Let Leaves Lay Where They Fall by Micah Carver EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Micah Carver
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Jamie
A FLUTTERING WAKE OF wind sweeps past his cheek and tickles his
ear. Jarring Jamie from the delicious dream of a strapping bearded bagpiper,
bear hugging his squawking instrument. His flimsy white tunic gaped open
to mounds of brawny pecs, sown with dense fur. Supple mauve nipples
peek from beneath the whipping fabric. His tartan kilt floating on the
highland winds, exposing tantalizing secrets of a legendary culture.
Folklore is true. The Scots don’t disappoint.
The frantic flapping of wings swoop past again. Jamie lifts the faded
patchwork quilt over his nose and shrinks down into his cozy burrow.
Startled eyes struggle to focus and scan the room. He can’t locate the
intruder, at first. A chirp overhead gives its position away. He looks up into
the beady eyes of a tiny chickadee, perched on the headboard. Its head jerks
and twists inquisitively before its wings carry it on another lap around the
little room.
He’d left his window open all night again. The bedroom feels like the
inside of the walk-in freezer where he works. He really needs to stop
indulging in cocktails with the staff during clean up, after the restaurant
closes.
Tossing the covers aside, he bolts upright, hanging off the edge of the
bed. A twinge of boozy aftermath grates his temples. He reaches for the
wire cage wastebasket under the nightstand, dumping its contents across the
floor. He grabs a dirty t-shirt off the top of the hamper and leaps up,
twisting around to face the center of the room. Dropping into a wide
defensive stance with arms spread. His head springs side to side, hunting
for the little invader. Each hand ready with the makeshift tools for trapping
the critter.
“Where’d you go?” Jamie’s eyes dart until they find the bitty black and
white bird across the room, clutching to the full-length mirror’s frame. He
inches forward, but it takes flight again. Circling the space around his head.
His arms flail, scooping the basket through the air. Trying to be quick but
gentle. On the third swing, he manages to capture the little beast and
quickly claps the shirt over the basket. He lunges toward the window and
dangles the precious bundle outside. Peeling back the cover so the bird can
fly off. Shaking the trap until it does. He tosses the wastebasket and shirt
onto the bed and slams the sill shut.
He’s mortified when he spots Mrs. Calloway across the alley. Standing in
her window grinning ear to ear and waving. He’s been caught in just tiny
white briefs. He scrambles, darting out of view. Pulling on sky blue
sweatpants and a gray University of Maine t-shirt gathered from the dresser.
He hadn’t attended the school but scored the tee for three dollars at a
sidewalk sale years ago.
Peeking back around the frame, she’s still there, sipping from a mug. She
waves again and he returns the gesture. Cheeks burnt with shame. No one
needs to see this first thing in the morning. He slowly walks back, away
from the window.
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