A Reason to Stay (Oak Hollow) (8 page)

Bea’s had been busy and only had a booth near the front window open. He’d sat down, ordered a coffee and club sandwich. While he waited he looked out the window marveling at how much Cedar Grove had changed since he’d left after high school to go to college. And how much it hadn’t changed. He’d noticed the beauty salon across the street but hadn’t paid much attention, it had been there all of his life. Just as his lunch was set in front of him and he was about to turn away, a woman dressed in a black smock stepped out of the building to help an elderly lady out of her car and into shop. There was something familiar about her so he watched as she helped the lady maneuver her walker across the sidewalk and nearly spilled his coffee in his lap when he realized it was Lorelei.

The baggy smock disguised the curves he knew to be there and her hair wasn’t loose and spilling around her shoulders. Instead it was pulled back into a tight ponytail with her ebony curls trailing down her back. But he knew it was her. He knew because the moment he’d seen her he’d felt like he’d been kicked in the stomach. Something about that woman made his entire body turn to jelly.

Now he sat stared at her as she curled and teased some woman’s hair within an inch of its life. For the past three days he’d tried to sort out what he wanted to do now that he’d found her. Part of him wanted to just say forget it. Hell, the woman had run off without so much as a goodbye. It should be obvious their night together was nothing more than a one night stand to her. But another part of him was sure there was more to it. He wanted to get to know this woman in the daylight with her clothes on to see if he could make her stop haunting his dreams. And another part of him wanted to march over and pull her into the backroom of that tiny beauty shop and make love to her until he got her out of his system or they were both too tired to think or move. Whichever came first.

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DJ Westerfield is a wife, step-mom, sister, auntie, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, friend, and Mommy to three adorable and mischievous four-legged babies.

She writes non-fiction, blogs, and co-hosts an internet radio show as DJ Westerfield.  She also works as a consultant for independent authors and creates crafts and jewelry she sells on her online store, Hydeaway Cottage.

DJ uses the pseudonym June Stevens to write fiction in a variety of genres including contemporary romance, romantic suspense, romantic fantasy, paranormal romance, urban fantasy.

June Stevens creates new worlds in the form of short stories and books.  When you step into one of June Stevens worlds you will encounter at least one (or a combination of many) of these elements: ROMANCE, mystery, suspense, magic, ghosts, vampires, witches, werebeasts, elves, faeries, other magical creatures, space ships, aliens, space travel, time travel, angels, demons, gods and goddesses, and who knows what else. If it can be dreamed up…it may be in one of her worlds.

You can check out other work by DJ/June by visiting her website.

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