"Wiesner, Karen - Gypsy Road 04 - Vows and the Vagabond" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wiesner Karen)

She knew neither of them understood why she hadnТt gone back home to
Milwaukee to attend. She could have told them the truthЧthat she couldnТt
bear to see Blackie. Because heТd be sweet and infinitely gentle, treating
her in the manner his pet name for her suggestedЧlike a Princess. SheТd
fall in love with him all over again, make a fool of herself for the ten
thousandth time and then sheТd have to start all over again. Every time
she went home to visit her father, Blackie somehow seemed to know she was
there because he always came.
Blackie made a noncommittal noise in response to her question,
something that was as familiar to her as the haunting in his dark eyes,
the taste and scent of him....
"Everybody missed you, Princess," he said softly.
You? Did you miss me? God, tell me yes!
Tears filled her throat, and Lori found she couldnТt face herself in
the mirror over the sink. With a deep breath, she closed the toilet lid,
then sat down on it. "I couldnТt...I have an interview with Kira
Gunn...had." She realized her half-truth, the one sheТd fed both Jon and
Tracey earlier this week, had become a lie. SheТd told them the interview
was today. Kira Gunn owned one of the foremost fashion design companies in
the industry. She couldnТt blow it off. Even re-scheduling could spell
missed opportunity for her. Jon and Tracey had offered to postpone their
weddingЧthey wanted her there that much, but Lori had refused to hear of
it. All their plans were made. Postponing would only force her to lie
again.
Blackie knew she lied. His silence spoke that eloquently. She did
have an interview with Kira Gunn, not today but Monday.
Lori found her head in the state Blackie always left it inЧconfused,
crazed. Her fingers clenched in her hair.
"Are you alone?" she asked, more self-torture.
The silence that followed told her everything. Of course he wasnТt
alone. In the six years sheТd believed they were a couple, heТd had enough
women to populate a continent.
For some stupid reason, sheТd not only believed she was the one woman
for him but that heТd loved her. God, sheТd been a moron. And she was
still one because she allowed the thought of the woman in his bed right
now to hurt her.
"Why do you do this? Damn you! Why do you call me likeЧ" Like IТm the
only one who can rescue you? We both know IТm the one person you wonТt
allow to save you from your loneliness and pain.
"What do you want me to do, Princess?" he asked wearily.
They hadnТt had this conversation nearly as many times as his tone
suggested, but each time itТd been on the basis of this question. Lori
realized now the real question should be what did he want her to do?
"I want you to stop calling me like this. I want you to stay away
when I come home."
Saying the words forced a razor-sharp reality at herЧone he wanted
spelled out.
"What are you saying?"
She didnТt like his tone. She didnТt understand it, and that all the
more fueled the crazy state of her mind. SheТd never understood him. She