent . he grabbed her by both elbows to steady her and leaned forward . delicious as well , he whispered . heat stole into her cheeks and audrey pulled away . oh , he was wicked indeed . might i see your dance card ? i am afraid they have all been claimed . the last thing she wanted was to dance with this rake .
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it was bad enough she had to stand and speak with him . her aunt and uncle would never understand if she refused a dance . actually , they would if they knew the horrible truth , but that was a secret she must keep for her dear friend , millicent , now lady lydell . trent frowned as if he were disappointed but she was certain he would recover and move on to another lady to partner , one more willing than she . perhaps a turn about the room ? she simply stared at it . she did not want to touch him , let alone go anywhere with mr. trent . do go on , dear , her aunt insisted . the musicians will not begin again for a little longer . mr. trent still had his arm out , elbow cocked , waiting for audrey to slip her gloved hand into the crook of his arm . blasted man ! perhaps she should stroll with him so she could finally give him a piece of her mind . she smiled sweetly and nodded to her aunt and uncle before allowing trent to lead her away . for a moment i thought you were going to deny me the pleasure of your company , he muttered when they were out of earshot . if this were not a public venue that is exactly what i would have done . she nodded to acquaintances as they passed . i believe i made my feelings for you perfectly clear this last fall so i see no reason why you wish to be in my presence to begin with . she spotted lord and lady lydell ahead . millicent narrowed her eyes and she frowned at audrey . she would need to explain the circumstances to her friend later . now was not the best time . trent turned her toward the doors leading to the gardens before they reached the lydells . audrey was about to voice an objection but thought better of it . out of earshot of the ton she could finally tell him exactly what she thought . the things she should have said months ago . as they stepped out onto the terrace a cool breeze washed over her heated skin . audrey hadnt even realized how hot she had become from the dancing and being in the crowded ballroom until the coolness blanketed her . they followed the few steps down into the garden and stopped before a fountain . there was nobody else present so she would be able to tell trent exactly what she thought of him . as audrey turned to face him , she opened her mouth to speak but he swooped in , claiming her lips before a word could be uttered . he tasted of wine and cake and the heat of his mouth sent tremors through her body . he delved and she bit back a moan . is this what he meant by delicious ? her knees grew weak and audrey grasped his shoulders so as not to crumble . his arm snaked around her waist , pulling her close to his hard , rigid body . trent pulled back for a moment . i knew beneath your cool exterior lurked passion . audreys eyes popped open . she knew better than to fall under his spell like so many others , yet with one kiss he muddled her senses . trent sighed and allowed her to step away from his body . anyone could have come upon us . jane charles has lived in the midwest her entire life . as a child she would more likely be found outside with a baseball than a book in her hand . in fact , jane hated reading until she was sixteen . out of boredom on a long road trip she borrowed her older sisters historical romance and fell in love with reading . she long ago lost count of how many fiction novels she has read over the years and her love for them never died . along with romance she has a passion for history and the two soon combined when she penned her first historical romance . what turned into a hobby became a passion , which has been fully supported by her husband , three children and three cats . jane can be contacted at : janecharles522 @ gmail.com , http : //www.janeacharles.blogspot.com , or http : //www.ladyscribes.blogspot.com . it all began in the courtesan 's daughter and continued through the next four books of the courtesan chronicles . the marquis of dutton did n't pay the slightest bit of attention to anne warren until he found out that she was the daughter of a courtesan . his careless , confident , ill-considered pursuit of her began upon that lurid foundation . anne had been smitten by the dashing lord dutton from her first encounter with him . but to be pursued because her mother was a woman of the demi-monde ? anne was not going to make the mistakes her mother had made , each decision taking her further down the social ladder . anne meant to improve her station , not hobble it with an amorous encounter with the nearly irresistible lord dutton . over the course of the london season of 1802 , dutton pursued and lost anne again and again .
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he became something of a drunken sot about it all , even a laughingstock . when anne married lord staverton , his fall was complete . anne married wisely , and dutton was befuddled by it . two years later , in the 1804 season , anne is a widow and dutton is sober . lady staverton and lord dutton , both available and both still interested , continue the seductive dance they began when she was his social inferior . she is no longer his inferior , and because of that , the tables have turned and dutton is at her mercy . or perhaps anne is at dutton 's mercy . it all depends upon whom you ask . the moment they were alone , truly alone , alone as they have never yet been in their entire acquaintance , was a moment of great weight . for anne , at least . what dutton felt she had no idea . she ought not to care . but they were alone , in her house , nothing but servants , negligent ones , a room and a closed door away , the fire in the grate , the light fading and the shadows lengthening , her breath catching in her chest . his breath must catch . his heart must race . his blood must pulse . it was duttons turn to be off step and off balance , to wonder what she wanted and if she wanted him . she was not the woman she had been . she had power now , some position in the world , and she meant to use it . they had both stood upon ruans departure , as was only proper , and now they still stood . dutton waited for her to seat herself . she decided that sitting was too passive ; she walked to the window that fronted the street and looked out . dutton did not accompany her . she did not know if she had wanted him to or not . if you have your heart set on ruan , you are destined to disappointment . he is all for sophia dalby . anne kept her back to dutton . the back of her gown had quite nice pleating and she did not think it would hurt her efforts to show it off . i do not have my heart set on lord ruan . your loins , then , he said . his voice had not moved . my loins , lord dutton , do not have a mind of their own . she was embarrassed she had said such a common thing . she was also , almost equally , delighted . he moved toward her ; his voice was closer . she had spent many nights pondering that voice . she had pushed thoughts of his voice from her mind when staverton performed his marital duty upon her . she had ignored memories of his voice when she had stood at stavertons side on their wedding day , and every day thereafter . she had listened fractionally to that voice in her head when staverton was laid to his eternal rest . as the months had passed since that day , duttons voice , the memory of it , the seductive lure of it , had grown louder and less easily dismissed and discounted . now there was no reason to dismiss it . now , she could and would do precisely as she liked . who was there to stop her ? who to disapprove ? what price to pay for this dalliance with lord dutton ? there had been much ado made of dutton , deserved or not . now , she was determined to do something about all that . not as certain as i should be , perhaps , she said , turning to face him , quite well aware that the last light of the dim sun would do wonderful things for her hair . lets put it to the test , shall we ? she had the supreme satisfaction of seeing lord duttons jaw unhinge a fraction of an inch . she was going to have the time of her life . dutton simply must do his part . this was not the anne he remembered . nevertheless , this anne , any anne , was the one he wanted . had he always wanted her ? he neither knew nor cared . he did not live a contemplative life . what motivated him hardly mattered . what he achieved , that was all that mattered . and he would achieve anne now ; now she was playing in his arena . now , she would succumb , finally succumb . he had her precisely where he wanted her , where he had always wanted her . lets , he said , moving across the room toward her . she was lit from behind , her hair glowing red , her legs outlined , their shape plain to see . she had lovely legs . he wanted them wrapped around him . he wanted that now , instantly . he had wanted it forever , eternally . he reached her in quick , long strides , aware only of her . a swift catch of her breath . a flush of pink in her cheeks and on her neck . a widening of her eyes . beautiful eyes , pewter green and hazel gray , neither and both , changeable , mercurial , quicksilver eyes .
