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precipice together. He moved off of her tucking her close against his side. I love you,
piglet, he whispered against her hair.
Her only response was to press a kiss to his bare chest.
They had been out for about six days when it began to rain in earnest. Because
of the cloud cover, they were in almost complete darkness during the steady rain. Their
guides seemed undaunted as they moved forward. Tangled boughs and vines throbbed
with the calls and rustling of unseen forest life. Gabby got some wonderful shots of
lemurs caught in the beam from an electric torch.
On the seventh day she noticed that Reid appeared to be frowning whenever she
looked at him. When they stopped for a meal she cornered him. What is wrong with
you today? You look like you re mad at the world.
He glared across the make shift camp. Why don t you tell that Tom Hughes to
take a hike? he snapped.
Tom? What s he done?
Every time I turn around he s by your side. It s obvious that he s after you. And
don t tell me I don t know what I m talking about. I was that young once. Reid knew
that he was being unreasonable but couldn t seem to help himself. Gabby might be his
wife, might share his tent, but she still hadn t said anything about loving him. And it was
beginning to drive him crazy.
Gabby just stared at her husband. Are you out of your mind, McAllister? All we
talk about are the lemurs and the other animals we ve seen. He s a fountain of
information on the subject.
He s young and has the hots for my wife. And it s not just lemurs that he has on
his mind, Reid almost snapped. They were standing off to the side and he didn t want to
cause a scene.
Tom has not made any remarks that would lead me to believe he s interested in
me that way. And he s too young for me anyway. In case you hadn t noticed, I go for
older men! With this parting shot, she went to sit with Betty and Paul to eat her meal.
He followed her, but was quiet letting the others do all the talking.
Everything came to a head on one of the last days of the trip. It had been raining
pretty steady every day. They were taking a river route back down to the coast. The two
inflatable boats were readied and the gear stowed. Jim and the guides were concerned
because these rivers that flow to the east coast were shorter and ran swifter because of the
elevation. With the added rain from the past week it was possible that they might run
into some rough water.
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Gabby was somewhat dismayed when she was put in the boat with Jim, Emile and
four others. Reid and the rest of their group were assigned to the other boat. They had
been on the river for about three hours when the current began to increase. She wasn t
too concerned until she heard the sound of rushing water ahead. She d been on rafting
trips before and knew she had to hang on and follow instructions, so she wasn t really
scared.
Reid was in the boat about seventy feet ahead when she saw it disappear beneath
white water. Her breath caught in her throat as she waited for it to reappear. It took
many long drawn out seconds before she spotted it again surging down the swollen river
quickly lengthening the distance between them. The last thing she registered before their
own boat plunged over the rocks was that Reid was no longer in his boat.
Reid! she screamed as her boat rocked and bucked against the raging water.
She held on for dear life all the time scanning the water for some sign of her husband. At
one point she thought she saw something in the water off to their left. When she
automatically tried to get up to get a better view, Jim yelled at her to stay put. "But
Reid!" she shouted into the wind. Then the worst was behind them as they sped after the
first boat that had rounded a bend in the river and was lost to sight. Jim! she yelled in a
panic now. Reid fell out of the boat. She started to get up but he pushed her back
down.
We ll pull in as soon as we find a safe landing. Reid s a strong swimmer, or so
he told me. He s undoubtedly downstream waiting for us, he told her hoping it would
be true. Reid was a large powerful man. Jim hoped that he was an equally powerful
swimmer.
Gabby didn t find his words comforting. They were rapidly going downstream.
What if he was still back there? Her mind jumped from one horrible scenario to another
as she watched and prayed for a place along the shore to put into. She loved him and had
never had the courage to tell him. What a coward she d been! And for what? She d
gone into jungles, gone on deep-sea dives and repelled down mountains. And here she
was afraid of three little words. He had to be all right! He just had to be so she could tell
him how much she cared. How much she loved him&
When they rounded the next bend in the river, she saw the first boat pulled up
along the shore. Her eyes filled with tears when she saw Reid sitting on a rock with a
blanket wrapped around him. Almost before her boat touched land she was out and
running towards him.
Reid stood when he saw Gabby. He knew he'd frightened her, and that he deeply
regretted. But accidents happen.
She raced up to him eating him up with her eyes the whole way. His smile was
her undoing. Her small fists pounded against his chest. Don t you ever do that to me
again! Do you hear me, McAllister? I don t ever want to be without you! All the time
she kept hitting him as tears poured down her cheeks.
Now Reid s smile was broader. He clasped her hands against his chest to still
their movement. Are you ready to say it now, Mrs. McAllister? he asked softly staring [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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precipice together. He moved off of her tucking her close against his side. I love you,
piglet, he whispered against her hair.
