With an angry jerk of his head, he looked down at her. “Such pretty stories you tell. Don't try to make me think you have any feeling for me. Not now! You are running away from me."
"I wish it could be different, but I...” Tears rolled unchecked from her already swollen eyes.
"GO! Just go!” Turning his eyes back to the blank wall, Evan didn't turn even when the door closed behind her. Connie watched as the dignified officer turned into a shrunken mass of rejected manhood. The brass key turning in the lock was not unlike the sound you imagine as the steel cage of a jail is locked behind the convicted prisoner.
As she heard the wagon pull away into the early morning, Connie sank to her knees, waiting for the trip back in time.
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Thirty-eight
Opening her eyes, Connie looked around the cluttered office.
Brian knelt on the floor beside her. “You're back, is it for good this time?” Getting a smile and a tired nod in response, he put his hand under her elbow and helped her to her feet before wrapping his arms around her and holding her tight. “That must have been some ride you were on,” he whispered into her hair.
"It was,” Connie said pulling back to look into his smoky hazel eyes. “But I'm betting there's an exciting future out there, too.” She would deal with the fleeting memory of a scarred box, and the brass key that would open it later.
"Hmm, do I fit in that future somewhere?” Brian gently pushed a blonde curl off her sweaty forehead.
"I wouldn't have it any other way. From now on, you are the excitement in my life.” Connie put her arms around his neck, and pressed her lips to his.
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