Kerry Allyne Time to Forget (pdf)

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.Seeing it, Nerissa rose to her feet swiftly, her pale cheeks stained with chagrined colour.`Don't you darelaugh at me!' she blazed irately as she stalked across the room.`Granted, he may be paying you somelittle attention now, but only, I expect, to ensure your grandfather doesn't begin that infantile feud again,and certainly it won't be for very long.You can take my word for it, I'll see to that!' stabbing hercigarette emphatically in the younger girl's direction as she returned to her confidently taunting manner.Only by stepping back quickly did Sheri avoid having her dress burnt-as she suspected had beenintended-and as a result her own gaze turned scornful.`How? By throwing yourself at him as you weredoing a little while ago?' she mocked.`You should talk! You weren't exactly playing hard to get either while on the dance floor, were you?Winding your fingers in his hair!' Nerissa jeered derisively, wrathfully.Oh, she had seen that, had she? 'Mmm, but then neither was he objecting, was he?'A fact Nerissa would obviously have preferred not to have pointed out to her, if her seethingg expressionwas any indication.`No doubt only because he didn't wish to draw even more humiliating attention toyourselves by doing so in public!' Her upper lip curled contemptuously.`Not that he should haveworried, of course, because with someone who likes to make an exhibition of themselves to the extentyou obviously do, I shouldn't imagine you even know how to feel abashed!' She dropped her cigarette tothe floor and coolly ground it into the carpet.The arrogantly destructive act had Sheri eyeing her with open distaste.`Well, I certainly try not to whenyou're around!' she retorted.`I learnt that lesson a long time ago when your idea of fun was to hold all ofus younger children up to ridicule in front of your equally insensitive clique of friends.'Nerissa's eyes shone with a venomous glint.`Then it's a pity you didn't also learn to keep your graspinghands off someone else's property, because I'm telling you here and now that Roman is mine! Mine, doyou hear?' she stressed on a vehement note.She was welcome to him! grimaced Sheri, although that was a revelation she meant to keep entirely toherself.`But only if I feel inclined to give him back to you, of course,' she goaded.`You bitch!' A furious hand was swung towards Sheri's face but which, since she had half anticipatedsomething of the kind-it wasn't the first time she had seen the dark-haired girl in action-she was able tosidestep easily.`You'll pay for that, you see if you don't!' Nerissa threatened malevolently.`You alwayswere a brazen slut who needed to be put in your place!'`While you were always a malicious hag just about everyone loathed intensely!' Sheri had nocompunction in retaliating in kind, and turned for the exit.It hadn't been a meeting of her choosing, anda little of Nerissa went a very long way!For a few seconds, though, it seemed as if the other girl meant to react physically again as she took astep forward with a hand already partly raised, but to Sheri's relief the door swung inwards at thatfile:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20al.0time%20to%20forget%20TXT/TIME%20TO%20FORGET.txt (50 of 84)05/05/2010 14:45:45file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20allyne/1984%20%20time%20to%20forget%20TXT/TIME%20TO%20FORGET.txtmoment to admit Robyn and Nerissa had to be content with a savage glare as she passed them bothbefore storming out into the hall.`Wow! What was that for?' quizzed Robyn with an expressive half laugh.Then, without allowing timefor a reply, she went on, `You'd been gone for so long that I came to see if anything was wrong.'Sheri's lips curved ruefully.`Yes, well, Nerissa and I were having a little talk.'`I can't guess what about.' A wry smile caught at her friend's own mouth.`No, I just bet you can't,' returned Sheri with feeling, and nodded towards the door.`So shall we returnto the table?'`Without any explanations?' in patent disappointment.`Without any explanations,' repeated Sheri humorously, although nonetheless decisively.Tonight,Roman really wasn't a subject she even wanted to think about, let alone discuss.CHAPTER SIXEventually the Ball came to a finish in the early hours of the morning with everyone agreeing that it hadbeen a resounding success as they made their leisurely farewells and headed for the car park.Along withthe rest, Sheri and Roman did likewise, her grandparents lost to sight for a time.`Well, at least we still have four inflated tyres,' Roman announced with a smile after a swift check of thestation wagon.And as he saw her into the passenger seat, `Although I'm surprised Col isn't breathingdown my neck at this point.I quite expected to have him tailing me even closer on the way home thanhe did getting here.'`Don't worry, I've no doubt he will,' Sheri asserted drily as he took his seat beside her.The more so,probably, since learning of that episode at the WoolsacklSure enough, before they could complete reversing out of the parking area, the two older Taylors madetheir appearance; Colin hurrying his wife along as quickly as she was able, and Beryl obviouslyprotesting volubly about his haste.Inside the station wagon, Sheri swiftly started a conversation in the hope of diverting Roman's attentionfrom the vehicle now rapidly closing the gap behind them.If her grandfather wasn't careful he would begiving the younger man the very ideas she had done her best to suppress and which, if he did but realiseit, he most definitely would prefer not to see raised!Fortunately, the subject she chanced upon, cotton-it seemed appropriate in view of her promise to helpher brother's cause with their grandfather-was one which enabled her to question her companion atlength, but if he guessed there was a secondary reason prompting her to do so he didn't show it, and bythe time they had to stop to open the first of Ellimatta's gates, she doubted there was very much thathadn't been explained to her regarding the crop.As was normal, they left the gate for the last car through to close, and continued on to the next one.There were three altogether before they finally reached the homestead where the verandah light was theonly one visible in the otherwise pitch black surroundings.Swinging the car around, Roman brought itto a halt a short distance from the house just outside the circle of light and sat for a moment with hishands resting on the wheel as he looked towards the headlights still approaching along the track.The lasttwo gates had required lifting rather than swinging open, and because of his greater agility and strengththe space between the two vehicles had increased considerably since reaching the property.Slowly, a wry grin began to ease across his firm lips, sending Sheri's pulse rocketing as he half turned infile:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20al.0time%20to%20forget%20TXT/TIME%20TO%20FORGET.txt (51 of 84)05/05/2010 14:45:45file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/kerry%20allyne/1984%20%20time%20to%20forget%20TXT/TIME%20TO%20FORGET.txthis seat to trace the exposed line of her jaw with the tip of his forefinger [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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