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lord dutton , she said , holding a hand up , her other hand gripping the window sill behind her , is this to be an assault ? yes , he growled , and in the next instant his mouth descended upon hers . she was warm and soft , open and responsive . she put a hand on his shoulder , tilted her head just so , made pleasant sounds in her throat . a widow twice over . she knew how to kiss , knew how to welcome a man . he knew that and he wanted more than practiced submission and acquiescence . he wanted her raw and out of control . he wanted her naked longing and clumsy , hungry passion . not this casual acceptance of his kiss , this polite response . ill strip you naked , anne , he said against her mouth , one hand on her jaw , tilting her face up , the other hand on her hip . being naked is the entire point , is it not ? she said , smiling softly , nearly humming her pleasure . god , she could smile and hum ? by god , no . he wanted her screaming , clawing , thrashing . not what she had shown her husbands . he was no husband to be managed . he said , moving his hand forward to cup her . because now i can afford you , lord dutton . afford this , she said . he pulled back and studied her face . she was flushed , with pleasure , not with passion . she was content , but not satisfied . she was managing him . afford me ? you can not afford me , lady staverton . you can try , she said . do try . and she leaned up to wrap her arms around his neck and kissed his jaw , a trail of kisses that ended at his mouth . he pillaged her , ravaging her mouth with his , hot and demanding . she met him thrust for thrust , moaning . it wanted more than that , far more . claudia welch/claudia dain graduated from the university of southern california with a ba in english . while there she became a member of alpha phi , one of the oldest sororities in america . a two-time rita finalist , she has won numerous writing awards and honors since her first novel was published in 2000 . she has lived for most of her life in los angeles , called connecticut home for a decade , and currently lives in north carolina with her husband . over the years , gabriel devalle has more than earned his reputation as one of those devilish devalles . no one is more surprised than gabe , therefore , when a debutante tosses herself into his path , only to have her gown accidentally ripped by her mischievous and alluring sister , all in the name of causing a scandal . or was it to prevent a scandal ? either way , the gown-ripping sister has certainly drawn his notice . miss miranda hunt will do anything to prevent her sister from making a mistake which would bring scandal down upon their familyeven make a deal with the devil . mr. devalle is no angelfallen or otherwisebut he is devilishly handsome , shamelessly wicked , and as infamous a gentleman as miranda has ever known . he promises to circumvent her sisters schemesfor a price . what is a proper young lady to do when she has the devil to pay ? with her hand clenching mr. devalles arm like it was a buoy and she was drowning , miranda walked out onto the dance floor at his side . actually , walked might be too generous a sentiment . tromped would be better suited , as her feet felt as though theyd suddenly added several inches in length and werent moving as they should , and her heart was still pounding so hard that it seemed as though the floor had become unsteady beneath her . gracious , but she wished shed known enough in advance what samantha had intended to do . if she had , then perhaps she could have devised a better solution for the situation . instead , it seemed shed only created a new problem . worse yet , she doubted shed actually stopped samantha . shed merely delayed her sisters schemes , but for how long was anyones guess . the string quartet had just completed a set . all around them , couples were taking their places for the new dance to begin . miranda cringed when she realized they were not in lines as for a country dance , but in pairs set to waltz . do you not have permission to waltz , then ? mr. devalle asked with far more levity than was called for . ive had permission for more than two seasons . i merely didnt intend to her ability to think clearly , or at least to speak clearly , fled when his hand took her by the waist and he drew her closer , closing her other hand in his . the heat in the ballroom intensified , or maybe it was just the heat surrounding miranda . it was difficult to tell , as she was staring up at his strong , square jaw over the top of his snowy cravat . the laughing line of his lips revealed just a hint of white teeth , and even his deep blue eyes seemed to mock her .
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his near-black hair was cropped short in the brutus style that was so fashionable , making it impossible to mistake his expression in the slightest . all in all , he cut an imposing figure . he raised a thick eyebrow and angled his head slightly , his lips curling up at the corners just enough to reinforce her sense of being teased . didnt intend to what ? i didnt intend to get so close to you , miranda said on a breath , then immediately wished she hadnt said anything at all . papa would have her head if he knew she was dancing with so scandalous a gentleman at all . but to waltz with him ? and this after shed already created a spectacle by ripping samanthas gown . as the quartet began the strains of a waltz , mr. devalle nudged her into motion . pray tell , what did you intend with all of this ? his tone was just this side of jocular , which only aggravated her nerves further . i intended , she said with more heat than was necessary , to prevent my sister from doing something she would regret . something which would have which would have compromised me , he finished for her , twirling the pair of them around another couple with surprising ease . miranda straightened her spine . do pray stop mocking me , sir . my sister had every intention of trapping you , of forcing your hand . his features softened slightly . i can see youre very earnest even if you are equally misguided . likewise i can see that you are very flippant even if youre equally arrogant . where had her manners gone ? shed never insulted a man before other than her brother , and even then only on very rare occasions because she loathed herself afterward . you are quite a contradiction , arent you ? his eyes narrowed somewhat , staring at her intently as though memorizing her every feature . you demand i ask you to dance , and yet i get a very strong sense that you dont like me in the least . but you dont like me either . it wasnt a question , so she didnt respond . if she tried to , shed likely stumble over her words as surely as she felt close to stumbling over her own feet . he twirled her around again , moving her between the other couples with an ease which felt alien and unnatural . tell me , he said a few moments later , have i done something in particular to cause your dislike ? or do you dislike me simply on principle ? from the way he asked , he clearly believed the latter to be the case . and now youre being obtuse , miranda said . she said a quick , silent prayer for her usual patience to return . id thought i was merely being observant . he twirled her around again , and then another time , and then they had gone out one of the open doors to the gardens . though the music could hardly be heard any more , he continued dancing . the path beneath her feet was unsteady , but there were torches lighting the way . she ought to go back inside . she really shouldnt be alone with a gentleman who was so scandalous . it was bad enough that shed danced with him , but papa would never let her hear the end of it if he learned of this . mr. devalle smiled his mischievous smile at her again . you felt honor-bound to prevent me from being compromised by your sister . as ive never come close to being compromised in my life , i have to assume that you hold me in very low esteem and made the assumption that i would compromise a lady . and that means you were really trying to protect her , not me . despite the haughty appearance of such an action , she felt her chin tipping upward . is it a crime to wish to rescue a sister from potential ruin ? mr. devalle spun her again , and before she recognized his intent , hed led her completely off the path and into the dark recesses of the garden . she could no longer hear anything at all coming from the ballroom . that meant no one inside would be able to hear her if she needed them to . her pulse took up a panicked gallop through her veins . he slowed until they were no longer waltzing but still rocking in place . the hand at her waist drew her in closer until the heat of his body left her trembling in awareness and the warmth of his breath fanned over her cheek . but you gave no thought to your own ruination , it would seem . miranda had never been kissed before . shed dreamed of it , of course , but her dreams had never been of kiss from a scandalous rake whod waltzed her out of a ball and straight to her ruin . it had always been a good , honorable gentleman whod swept her off her feet and followed all of the proper rules of courtship , and theyd always been well and truly betrothed before hed even attempted to steal a kiss . yet judging from the furious pumping of her heart and her complete and utter inability to take a decent breath , miranda rather thought she might prefer to have her first kiss come from a rake than from a more honorable gentleman .