Her only response was to press a kiss to his bare chest.
They had been out for about six days when it began to rain in earnest. Because
of the cloud cover, they were in almost complete darkness during the steady rain. Their
guides seemed undaunted as they moved forward. Tangled boughs and vines throbbed
with the calls and rustling of unseen forest life. Gabby got some wonderful shots of
lemurs caught in the beam from an electric torch.
On the seventh day she noticed that Reid appeared to be frowning whenever she
looked at him. When they stopped for a meal she cornered him. What is wrong with
you today? You look like you re mad at the world.
He glared across the make shift camp. Why don t you tell that Tom Hughes to
take a hike? he snapped.
Tom? What s he done?
Every time I turn around he s by your side. It s obvious that he s after you. And
don t tell me I don t know what I m talking about. I was that young once. Reid knew
that he was being unreasonable but couldn t seem to help himself. Gabby might be his
wife, might share his tent, but she still hadn t said anything about loving him. And it was
beginning to drive him crazy.
Gabby just stared at her husband. Are you out of your mind, McAllister? All we
talk about are the lemurs and the other animals we ve seen. He s a fountain of
information on the subject.
He s young and has the hots for my wife. And it s not just lemurs that he has on
his mind, Reid almost snapped. They were standing off to the side and he didn t want to
cause a scene.
Tom has not made any remarks that would lead me to believe he s interested in
me that way. And he s too young for me anyway. In case you hadn t noticed, I go for
older men! With this parting shot, she went to sit with Betty and Paul to eat her meal.
He followed her, but was quiet letting the others do all the talking.
Everything came to a head on one of the last days of the trip. It had been raining
pretty steady every day. They were taking a river route back down to the coast. The two
inflatable boats were readied and the gear stowed. Jim and the guides were concerned
because these rivers that flow to the east coast were shorter and ran swifter because of the
elevation. With the added rain from the past week it was possible that they might run
into some rough water.
147
Autumn McCullah
Gabby was somewhat dismayed when she was put in the boat with Jim, Emile and
four others. Reid and the rest of their group were assigned to the other boat. They had
been on the river for about three hours when the current began to increase. She wasn t
too concerned until she heard the sound of rushing water ahead. She d been on rafting
trips before and knew she had to hang on and follow instructions, so she wasn t really
scared.
Reid was in the boat about seventy feet ahead when she saw it disappear beneath
white water. Her breath caught in her throat as she waited for it to reappear. It took
many long drawn out seconds before she spotted it again surging down the swollen river
quickly lengthening the distance between them. The last thing she registered before their
own boat plunged over the rocks was that Reid was no longer in his boat.
Reid! she screamed as her boat rocked and bucked against the raging water.
She held on for dear life all the time scanning the water for some sign of her husband. At
one point she thought she saw something in the water off to their left. When she
automatically tried to get up to get a better view, Jim yelled at her to stay put. "But
Reid!" she shouted into the wind. Then the worst was behind them as they sped after the
first boat that had rounded a bend in the river and was lost to sight. Jim! she yelled in a
panic now. Reid fell out of the boat. She started to get up but he pushed her back
down.
We ll pull in as soon as we find a safe landing. Reid s a strong swimmer, or so
he told me. He s undoubtedly downstream waiting for us, he told her hoping it would
be true. Reid was a large powerful man. Jim hoped that he was an equally powerful
swimmer.
Gabby didn t find his words comforting. They were rapidly going downstream.
What if he was still back there? Her mind jumped from one horrible scenario to another
as she watched and prayed for a place along the shore to put into. She loved him and had
never had the courage to tell him. What a coward she d been! And for what? She d
gone into jungles, gone on deep-sea dives and repelled down mountains. And here she
was afraid of three little words. He had to be all right! He just had to be so she could tell
him how much she cared. How much she loved him&
When they rounded the next bend in the river, she saw the first boat pulled up
along the shore. Her eyes filled with tears when she saw Reid sitting on a rock with a
blanket wrapped around him. Almost before her boat touched land she was out and
running towards him.
Reid stood when he saw Gabby. He knew he'd frightened her, and that he deeply
regretted. But accidents happen.
She raced up to him eating him up with her eyes the whole way. His smile was
her undoing. Her small fists pounded against his chest. Don t you ever do that to me
again! Do you hear me, McAllister? I don t ever want to be without you! All the time
she kept hitting him as tears poured down her cheeks.
Now Reid s smile was broader. He clasped her hands against his chest to still
their movement. Are you ready to say it now, Mrs. McAllister? he asked softly staring [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]