Book Excerpt:
Mary surprised Joe by
knocking his arms away. She was stronger than she looked. Then she swept her
legs off the bed and sprang to her feet. She took two steps and turned to face
him as if to prove there was nothing wrong with her. But there was definitely
something wrong. She wavered a moment. Her already white face turned ghostly.
Her eyelids trembled. She seemed to realize she was becoming faint, and what
that meant.
“I’m fine,” she said.
“You don’t have to go.”
Joe got ready to catch
her in case she fell, but somehow she held herself steady.
“It’s okay,” Joe said.
“Just sit down. I will go find some food.”
Joe inched toward her.
He was afraid to grab her again because she might try to wrench free once more
and really fall. When she coughed, her little shoulders jerked and her round
stomach jumped. Her head was drooped low and her hair hung down so he couldn’t
see her face at all.
“Come on, lay down,”
Joe said.
She didn’t move. Joe
stepped toward her, but before he could put his arms around her, she tilted
forward and rested the crown of her head against his chest. He slid his arms
along the sides of her hard belly and around her waist. Then he shifted her
toward the bed again. She moved like a bundle of empty sacks in his arms. He
set her gently on the bed before he bent down to lift her feet onto the sheets.
After he sat in the
chair, Mary asked him, “What if you don’t come back?”
“That’s not going to
happen,” Joe said.
“How do you know?”
“I just know. You have
to trust me.”
Now for the Giveaway.
Enter to win one $20 Amazon gift card and a Kindle ebook of Never Too Far.
Open Internationally.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Enter to win one $20 Amazon gift card and a Kindle ebook of Never Too Far.
Open Internationally.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thanks for helping me with my book!
RăspundețiȘtergere