A Love For All Seasons
As he left the restaurant Jack held the door open for a woman who entered. Suddenly, his mouth fell open.
Never before had he seen anyone so lovely.
She smiled in that impersonal way people tend to when they really don't notice you. "Thank you," she said in a low-pitched voice he found incredibly sexy. She dashed through the entrance, the memory of her face etched in his mind.
It had been an enjoyable evening, even before he arrived at the restaurant. The warm early June weather made moving about the city a pleasant experience. How kind of his old college roommate, Pete Robinson, and Pete's wife Rhonda to insist on taking him to dinner after his round of interviews and before his return flight to Birmingham. The human resources department at his prospective employer had kindly honored his request to be put on an evening return flight to Birmingham to give him some time to spend with his friends.
Truth be told, Jack couldn't really pinpoint his exact location in Manhattan, but the low rise apartment buildings with retailers and restaurants on the ground floors told him he had ventured beyond the tall buildings of the business district, ... read full excerpt from A Love for All Seasons ebook