HER NIGHTFALL DESIRE
replied. "It
sed her fingers lightly across the hand holding his tea, and he looked up w
tell you anything," he earnestly obse
rough history together for a whole ei
ents. Then Isadora broke the silence. "So, you had some ques
here to start with his questions. Unfortunately,
asion," she answered. "Although mostly
failed to ask at the beginning of their conversation. But something in her response struck a chord
table. "People hold a special interest for me," she said.
y replied. "Was there something about the cl
upturned in a clever half-s
k a sip of his cooled tea. He was surprised how much he e
feeling much more confident moving f
iatively. "I'm glad to he
elated teaching techniques of new faculty at co
ing me then," he tease
all too aware of how cl
sed with fl
d. "Where are you from? What brought you
, like so many other men she had met over the years. But she knew a little more about him than the
od the nature of it. "But I'm being too nosy tonight," he m
shy, she mused. How very charming and uncomm
king. "May I ca
"Please do. It's not like you're my student anymore. N
nly one of us is a perso
less the city of Atlanta," she began. "As to where I come from, I'm a resident of the
a sudden realizatio
nship with his parents, so Joshua never got to know them. He wasn't even sure if they were living or how to get in touch with them. Ted had a brother named Brian, but Joshua had on
mily, but frowned with concern when he suddenly seem
ce turned a shade of crimson. "I've
out to grasp his right hand he'd placed before him. His f
ou," she insisted. "We'll learn more about
whole six months with Melanie, perhaps more than with any other woman he had dated. And it wasn't as though he didn't get alon
ted expression and offered,
e at her. "That's quaint.
untered, "Well, I'm a bit
he was actually sitting at a table with su
"I better get you back at a decent hour to get y
d and asked, "How did you
r an answer. That's what happens when you let your guar
innocently explained. "Wasn't there a wom
and his frown di
olutely no students actually do tha
while she inwardly smiled at her