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Amazon - In His Arms
Category:
Romance
Publisher: Kim Cox Books
Type: Fiction
Pages: 43
Copyright: Feb 16, 2015
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
In His Arms is the second short story in the Second Chances series.
Can husband and wife rekindle their love, put their differences aside and salvage a marriage that was doomed two years ago?
In His Arms is the second short story in the Second Chances series.
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Julia and Edward (Ed) White have been estranged for a couple of years. Ed's lack of support he gave her as an author, calling her romances, "Not real writing" was the leading cause of their separation. Now Julia has a new editor who wants multiple changes on a book that's to be release in just a few months. On the plane to New York City for a meeting with her editor, who does she run into, Ed of all people.
Ed realizes that he was jealous of his wife's success as a writer when he himself couldn't find a publisher for his non-fiction books. Now he has a regular job and wants his wife back.
Can husband and wife rekindle their love, put their differences aside and salvage a marriage that was doomed two years ago?
Excerpt
Hearing a voice from behind, Julia turned to look over her right shoulder. "What? Oh it’s you." She gazed up speculatively into a familiar face.
"Yes, it’s me, your not yet ex-husband," he said in his normal smart-alecky tone.
"Well, how have you been, Ed?"
"Care if I sit here?" He motioned to the aisle seat beside her.
"It’s a free world." She shrugged her shoulders. "It isn’t taken."
Edward White sat beside her smiling. "You’re looking good, Jules."
"Thanks. What do you want?"
He chuckled loudly. "Now, Julia, what could I possibly want?"
"If it’s money, forget it? I’m not lending you another cent."
Ed looked hurt as he place his hand near his heart. "In fact, I’m glad I ran into you. I’m doing pretty good now. I planned to mail you a check, but since you’ll be in New York, I can pay you back in person. Have dinner with me tonight?"
"I don’t know. I’m rather busy. I’ve got this new editor, and she wants revision after revision. My hero is too dark or this scene isn’t right. Same old, same old with her. I don’t even know the woman’s name yet. So far, the only correspondence I've had has been through her secretary to my agent."
"Oh? Must be infuriating working with someone like that. Well, if you find you have a moment to spare, call my secretary, Opal."
"That’s odd."
"What?"
"Opal, I think that’s the name of my editor’s secretary. The name sounds very familiar."
"Well, it’s a common name." She’d know him for a long time and his eyes said he was hiding something. Julia didn’t trust him, and she wasn’t ready to meet with him on an intimate level. Though a night out, free dinner and a friendly face in the big city didn’t sound bad.
"I tell you what, Ed. Let me check with Lisa, find out my schedule and I’ll give Opal that call." The plane shook fiercely. "What was that?" She grabbed the arms of her seat.
Probably, just a little turbulence. "You still afraid of flying?"
"Hush. I don’t want to think about it. Tell me about you. How did you come into so much money? Did you sell your book? What was the title? Oh yeah. The Mating Habits of the Alligator."
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