Never Without You...Again
Theda Coles hurried along the corridor of Crystal Lake, Virginia’s Harney High. It was registration day and laughing groups of students stood about. Racing to the principal’s office for what seemed like the millionth time that day, she slammed smack into a tall male figure. She looked up into his face and for a moment her heart flipped crazily and she couldn’t breathe.“Hunter,” she said in a hoarse whisper.
The tall, ruddy-skinned man was having trouble breathing, too, as his arms went around her. He said only, “Theda.”
They stood staring at one another for long moments. He regained some semblance of composure first. A few of the students had stopped the conversation to gawk and giggle. One drawled, “Hey, get a room!”
Drawing a deep breath while steadying her, Hunter Davis smiled. The change in his expression caused Harney High’s usually unflappable guidance counselor’s mind to spin.
“I’ve moved here and I brought my son to register. I called, but your answering service said you were away,” he said.
“Yes. I just got back in town this morning. How are you?”
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