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he leaned closer to her , and she could do nothing but stare at his lips . they were full and silken-looking , and his tongue darted out to wet them slightly . she shivered , but realized she was leaning closer to him when she ought to be pulling away . in fact , it took every bit of restraint she possessed to refrain from pushing up on her toes and stealing the kiss she wanted . he tightened the hand at her waist , and with his other he slid his thumb along the angles of her jaw . do you want me to ruin you , miranda ? his question brushed over her lips like a caress , sinful and sweet , all at the same time . the voice in her head said the word like a prayer , but it didnt come from her mouth . nothing did , aside from deep , shuddering breaths of frustration . the corners of his lips jerked slightly downward just half a moment before he pressed both of his lips together into a thin line . he released her so suddenly she nearly fell forward from the loss . why hadnt he kissed her ? had he merely been amusing himself by teasing her ? we should return you to the ballroom before youre missed , he said . all hints of mirth had fled from his tone . im sure your sisters gown should be repaired soon . he held out his arm for her to take . before she did so , she fought with her racing heart and shallow breathing to set them back to rights . she smoothed her hands over her gown to gain another moment , though the silk fabric hadnt been mussed in the slightest . when finally she felt in control of her faculties once more , she took his arm gingerly , touching him as little as was possible . he led her back to the lighted path through the gardens in silence . when they could see into the ballroom again , he looked in every direction as though checking to make certain they wouldnt be noticed . thank you for the dance , he muttered through clenched teeth . then he stepped across the threshold . as they made their way back into the throng of dancers , miranda felt a strong urge to cry , though she fought it with every bit of fortitude she could muster . how had her attempt to stop samantha from doing something she would regret turned intointo this enormous , muddled affair ? she wished the night was at an end , because she wanted nothing more at this precise moment in time than to curl up under the coverings on her bed . mr. devalle stopped when theyd come to the edge of the dance floor . thank you again , miss miranda . when he dropped into a bow , she caught sight of samantha across the ballroom behind him . her sister had a very determined set to her jaw , and she was making her way in their direction . she was going to attempt to entrap mr. devalle again , and so soon after her first failed attempt . by jove , miranda was not going to allow samanthas plan to come to fruition , no matter what specifically her plan might be . i need you to promise me something , she said urgently to mr. devalle as he rose from his bow . an icy look came to his eyes and he opened his mouth to speak , so she rushed on . whatever my sister might do , i need you to promise me that you will not allow her to trap you you want me to promise not to let her compromise me , he drawled disdainfully . she put as much sincerity into her tone as she could , never allowing her gaze to drop . he stared at her so long and so intensely she felt she might melt beneath his focus . but my agreement comes at a great price . what sort of payment might a man such as mr. devalle demand ? but there was no time for miranda to discover the answer to that question . samantha had come close enough that shed be able to hear their conversation . miranda nodded , though she had sincere doubt shed like his price . but please you have my word as a gentleman , he murmured just before samantha reached mirandas side . his word as a gentleman . but what was that worth when the gentleman in question was likely no gentleman at all ? catherine gayle is a bestselling author of regency-set historical romance . shes a transplanted texan living in north carolina with two extremely spoiled felines . in her spare time , she watches way too much hockey and reality tv , plans fun things to do for the nephew monsters next visit , and performs experiments in the kitchen which are rarely toxic . you can find her on the internet at http : //www.catherinegayle.com or email her at catherinegayle.author @ gmail.com . allison pierson is a well-to-do young lady traveling by stagecoach from her home in boston to meet her intended in santa fe , but instead finds herself stranded in a military fort in the middle of indian territory when her stagecoach leaves without her .
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given the choice to either temporarily marry an officer until her intended can come rescue her or take her chances with the indians , she marries the glib captain wes tucker , who unbeknownst to her , grew up in a wealthy charleston family and despises everything she represents . but when it 's time for her beau to reclaim her and for allison and wes to annul their marriage , will she want to go with him , and more importantly , will wes let her ? shall you join me , or will i have to forfeit my turn and make us lose ? wes asked , lifting an eyebrow . wes eyes did a slow sweep of her body , sending tingles down her spine as they went . allison licked her lips and allowed wes to escort her to where the shed have her turn to bat the ball . ignoring the shouts from all of the men , demanding to know what was going on , wes picked up the bat with one hand , then used his other hand to turn her how he wanted her to stand . around them , the men out in the field and the ones sitting on the side started laughing ; meanwhile , the officers were either so stunned their slack jaws wouldnt allow them to form words or they were yelling at wes to stop this foolishness and take his turn . wes paid them no mind and came to stand behind allison , pressing his body firmly against hers . she pushed the thought from her mind before she allowed herself to get too distracted and truly did cause them to lose . relax , he whispered in her ear , his lips so close she could practically feel them searing her skin . when the ball comes toward you , youre going to swing . he moved their arms in the motion of swinging . as long as he was holding onto her , she could . but how do i know when to swing ? you watch the ball . but what if i miss or i swing too late ? stop worrying about that , im right here . ill tell you when to swing . she craned her head around to look at him . arent you going to swing with me ? he gave his head a simple shake . i want you to get your turn to play . ill just tell you when to swing . sure you can , he coaxed . no , turn like i had you he moved her back into proper position , his warm hands searing her skin through her shirt all right now , just wait until i tell you to , then swing . are you ready now , captain ? the man with the ball called , humor evident in his voice . yes , sir , private jackson , wes said in his usual calm , teasing tone , releasing his hold on allison and taking a step back . private jacksons eyes widened when he realized wes intended for allison to bat unaided , then he gripped the ball in his hand , pulled it over his head and spinning forward on his right foot , brought his hand forward and released the ball . watching the ball sail through the air from the safe haven of her barrel seemed so easy . but now that she was standing right where it was flying , it wasnt nearly as fun . the ball was coming closerright at her , and she squeezed her eyes shut and held onto the bat for all it was worth . now , wes called . strike one , the scorekeeper yelled . allisons face heated . its all right , wes said softly . he came up behind her and helped her find her position again . it was hard for her to pay attention , however , with his warm body pressing against the length of her backside . you need to relax your arms . theyre too stiff . dont be sorry , just relax a little . the ball isnt going to hit you . ill be right here to pull you back if i think itll be too close . she wanted to ask how hed known what shed been afraid of , but decided against it . no need to draw any more attention to herself than they were already getting . there you go , wes murmured as he helped her widen her stance and covered her hands with his on the bottom of the bat . this time , swing like this he swung with her , slow and deliberate giving her a feel for how she should swing the bat . then he did it once again , faster this time . in front of her , private jackson grinned like a jackal as he tossed the ball up and down in the air , preparing to throw it , if she had to guess . suddenly , wes released her and a chill passed over her at the way she suddenly felt bereft of his touch . or perhaps that was the increasing rain . she didnt have much time to think about it because private jackson resumed his throwing stance and prepared to toss it at her . it flew through the air straight at allison . she closed her eyes again but refused to keep them that wayopening her right one just a sliver . not much , but enough to see the ball flying toward her faster than a horse could run . she quickly closed it back and squeezed her eyes to prepare for the hard hit she knew her face was about to receive . wes shouted .
