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    Six From the Heart
    Six From the Heart
    Six From the Heart
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    Six From the Heart

    By Katriena Knights

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    Six short stories by Katriena Knights:

    Zoe's Voice--He's not sure who she is, but if she'll keep talking to him in that voice, he'll give her everything.

    Second Chances--He had something important to say. She misunderstood--bigtime. He wants to try again--this time without his foot in his mouth.

    The Test--The test is positive. What now?

    Hope, and Glory--Glory moved away a long time ago. Now she's back, and things are looking up.

    Dinner for Two--Lauren won dinner with the third-grade teacher. Her daughter thinks she should go, but Lauren's not so sure.

    The Gift--Affrick has loved Gilly since they were children. How will she catch his attention now that he's decided to wed again? (Scottish historical.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNotes on Vellum
    Release dateSep 14, 2011
    ISBN9781476352237
    Six From the Heart
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    Katriena Knights

    An Adams Media author.

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      Six From the Heart - Katriena Knights

      Six From the Heart

      by Katriena Knights

      All stories © 2011 by Katriena Knights

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      Table of Contents

      Zoë’s Voice

      Second Chances

      The Test

      Hope, and Glory

      Dinner for Two

      The Gift

      Zoë’s Voice

      Her name was Zoë Carmichael. That was all he knew. Except that she had a voice that made his toes curl and his blood pulse.

      And she’d be here in five minutes.

      Brett Evans glanced at his watch. Make that two minutes.

      She’d called him last night trying to solicit a donation for the Special Olympics. Or was it the March of Dimes? It didn’t matter—the minute he’d heard that voice he’d promised her two thousand dollars. But she had to pick up the check in person.

      One minute. His heartbeat sped to a gallop. That voice . . . it had been unbelievable. It should have been illegal. She’d probably persuaded men all over the city to fork over huge amounts of cash, and they probably couldn’t remember what charity it was, either. If she was half as sexy as she sounded, he was dead meat.

      Brett looked at his watch again and wondered if he should leave. She could be totally different from what he expected, and he’d be embarrassed and disappointed and out two thousand dollars. Or she could be exactly like he expected and he’d be putty in her hands and still out two thousand dollars. Either way it seemed he wasn’t coming out too well.

      It’s time, he thought. She’s late.

      #

      She actually wasn’t late—she’d been watching him from the bar. He looked normal, she thought, all clean-cut and expensively suited. She’d thought he might be a lunatic—nobody had ever asked her to pick up a check in person before.

      Nobody had ever pledged her two grand, either. That was the only reason she was here. Nobody made her idle promises and got away with it. If his offer to give her the money in person had been a ploy to get out of the donation, he was in for a rude awakening.

      He didn’t look like he was trying to weasel out of anything, though. He kept shifting in his chair and looking at his watch, at the door, at his watch again.

      Maybe he was a lunatic, after all. But a cute lunatic.

      Well, even if he was a lunatic, he wasn’t likely to do anything too crazy in the middle of a crowded restaurant in broad daylight. And Zoë wanted her two thousand dollars. It was for the kids, after all.

      #

      At two minutes after two, a woman sat down at Brett’s table.

      Hi. I’m Zoë Carmichael, she said, and the Voice ran like hot honey all up and down his spine. Are you a lunatic?

      Brett couldn’t think. No, he said. I’m a lawyer.

      She grinned and shrugged. Same difference. Where’s the check?

      Brett was staring. Zoë blinked wide eyes at him and he shook himself. Let me get my checkbook, he finally said.

      She was nothing like he’d expected. But he didn’t know what he’d expected. Anything would have been right, as long as she brought the Voice with her.

      And that she had. Along with the craziest head of curly-streaky-brown-blonde hair he’d ever seen, bright sapphire-blue eyes and a toothy grin. Inside a big neon green T-shirt and hot pink jeans, she looked round and soft. A bright pink clip in her hair didn’t seem to be doing anything other than being bright and pink.

      You do remember it was two thousand dollars?

      Yes. Yes, I remember. He pulled his checkbook from a pocket inside his jacket—Armani, because he’d wanted to impress her—and opened it. What I don’t remember is who it’s supposed to be made out to.

      She blinked at him. She had incredible skin, Brett thought, pale and carefully powdered. The makeup made her look like porcelain.

      You pledged two thousand dollars, and you don’t know who to?

      Brett shook his head. He should

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