"Roberts, Nora - Once More With Feeling" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberts Nora)

back. I didn't have any time to stop it. I'd been singing that damn
song that I'd written right after he'd left." Raven laughed and shook
her head. "Isn't that wild?" She took a deep breath and repeated
softly, wonderingly , "Isn't that wild?"

The room was silent for nearly a full minute before Julie spoke.

"What are you going to do?"

"Do?" Raven spun back to her. Her hair flew out to follow the sudden
movement. "I'm not going to do anything. I'm not a child looking for
happy ever-after any more. " Her eyes were still dark with Raven
lifted her head, and the smile fled from Julie's face. It had been a
long time since she'd seen that helpless, ravaged look. "What happened
?"

Raven let out a long breath. "He's back."

"Where did you see him?" There was no need for Julie to ask for names.
In all the years of their association only two things had had the power
to put that look on Raven's face. One of them was a man.

"At the studio." Raven combed her fingers through her hair. "He.

was up in the booth. I don't know how long he'd been there before I
saw him."

Julie pursed her lightly tinted lips. "I wonder what Brand Carstairs
is doing in California."

"I don't know." Raven shook her head. "He said business. Maybe he's
going to tour again." In an effort to release the tension, she rubbed
her hand over the back of her neck. "He's coming here tomorrow.

" Julie's brows rose. "I see."

"Don't turn secretary on me, Julie," Raven pleaded. She shut her eyes.
"Help me."

"Do you want to see him?" The question was practical. Julie- Raven
knew, was practical. She was organized, logical and a stickler for
details-all the things Raven wasn't. They needed each other.

"No," Raven began almost fiercely. "Yes..."

She swore then and pressed both hands to her temples. "I don't know."
Now her tone was quiet and weary. "You know what he's like, Julie.

God, I thought it was over. I thought it was finished!"