I've been working heavily on my work in progress all week, so instead of sharing any of it, I'm giving myself a much needed break. So, we're leaving the Gulf side of Florida and heading to Texas, near the old famed highway of Route 66, near Amarillo. There's a honky tonk along that rundown road called The Lonesome Steer. It's Friday night and Tyler Desmond is there shooting pool when he's accidently hit in the neck with an errant dart thrown by a woman named Lacy. Now, Lacy has a bit of a nervous problem. Once she gets rattled, she can't shut-up. She just keeps on talking...and talking.
She
leaned up on her cowgirl boots. Warm breath feathered across his neck. “Show
me where the dart hit.”
He
merely pointed. By now his head throbbed more than the wound. Woman, for the love of heaven, shut up.
Fingertips
ran over his skin, and he felt current zap clear to his calloused feet. “Honestly,
you can barely see it. Might want to rub a little antibiotic cream on it before
you go to bed tonight, though. That’s what I do when I get a paper cut, or
slice my finger cutting veggies. Should be okay in a day or two. A little
iodine wouldn’t hurt, but then not everyone likes iodine.”
God, the woman’s like a verbal buzz
saw.
Pain pounded the backside of his eyeballs, and he pinched the bridge of his
nose between his thumb and index finger.
“Let
me buy you a beer. The least I can do is compensate you in some way. Like I
said, it was an accident.” She pursed her full, pink lips again—a bad sign.
“Funny thing about accidents…”
To
shut her up and bring some relief to his headache, Tyler did the one thing he
knew would stop her incessant chatter. He
kissed her.
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6 comments:
A fun little scene, albeit a bit painful for the hero. I enjoyed it.
Yes. Poor Tyler. Someone bumped Lacy's arm just as she was ready to throw the dart. The more she talked, the more his headache grew and he scowled, which made her nervous and made her talk all the more.
Love that Lacy. :-)
She was so much fun to write.
I remember this "blast from the past!" Great read.
Yes, thanks for stopping in, Angela. By next week, I'll be through with "To Catch a Flame" and ready to share some of it. Right now I want to be sure I meet the 4.24 deadline to turn it into the editor.7721 83544982
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