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with a slight squeal , she swung the bat forward only to have either used too much muscle in her swing or thrown her balance off because it came to rest with a not-so-gentle thump on her upper arm , followed swiftly by the smack of the ball being caught by the man standing behind him . then , of course , came the scorekeepers booming voice , strike two . wes , get her out of the game , yelled lieutenant mccorkle . you can impress her later . if we get one more strike , thatll be three outs and we could very well lose . allison winced at his words , for they hurt far more than where shed hit herself in the arm with the end of her bat . wes turned her around to face him . dont listen to him , allison , he said , drowning out the other men who were agreeing with lieutenant mccorkle , saying that allison needed to go . i dont want to cost you the game , she protested . what about your pride ? if i dont hit this last one , your team will be out . do you not think you can do it ? you know that i cant , she said weakly . he brushed a fallen tendril of her hair from her damp forehead . i bet you also didnt think youd survive your time here without starving to death firstbut then you tried jerky and dried fruit . she nearly blushed . it was only because of him that shed managed to not have her stomach eat itself . i bet you also didnt think youd ever wear anything other than the dress you arrived in , he said with a chuckle . dont deny it , either . i might not know much about sewing , but i know enough to know that youre not the expert seamstress youd have had me believe inside charles store . youre right and it was only because of you that i have something else to wear . i didnt sew your skirt . i might have suggested you wear it differently than the way youd intendedbut you made it . just like you can do this , allison . a million things ran through her mind , one of which being that if the look in his eyes was any indication , he was trying to tell her something else . something not related to rounders at all . she wet her lips , screwing up the nerve to ask what hed meant now , go give it one last try . you wont mind if i strike out and your team loses ? he turned his lips into an overdone frown and shook his head . id rather we lose , and you to have had a turn rather than us win and you only being able to sit from the sideline . wes , hurry up and find the nerve to tell your wife she cant play and get on with it . the rain is picking up , a voice called , not taking one drop of her newfound excitement at wes earlier words . wes seemed completely unaffected by the mans words , but must think that she was for he said , stop paying them mind . now , this time , if you must close your eyes , thats fine . just hold the bat like this he put her arms into an awkward position unlike the first two times . wes , this feels silly . youll be more likely to actually hit the ball this way . do you want to get us out ? she nearly giggled at his tone . but neither do i want people to think i only hit it because i cheated . as if seeing her point , he moved her arms back the way they were before . all right , hold it like this and try to keep your eyes openjust a little . she swallowed her unease and allowed him to move her completely into stance . he moved her left leg out a little and her right one back ; then ran his open palms along her back and up to her shoulders where he straightened them . holding her still , he bent so close to her ear she could feel his breath against her skin . dont forget , allison , i dont care if we win or lose , so have fun . she couldnt remember him ever styling her by her name . not that she thought he hadnt ; surely he had and she just couldnt remember it . but shed forever remember the soft , silky tone in which hed just addressed her as allison and not my lady . all right , jackson , wes hollered , releasing her ; by some miracle she did not collapse into the puddle she thought she might , but instead held position as wes said those simple words : shes ready . private jackson didnt even try to hide his amusement at the situation , knowing his team was about to win . the men in the field seemed to have just as much confidence in allison as private jackson because they all looked to be grinning and shaking with laughter . private jackson wiped the rainwater from his face , something allison hadnt even noticed had covered hers , too , then threw the ball at her again . keep them open ... despite the ball sailing toward her and the rain that was now starting to fall more rapidly than before , she couldnt and closed them , leaving only a sliver openjust enough to see the ball . she willed herself not to close off that sliver as shed done last time .
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if she did , then shed be swinging blindly , which seemed to result in no hitsonly strikes . she had to do it this time . wes commanded . refusing to blink all the way to clear her rain-blurred vision , allison gripped the bat as tightly as she could and brought it forward . there was no whoosh , the distinct sound of a strike . there was no bruising hit to her shoulder followed the smacking of the ball colliding with a mans hand . there was no crack to indicate a ball well hit . the only sound was a slight thumprapidly followed by shouts she couldnt understand . she dropped her eyes to the ground and a whole six inches in front of her sat the ball . she was too amazed shed hit the ball to think , let alone run . wes , i hit it ! i actually hit the ball ! she shrieked , turning to face him and his broad grin , then before she knew what she was doing , she leapt into his arms . wes strong arms came around her just then , catching her to him ; then his grin faded and his blue eyes clouded with what could only be termed as raw desire as a thin sheen of water covered his face and drops fell steadily from his angled chin . her breath caught at the sight of him , uncertain . uncertain , she might be , but the determined look on his face told her that he knew exactly what he wanted and when his lips met hers , she knew it was exactly what she wanted , too . other than the quick brush of their lips this morning , the only other kiss theyd shared had come the day theyd married . but even it was nothing compared to this one . his warm , soft lips covered hers and moved on top ofand in betweenhers . she mirrored his actions , heedless to the audience they had . nothing could make her break their kiss . the crack of lightning rent the air and wes pulled back , a strong intensity in his eyes . suddenly , a strong current of cold water hit allison . the light drizzle was over ; the clouds had opened up ; and now it was a downpour . shall we finish the game ? one of the men on the opposite team asked . i dont care what you all plan to do , wes said raggedly , as he moved to scoop allison up into his arms at a better angle , then dropped his voice so only she could hear , the only home i plan to run to at this moment is my own . wes heard the noise that surrounded him , but thats all it was : noise . in front of him , looking up at him with her wide brown eyes and kiss-swollen lips stood allison , and no matter what was being said around him , he couldnt tear his eyes away from her . the fate of the game could go to rot . all he cared about was in his arms . unable to form the words he so desperately wanted to say , he scooped her up again and made a direct path to their room . allison seemed not to mind , for she didnt say anything , nor did she so much as break eye contact with him as he carried her across the now soggy field , to the barracks , up the stairs and to their room . he set her down and immediately brought his lips back to hers . hed kissed her passionately outside , but not as passionately as hed have liked . wes brought his hands up to cup her face and held her lips to his , taking it as a sign of encouragement when she dug her fingers into the back of his hair as if she were holding him to her , never wanting to let go . just the same as he felt for her . wes took a step back and swallowed . the rain had soaked through both sets of their clothes . while he didnt mind that his felt cold and clung to his wet skin , he rather liked the sight her once-white , now translucent shirt afforded him as it clung to her pert breasts . usa today bestselling and award winning author rose gordon writes unusually unusual historical romances that have been known to include scarred heroes , feisty heroines , marriage-producing scandals , far too much scheming , naughty literature and always a sweet happily-ever-after . when not escaping to another world via reading or writing a book , she spends her time chasing two young boys around the house , being hunted by wild animals , or sitting on the swing in the backyard where she has to use her arms as shields to deflect projectiles aka : balls , water balloons , sticks , pinecones , and anything else one of her boys picks up to hurl at his brother who just happens to be hiding behind her . she can be found on somewhere in cyberspace at : http : //www.rosegordon.net or blogging about something inappropriate at : http : //rosesromanceramblings.wordpress.com rose would love to hear from her readers and you can e-mail her at rose.gordon @ hotmail.com you can also find her on facebook , goodreads , and twitter .
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if you never want to miss a new release , click here to subscribe to her new release list or visit her website to subscribe and you 'll be notified each time a new book becomes available . since her fathers untimely death , felicity halliday has relied on the medical knowledge learned at his side to treat londons most disreputable in order to support her family . life has been hard , but everything changes the night she is snatched from an alley behind a theatre and tossed into a noblemans carriage . it has been less than a fortnight since julian beckford returned to london after a sojourn in india , and hes already up to his top-boots in one of his cousins mad schemes . when his foolish cousin decides to engage an actress to play his wife over the holidays at danby castle , julian becomes an unwilling party to the ladys abduction . along their journey to yorkshire , julian makes a stunning discovery about his cousin 's pretend wife ... .and finds its possible to love twice upon a time . the sound of the mattress dipping and her feet padding across the chamber caught his attention . if you will not share the bed , ill return to lord penlows room . my conscience wont allow me to relegate you to such uncomfortable accommodations . julian flung the blanket aside and leapt to his feet . the door cracked open and stalled . dear lord , he was as fickle as the wind , but pen could sod off . we will work out an arrangement , he said . close the door and come back to bed . only if you will . her determination nearly undid him . to have a beautiful woman demanding he climb into bed with her was arousing in the extreme . as you wish , but i warn you . if you so much as drift across to my side , i can not be held responsible for abandoning my manners . i wont drift , julian . why had he issued such a stern warning ? get under the covers and stay there . ill sleep on top of the counterpane . with the lady tucked into bed , julian climbed in and turned his back to her . good night miss halliday . my name is felicity . you have my permission to address me as such . julian rammed his fingers through his hair and pulled . the dull pain was only mildly distracting . her soft gasp reached his ears and the bed jostled as she rolled away from him . she said nothing else , but it seemed like an eternity before her breathing evened out , and she surrendered to sleep . julian was not as lucky . he slept in borrowed snatches of time , his awareness of her heated body next to his barely fading within the moments of unconsciousness . when the grey morning light filtered through the window , he was awake again . his gaze rested on her peaceful face . her honeyed lashes fanned against ivory skin , and her lips turned up in a diminutive smile , reminiscent of the mona lisa , accommodating even in slumber . it was as if he had looked upon her face a thousand times . a forgotten memory nagged at him . felicity with her head resting on her forearm , hunched over the side of a bed , her burnished locks falling down around her pink cheeks . the still room . a frail hand in hers , so weak , seeking comfort . felicitys eyes , large with compassion . the images rushed him at once . aunt alices illness , the sights and sounds he thought he had banished forever . there had been but one glowing beacon during those dark days five years ago . a kindred spirit had laid her hand upon his shoulder and shared his sorrow as the woman who had been like a mother to him faded a little each day until she was no more . felicity was aunt alices angel . a surge of tenderness flooded through his heart . he reached out to push a strand of hair behind her ear . her eyes fluttered open and her brow creased in confusion for a moment until her gaze found his and recognition sparked in her amber depths . felicity , he murmured . dr. hallidays daughter . aunt alices nursemaid . whatever has happened to you , my darling ? the rawness reflected in julians voice and expression ignited a burning in the back of felicitys throat . his caring touch fractured the wall erected between her mind and heart . rational thought was the framework that kept her on her feet rather than broken on the floor , a quivering puddle of emotions . tears were merediths domain . she was young and her tenuous sentiments were therefore forgivable . not so for felicity . her sister shed tears for both of them , while she did everything she could to save meredith and mama from further pain . she swiped at the damning wetness falling from the corner of her eyes , her hand shaking . i should return to lord penlows room before he wakes . she tried to roll away , but julians hand on her shoulder stopped her escape . something has happened to your father , hasnt it ? he would never allow you to ... pressing her lips tightly together to hold back a sob , she nodded .
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sweet girl , come here . felicity surrendered and turned in to his embrace . she buried her face against his neck , the rough shadow of his whiskers chafing her skin . his strength held her together on the inside while his arms held her securely against him . she dissolved against his chest , her will to fight the injustices of life taking a much needed rest . for this fleeting moment , she wanted to be taken care of by another person . no , not just anyone . she desired julians comfort . he centered her and absorbed her worries . in the shelter of his arms , she didnt feel so alone . he whispered soothing words , kissed her temple , her hair , her forehead . she lifted her face , wishing for the feel of his lips on hers . her fingers threaded into his silky hair and urged his head down . julians mouth skimmed hers , gently at first then with more insistence when she leaned into his kiss . a deep moan rumbled in his chest beneath her fingers . he rolled her to her back and settled over her , his hard length pressing against her low belly . the coverlet entrapped her and she struggled to remove the barrier that kept them apart . i want julians tongue eased between her parted lips . she opened on a breath and welcomed his heated mouth . lightheaded and crazed , she greedily drank in his kisses . her thoughts evaporated almost the moment they were born . i can not ... dear god , i must stop . he pulled back , breaking their contact . his voice was hoarse and uncertain . their surroundings began to take shape as her head cleared . she was pushing against him while her fingers fisted in the fabric of his shirt ; even her body was conflicted in the moment . dont let bestselling regency romance author samantha graces sweet smile fool you . she has a wicked sense of humor , and shes not above embarrassing her characters for a good laugh . samantha writes what she enjoys reading : romantic comedies about family , friendship , and flawed characters who learn how to love deeply . part-time hospice social worker , moonlighting author , and pilates nut , she enjoys a happy and hectic life with her real life hero and two kids in the midwest . to learn more about samanthas stories , visit www.samanthagraceauthor.com . lady madelaine aldridge might be the worst lady-in-waiting to ever grace king george iiis court . an oddball who prefers archery to embroidery and honesty to deception , she earns the dislike of the queen , the cruelty of the other ladies-in-waiting and the advances of a lecherous fiend who wants to make her his whore . her father demands she find a proper husbanda task that seems hopeless until lord grey adlard rides into court . grey adlard lives up to his reputation as a dangerously handsome rake when he proposes madelaine meet him in the stables for a tumble . yet when she needs a protector the most , grey offers his services and vows he wants to court her . wary yet intrigued by the mystery he presents , madelaine slowly allows grey to capture her confidence and then her heart . things seem perfect until her father is imprisoned for plotting against the king and madelaine learns grey is not who he pretends . as king george iii sinks deeper into insanity , madelaine must prove her fathers innocence in order to save his life . with the future of england hanging in the balance and a ruthless murderer hunting them grey and madelaine engage in a clash of wills and a battle fraught with suspicion , secrets , betrayal and two hearts that can not deny the impossible , irresistible love between them . lord grey pointed to the ground before tugging madelaine down beside him . i see grass . is that what im supposed to see ? his rested his hand at her nape and cradled it . she tried to study the blades , but it was hard to concentrate with lord greys warm fingers against her skin and his body so close to hers . she abandoned the ground and focused on listening to the hiss of his breath . gads . she had to do better than this . doubling her efforts , she focused all her attention on the grass . some of the blades are mashed . he lightly squeezed her neck before his hand fell away . moving lower , so that his face almost laid against the ground , he traced an outline repeatedly . this is a mans tracks . madelaine scrambled lower until she was once again side-by-side with him . look at your slippers . she immediately obliged . there are two ways i can tell . one , women have much smaller feet than men . not all women , madelaine said . my fathers cook hails from german stock , and her feet , like the rest of her body , are enormous . lord grey chuckled . most women have feet that are smaller than men . but she was more than satisfied . being here with him made her feel carefree .
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the realization came as a shock . she hadnt been happy since the day she came to court . lady madelaine , might i ask another favor of you ? the blue of his eyes had darkened as he spoke . and his voice had become husky . she didnt think she had the power to deny him anything in this moment . so , she nodded . when we are alone , will you call me grey ? a rushing sound filled her ears , making her blink . she took a calming breath and said , yes . and you may call me madelaine . madelaine . the way her name rolled seductively off his tongue made gooseflesh raise on her arms . lord grey grey , he corrected . a strange tension was mounting within her . as if something coiled inside her body and one touch of greys lips to hers would make the coil release . she had to get them back on track . what is the other way you can tell that these footprints are a mans ? theyre deeper than a womans would be because men are heavier . except for german women , that is . an irrepressible smile tugged at her lips . grey was not only handsome , but he was funny and smart . no wonder hed never had a bit of trouble finding women who wanted his attention . she could imagine the pleasure a seduction by him would bring . a dull ache , unlike anything she had ever felt before pulsed within her . she curled her fingers into the grass . pleasure from a seduction would be temporary . she needed to remember that fact , and the reality that grey may say he did not want to seduce her , but she still needed to be careful . he knew no other way to woo a woman than to his bed , and she was apparently as vulnerable as every other hare-brained lady when it came to him . she sprang to her feet and shook the wrinkles out of her dress . he stood in one fluid motion and reached toward her . pull her against his chest ? wrap his arms around her andgood grief . she had to get control of her imagination . he plucked something from her hair , and then held it up between them . i was just getting the grass out of your hair . a hot blush warmed her cheeks . in fact , with your eyes rounded you looked much like a fox being hunted . i swear im not trying to seduce you . perhaps claiming that is your ploy to reel me in . she couldnt believe shed just said that . but he had her confused and unsure . he had her wanting to believe someone liked her , oddness and all . what must i do to prove im a man of my word ? should she be coy ? if they were to really know each other and have a true chance , she had to be truthful . she prayed she wasnt being utterly foolish . her mother had always told her shed need to hide what she liked if she truly couldnt change , and here she was still not doing what her mother had said . we must be friends before we can be anything else . i vow i do . his words were so earnest that she believed him . nothing would be worse than falling for grey only to be humiliated if he proved himself false . the hell she had previously endured at court would seem a dream when compared to the nightmare grace would undoubtedly put her through if she ever learned madelaine had been so foolishly stupid . she would take the chance though . i promise to take you for your word unless you prove that you take me for a fool . he leaned closer , his pupils dilating . i take you for many things , madelaine , but a fool is not one of them . his husky voice made her melt inside . his tone was like a caress . sounding seductive , she said with a racing heart . it must be my natural sound . im afraid youll just have to live with it . i bet you were a handful as a child . ill tell you some stories eventually . he waved toward the east side of the lake . you ladies walked this way , correct ? she trailed him . maybe youll get to use your tracking skills when youre an equerry to find a rogue horse . he turned and gave her the same strange look he had when theyd spoken earlier on the subject of his being an equerry . thats odd , he said . was he talking about what shed said ? her stomach twisted into knots as self-doubt flooded her . she stared across the great park and breathed slowly . she needed to try to have more confidence , but it was so hard . he pointed toward the grotto that lay across the wide expanse of grass and trees . for a moment , she saw nothing , and then a flash of red caught her attention . thats the upstairs chambermaid ! a man emerged from the grotto . and if shed ever seen him she would have remembered . the burn scars that covered the right side of his face were visible , even from this distance . as if sensing her stare , he pulled a dark hood down . grey chuckled before speaking .
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now i see what the chambermaid is up to . madelaine glanced behind her at greys face . his eyes were narrowed on the couple . shed grown up sheltered , but shed learned many shocking things since coming to court . still her curiosity couldnt be denied . grey , do you mean to say shewith himthere in the cave ? im sure she shares a room with another servant , which means shes restricted in where she can accept companionship . ive met the woman . shes got a healthy appetite . and if the man shes with is also sharing a room and it is currently occupied he shrugged . you bedded her . shed not meant it to come out so irritated and accusing . she had no right to be angry . it was none of her business who grey had slept with . his blunt denial and the foolishly hopeful part of her that wanted to trust him overcame her sensible side , and she decided to believe him . do you recognize the man ? madelaine squinted into the distance . no , but theyre so far . did you see the scars on his face ? he dresses oddly . perhaps hes from the village . greys brow furrowed . i wouldnt have thought her to be a woman to give herself to a commoner though . she seemed rather scheming when i met her . madelaine was dying to know exactly where grey had met her , but they stood in silence as the chambermaid and her companion disappeared toward the castle . once they were gone from sight , grey swaggered ahead . she pressed her lips together on her curiosity . if he didnt want to offer explanations , she had no right to ask . she had to double her steps to keep up with his long strides , but falling slightly behind had definite benefits . his breeches hugged his derriere and powerful thighs and his morning coat displayed his broad shoulders rather nicely . she was so busy staring at him that she forgot to watch where she was going and stubbed her toe on a broken tree branch . she bit down on her lip to avoid crying out , but she must have made some noise because grey stopped . besides , she was a terrible liar . she tended to stammer when she lied . i stubbed my toe . werent you watching where you walked ? half embarrassed and half irritated , she smirked . i saw a rock and thought to myself ill walk right into that to see if it hurts . beautiful and sharp-witted . he winked and continued with his swaggering . he knew shed been staring at him . grey stooped down at the edge of the lake under the same tree the queen had stopped to rest under . you paused here ? the flattened footsteps lead here in a pattern that shows someone was walking , but here they become jumbled together and unless you were all walking into each other , you had to have stopped . he looked around and stood before walking to the tree the queen had sat under . did queen charlotte rest here ? we put a stool there for her . and she took her gloves off here ! madelaine rushed over to where grey was bent over . he reached down and came up with the queens ring grasped in his fingers . the ruby stone shined in the sunlight . overcome with gratitude , she threw herself into his arms . the force of her collision sent their bodies swaying backwards toward the tree , and for a breath , she thought they would fall in a tangle of arms and legs . greys grunt rumbled in her ear as his solid arms encircled her waist and pulled her firm and tight against a wall of hard muscle . he righted them but made no move to release her . embarrassment heated her as she stared at his chest . too mortified by her impulsive actions to look at him , she tried to pull away , but his arms tightened like bands of steel around her waist . amusement danced and flickered in his gaze , and pleasure tipped up the corners of his mouth . if you dont want me to have thoughts of seducing you , then you can not go throwing yourself into my arms . youre quite simply irresistible . the world around her grew quiet and murky , and then one thought crystallized . he thought her irresistible . she was the oddball . the lady who did not fit in . she had to say something and cease staring like a simpleton . youre irresistible too . what a stupid silly thing to say . a strange glint filled greys eyes . i want to kiss you very badly . her heart hammered with her bold words . he cupped her chin causing a tremor to run through her body . grey stroked her lips with a thumb , and deep inside a pulsing need awoke . he leaned down until his lips almost touched hers . shed never been surer of anything in her life . and you believe i want more than to seduce you ? staring at his lips , she nodded . he groaned as his mouth came down on hers , hot and seeking . his thumb pressed against her chin , and she opened her mouth to allow him in .
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his tongue stroked , swirled and lit a fire within her that she feared could not be controlled . she pressed harder against him , wanting more of this new consuming feeling . lady elizabeths voice cut like a clap of thunder through the silence . he pulled away , but held madelaine firmly by the arm . her knees wobbled but that she could get under control . it was her labored breathing she was unsure she could slow down . his dark gaze bore into her as he scrubbed a hand over his face . i shouldnt have done that , but i couldnt resist . i asked you to kiss me . i quite forgot . im not used to being the one seduced . you muddled my wits . shed muddled his wits ? shed just been kissed for the first time in her life . and what a perfect kiss . she wasnt sure shed think properly for days . with an embarrassed laugh , she faced elizabeth who strode toward them with a dark scowl on her face . madelaine ought to care that elizabeth was angry about something , but all she could do was smile . shed never felt so wonderful in all her life . julie johnstone is a best-selling author of regency romance . shes been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl . her mother would tell you that as a child julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends . as an adult , julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination . when julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around , cooking , reading or exercising . julie loves to hear from her readers . you can send her an email at juliejohnstoneauthor @ gmail.com or find her at www.juliejohnstoneauthor.com , or on facebook at juliejohnstoneauthor or at twitter @ juliejohnstone . becky thorn has been keeping a secret for more than seven years . a secret that , if found out , could destroy her . so before she gets too ensconced in london society , she accepts a position as a governess for a reclusive viscount and his wife , far away from the ton . stephen hastings , the third viscount hastings , is nothing short of perturbed when the tart miss thorn shows up on his doorstep . he is a man with little time and even less patience , who feels his pushover housekeeper is doing a fine job keeping his wards out of his hair . but miss thorn thinks differently and needles her way into becoming his governess , and eventually , the object of his affection . beckys fourth day as a governess proved to be just as exhausting as her first and when she reached her room at half past seven , she couldnt even look at her food . the only thing on her mind was sleep and so she ignored her dinner tray , undressed and curled up in her tiny bed , allowing her exhaustion to take over . what seemed like mere minutes later , a frantic knock sounded at her door . now she would never be able to fall back to sleep tonight . miss thorn ? mrs. browns worried voice came through the door . im sorry to disturb , miss , but ive been sent to retrieve you . becky fumbled in the dark until she found the door . mrs. brown , what time is it ? its just past midnight , miss . but theres some gentlemen come to see ya . right good-lookin gentlemen at that . lord hastings said to bring ya down straight away . becky repeated , the dregs of sleep immediately giving way to apprehension . what if they had found her ? she would be doomed for sure . if she didnt go down and face them , one of themall of them , perhapswouldnt hesitate to search the entire house for her . all right , im on my way . when becky entered the downstairs drawing room fifteen minutes later , she discovered that mrs. brown had not been lying . there were in fact three very handsome men waiting for her . well , four if she counted lord hastings , but she didnt care to include him . she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was lord eastleigh and not her father . it had never occurred to her that the marquess might show up at hastings house and now that he stood there in front of her , another wave of panic shot through her body . why else would he come all the way to sussex in the middle of the night ? is phoebe all right ? has she gone into labor ? no , no , everything is fine , becky , he rushed to assure her . we came to see how you were doing . becky looked skeptically around the room . wouldnt it have been more sensible to send a note ? or at least travel in the daytime ? the marquess looked a little perturbed . or maybe just tired .
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but so was becky , and she was not in the mood to try and play guessing games . would someone please explain to me why i was woken in the middle of the night to come down here ? lord hastings stepped forward into the light of the raging fire , and beckys heart raced . she wasnt sure why she had never noticed how strikingly handsome he was . it had crossed her mind , of course , that he was a nice-looking man when he wasnt being a complete arse , but something was different now . something about him seemed softer , more enticing . miss thorn , is there any reason you failed to inform your friends that lady hastings does not exist ? his voice was more tender than shed ever heard it and it vexed her that her stomach actually flip-flopped as a result . the three of you have come all the way from london in the middle of the night because i failed to mention one minor detail ? minor detail ? becky backed up instinctively at the sudden impatience in lord eastleighs tone . a-all right , she stammered . perhaps not so minor , but did you really think me to be in danger ? we sent you away to interview with a non-existent woman and received word that said woman had hired you on permanently . the marquess voice escalated as he spoke . then i arrive in london tonight and discover that lady hastings does not even exist and furthermore , besides being a supplier of beer , most people know very little of lord hastings . all right , im sorry ! she yelled , knowing she was most certainly in the wrong . i just didnt want you all to worry . i knew if phoebe found out that i had been brought here under false pretenses , shed march me straight back to ravenscroft castle ... or make you do it . and i should . my lord , please , you dont mean that , becky pleaded . cant we sit down and talk this through ? there is nothing untoward going on here and there is no way that im leaving those children . there was a pause ; lord eastleigh was clearly thinking through his options . he asked at last , his gaze fixed on lord hastings . can i get you a drink first , eastleigh ? the viscount proceeded to pour five tumblers of brandy . becky was grateful hed thought to include her . she desperately needed something to calm her nerves . they all sat around the fire and listened as becky and lord hastings relayed the underhanded workings of mrs. brown . becky was all too aware of the man in shirtsleeves , sitting next to her as they spoke . they had yet to have a civilized conversation since her arrival . yet now , with cerberus sitting across from them , they spoke as one , allied together in an effort to keep them from taking her away . they finished each others sentences and laughed nostalgically at events that had taken place only a few days earlier , as if she had been there for years . it was an odd feeling , one of belonging that becky had never anticipated she would experience in this household . perhaps it was not real , though . perhaps he was only being this way because he needed her to stay on to look after the children . she had to admit he already looked far more rested and far less frazzled than he had upon her arrival four days ago . she was certain the strain of not having a bona fide governess had taken its toll on the entire household , but she couldnt stop herself from wishing that maybe he wanted her to stay for other reasons . reasons that had nothing at all to do with max and lydia . they were fleeting thoughts . inappropriate , fleeting thoughts and she had no clue from whence they came . but sometimes the way he looked at her , the way he studied her as if she were the most fascinating work of art hed ever seen ... well , either way , their little act seemed to be working . it was past two oclock by the time they had the three wetherby men convinced . poor mrs. brown was summoned once again from her sleep to prepare three of the guest bedchambers . once she had retrieved the three men , becky bid lord hastings goodnight and attempted an exit . miss thorn , may i have a word ? hastings said in a tone that told her it wasnt a question . can it not wait until morning , my lord ? i am awfully tired , and i will have to be up in no , it cant . the viscount strode to where she stood and slid the door shut , requiring becky to move back into the room . all right ... miss thorn , im still wondering why on earth you would lie to the wetherbys about the pretenses under which you were brought here . i told you , she said with an ounce of defiance . i didnt want to worry them . you didnt want them to take you home , he corrected . the children need me . and what do you need ? that was quite a performance you put on for eastleigh and his brothers .
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i rather thought it was more like a duet . a wry smile came to the viscounts lips , and becky wondered what he was getting at . either way , you were eager to dispel their fears and convince them to let you remain here ... with me . beckys heart leaped to her throat . was it possible he was trying to gauge her affections ? part of her wanted to admit that she was guilty to his charge . that she was curious about what it would be like to have his lips on hers , to feel his hands on her waist , and other more scandalous parts of her anatomy . but that would be foolish of her . this man was her employer . obviously , she was tired and reading more into his questions than she should . and the children , she said at last . but before she could utter another word , lord hastings was before her , his rough hand caressing her cheek , his blue eyes peering into hers like rays of morning sunlight . becky should have been frightened , should have pushed his hand away and told him never to touch her again , but she couldnt . i do not mean to be so forward , miss thorn , he said , his voice a mere whisper . but you are perhaps the most astonishing creature ive ever met . becky said nothing , but only stood there , trembling despite the warmth of the fire . this was all wrong , beyond inappropriate , and there was only one place this could lead . she could not allow her personal desires to interfere with her job . the children needed her , and involving herself in an affair with their guardian would only prove to be a foolish mistake . but at the same time , there was something so right about having him near . something so tantalizing about having his hand against her cheek , his lips just a whisper away from hers . becky had never wanted anything so badly in her entire life . without thinking , she raised herself onto her tiptoes and pressed her lips to his . she had never kissed anyone before , had never been kissed , but that didnt seem to matter . hastings took the reins , drawing her closer to him , pressing her soft , feminine body against his hard chest while he plundered her mouth with his own . he tasted of brandy and cigars and his clean masculine scent wafted through the air , robbing becky of any rational thought . it was an animalistic urge that drew her further into him , that made her press her aching breasts harder against his chest . but when he stepped into her and his hardened member pushed against the curve of her stomach , becky was startled back to reality . he released her without any struggle and walked a few paces away . she watched him as he sought control over his faculties and wondered what would come of this little rendezvous . would he send her home with lord eastleigh tomorrow ? would he let her stay and then force his attentions on her ? becky had never been so aroused or terrified in her entire life . for the children , eh ? becky stifled an indignant retort . what was he out to prove by kissing her ? that she found him desirable ? that she was a wanton chit not worthy of caring for his wards ? she asked , straining to keep her composure . might i remind you that you kissed me ? only because you made me ! it wasnt until the words were out of her mouth that she realized how childish they sounded . i dont remember making any demands , miss thorn . you made an advance , my lord . what is it that youre out to prove about me ? the only thing i wanted to prove was that you chose to stay for more reasons than the blasted children ! im not exactly sure , miss thorn , he said quietly . my lord he held up a hand to quiet her . not in his usual demeaning way , though . it seemed he simply wanted to put an end to the conversation and she couldnt blame him . she wasnt keen to reveal any more truths herself . will you join us for breakfast in the morning , miss thorn ? but the children bring them , too . we will have a family breakfast before lord eastleigh and his brothers depart . seeing as they are your ... acquaintances , i think you should be there . becky wasnt sure what to make of the invitation . she had the distinct feeling that perhaps he did not want to be left alone with the marquess and the twins . as intimidating as lord hastings could be , there were not three of him . either way , she would not refuse . i shall see you at breakfast , then , my lord . jerrica knight-catania is the best selling author of regency romance novels , including the wetherby brides series and the daring debutantes novellas . when shes not writing , you can find her lounging poolside or wandering the aisles of marshalls and tj maxx . she resides in the palm beach area with her husband , cat and princess-in-training . www.jerricasplace.com it started with a kiss .
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when nine-year-old eleanor abbington first met her uncles new stepson , nicolas norton , the boy rudely stole a kiss from her that set the tone for their contentious and competitive relationship . it wasnt until years later when nick introduced her to fencing that they finally had a proper outlet for their frequent arguments . having just emerged from mourning following her mothers death , eleanor is exactly where she wishes to be at the age of four-and-twenty : an on-the-shelf spinster and unofficial companion to her aunt . unfortunately , her ambitious uncle has other plans for her future . on the eve of his house party , he lays down his ultimatum : either eleanor marries the man of his choosing , or he 'll force her seventeen-year-old sister to do so instead . when nick unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep after a two year absence , eleanor is in no mood for their normal banter . seeming to know exactly what she needs , nick challenges her to pick up the foil once more . during their pre-dawn matches , he shows her just how strong she can be . and exactly how much hes changed since leaving . but when her old adversary becomes her only ally , she may very well find herself . ruined by a rake . the swishing of razor thin metal through cool air soothed eleanor in much the way harp music calmed the music lover , or fine wine pleased the connoisseur . in the early morning gloom , damp fog was her cover , the dim promise of sunrise her only light . she moved forward swiftly , danced backwards , and thrust again . nothing but mist met her blade , though she couldnt help but imagine her uncles chest at the end of her buttoned tip . your form is terrible , cousin . eleanor gasped at the sudden pronouncement , and swung around , her rapier extended . nicolass smiling face was inches from her blade . he didnt even have the decency to flinch , drat the man . even my worst form would be miles better than yours . leaning back against the crumbing ruins of the old abbey wall , he nodded solemnly . unless , of course , we are speaking of fencing . if that is the case , allow me to clear up your misconceptions . the way she was feeling this morning , she could happily take her meddling step-cousins head right off . have you come prepared ? though they used to meet frequently for these clandestine matches , it had been over two years since their last one . as much as he was a thorn in her side , she would be forever grateful to him for teaching her the sport . it had started as a lark , but had quickly evolved to their favorite form of communication , taking their verbal sparring and converting it into proper duals . stepping back , he whipped his own sword up to clang against hers , making an x of the two weapons . i wouldnt dare meet anyone at dawn unarmed , least of all you , dear ellie . she rolled her eyes , sending a brief glance heavenward before meeting his gaze . his amused gaze . everything was a game to him . en guard , she commanded , planting her feet more firmly and extending her left hand behind her for balance . and dont call me ellie . as you wish , my sweet . he paused for a moment , pursing his lips , then backed up a step . by the way , im very sorry about your mother . i know i said as much in my letter , but it was a damn shame . she blinked , taken aback by his quiet words . sincere words . leave it to nick to throw her off kilter . she swallowed against the sadness that rose from deep within her , letting her gaze fall to the rocky ground . thank you , she said , nodding twice before looking back up . im very glad to have aunt margaret , at least . she smiled tightly , willing him to move on from the topic . this gentle side of him she kept catching glimpses of unnerved her . she didnt quite know what to make of the changes she saw in him . as if sensing her desire , he repositioned his blade , tapping it lightly against hers . do you think you can keep up ? she asked , lifting a brow in challenge . below his morning scruff , his lips curled in his signature grin . she let out a relieved breaththey were back on familiar ground . he knew it drove her mad when he gave her that self-satisfied smile , which meant he was rarely without it . now , do try to be nice . its been weeks since ive had a proper match . before the last word had even left his mouth , she lunged forward , going straight for his gut . he flitted backwards , parrying her move and striking forward with one of his own . his foil slapped against her right shoulder . she gritted her teeth , not so much against the sting of the hit as the sting to her pride . he was toying with her , damn him . two years in the militia and thats all youve got ? she tsked as they both got back into position .
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after the awfulness that was last nights dinner , this was exactly what she needed . taking it easy on an old gal like you . old gal ? im all of two years older than you , thank you very much . she engaged him once more , darting forth with lightning speed and poking his ribs with a sound thump . ow , he laughed , slapping her foil away with his own . careful , thats tender young flesh . youve likely forgotten how delicate youthful skin can be . she bit her bottom lip to keep from grinning . he was always such a pest . for that little quip , he earned himself a slap across his gloved hand . sorry , did that hurt ? youre right ; i can hardly remember what such a hit feels like . though its less from my advanced age and more from a lack of a proper opponent . ah , youve missed me . should i come home more often then ? clearly you are in want of my company if it is a proper opponent you seek . he whipped his foil up again and charged her , a move that she easily deflected . they carried on for a few more swings , the clashing of their blades ringing out in the pre-dawn hush . she was starting to enjoy herself , to push aside the fury of her recent arguments with uncle robert , and give herself over to the mind game that was fencing . when she finally had the upper hand , she tagged nick once more on the shoulder . what were you saying about a proper opponent ? unless your valet cares to extend his services , i know not why your visiting home more often should make a difference in my ability to find a worthy adversary . he shook his arm out , but still smiled that maddening grin of his . its a pity youve had to make do without an opponent in my absence . im sure aunt margaret and malcolm would be happy to help you find one , should they learn of your early morning exercise . she knew very well he was teasing , but still she lifted her tip toward his neck . you wouldnt dare say a word , since you are the sole reason i have taken to fencing . feeble minded female that i am , i was easily led astray by my dear , trusted cousin . he snorted , stepping back at the same moment to deflect her foil . if youre feeble-minded , then im a weakling . and we both know thats not true , he said , purposely bullying his way toward her with hard , fast slashes of his blade . not true , indeed . even as she concentrated on defending herself , her gaze darted toward him of its own volition , catching glimpses of his hardened chest through his loose , open-necked shirt . his sleeves covered muscled forearms that she knew would be flexing this way and that , and his biceps strained against the fabric despite its generous cut . awareness washed over her , peppering her skin with goose bumps . good heavens , he must be as strong as an ox now . she bit her lip , forcing her mind back to their volleys , both verbal and physical . you know uncle robert would never believe otherwise . her words came out in staccato puffs as she struggled to hold her ground . because the mans an idiot . the comment caught her off guard , making her grin . he immediately took advantage , surging forward with a volley that forced her backwards , pinning her against one of the tumbledown half-walls that once delineated the abbeys courtyard . drat it allhow had he gotten the upper hand so quickly ? her breath came out in a rush as he leaned against her ; the x of their crossed foils the only thing preventing his chest from pressing against hers . she went a little lightheaded at the thought . the crisp scent of sweat and soap surrounded her as his lips lifted in a slow , smug smile . youve gone soft , he murmured , shaking his head . that was entirely too easy . oh , nothere was no way on earth she would allow him to win this , their first battle in so long . especially when her whole body seemed to be betraying her . her nerves tingled at his closeness , her lungs willfully drawing in the scent of him . forcing herself to relax , she offered a contrite smile . i suppose im out of practice . take your pound of flesh and be done with it . she turned her cheek , waiting for him to lean forward for the kiss he had long claimed as his prize of choice . just another way to remind her of how he had bested her in their first meeting . he bent forward , his green eyes alight with mischief . she held her breath , working to maintain the focus that wavered at his nearness . just when she was about to spring , at the very moment her muscles tensed to counter attack , he stopped , tsking . if you think , he said quietly , his lips only inches from her flushed cheek , that i would believe for a second you would just roll over and let me win , you have underestimated me , cousin . smarter than she had hoped .
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