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loud
banging made her sit up in bed. Her heart pounded. She
finally realized it was someone in the next room. She was wide-awake again.
She couldn’t shut out the memories of Jeff and that
special night in Back Bay. Jeff had honored her wishes.
He slept in the guest room and she trembled restlessly in her room.
She had been sleeping in her room contentedly when
a loud banging on the door woke her.
“Get up lazy bones. Breakfast is ready!” Pamela had
pulled the covers over her head.
The door opened and Jeff stuck his head in.
“Up, up, it’s time to eat! Bacon, eggs, toast, just for
you!” He smiled.
“Ugh. I don’t eat breakfast”! She mumbled from under
the covers.
“Today you do. Get up!”
“Okay, Okay.” She stumbled out of bed. The smell of
bacon frying crept under the door and it didn’t take long A Memory Unchained___________ 73
for her to get hungry!
“You’ll spoil me along with making me fat!”
“Naw, not one little breakfast. Besides, look at the view, it’s forever!” She bundled up in her robe and headed for
the bathroom quickly so he wouldn’t see her in a mess!
She smiled as she entered the kitchen. He looked so cute
in her apron turning the bacon over in the frying pan.
“I got the fishing poles out and a bucket filled with
sand crabs!”
“What time did you get up anyway?”
“Early,” he said. His face had the glow of boyish charm
she couldn’t resist.
“I guess we’ll go fishing,” he smiled.
“I’ll watch,” she laughed.
She thought he looked like a little boy with a new toy
each time he pulled in his catch.
He pulled her into the water, teasing and playing as
if they were children again, each lost in the beauty of the moment.
The sun felt warm on their bodies as they sunbathed.
He kissed her softly as they relaxed on the sand.
I don’t want this day to end,” he said.
“It’s been fun, hasn’t it,” she answered softly.
“Perfect,” he said.
“We need to start back soon, my work you know,” she
said.
“If you worked for me you could just stay here forever!”
he teased.
“I tried to work for you once, your personnel manager
let me know I wasn’t quite ‘Desmond’ material!”
“I’d like to get my hands on that personnel manager!”
74 __________________Gloria Graham
he grumbled. Pamela smiled in appreciation. He did know
all the right things to say!
With the Paris moon shining thru her window she
tried to go to sleep but the roses on the dresser from Jeff reminded her, he was still trying to say the right things, even now, in Paris!
She tried to push aside her thoughts of Jeff and that
special weekend but the memories kept swarming back
in her mind.
She remembered how quiet their drive back to Boston
had been. She had felt uneasy, realizing Jeff was deep in his thoughts again. Had she scared him away with her
religious talk, she wondered as his silence deepened? Their time together had been revealing, perhaps too much so
she thought. Pamela tried to start a conversation but Jeff hadn’t made it easy.
When he kissed her goodbye he held on to her unusu-
ally tight. He started to say something but turned and left quickly.
Pamela stood watching him drive away. She could feel
something was wrong. She had a feeling she knew what
it was.
Pamela’s thoughts were a mixture of Jeff and Rex.
She had a warm, comfortable feeling when Rex came to
mind.
She closed her eyes and Jeff was there. Her usually stable life, was now a mixed up mess she thought.
A soft Paris breeze slipped through the window. She
shivered as she remembered the Monday after she and Jeff
spent the weekend in Back Bay. The week that started her
restless, uncertain feelings.
A Memory Unchained___________ 75
It was a typical Monday in Boston! It had been impos-
sible for her to work. Nothing had gone right.
Every time the phone rang, she jumped, hoping it
would be Jeff. When she didn’t go out for lunch, her
secretary
banging made her sit up in bed. Her heart pounded. She
finally realized it was someone in the next room. She was wide-awake again.
She couldn’t shut out the memories of Jeff and that
special night in Back Bay. Jeff had honored her wishes.
He slept in the guest room and she trembled restlessly in her room.
She had been sleeping in her room contentedly when
a loud banging on the door woke her.
“Get up lazy bones. Breakfast is ready!” Pamela had
pulled the covers over her head.
The door opened and Jeff stuck his head in.
“Up, up, it’s time to eat! Bacon, eggs, toast, just for
you!” He smiled.
“Ugh. I don’t eat breakfast”! She mumbled from under
the covers.
“Today you do. Get up!”
“Okay, Okay.” She stumbled out of bed. The smell of
bacon frying crept under the door and it didn’t take long A Memory Unchained___________ 73
for her to get hungry!
“You’ll spoil me along with making me fat!”
“Naw, not one little breakfast. Besides, look at the view, it’s forever!” She bundled up in her robe and headed for
the bathroom quickly so he wouldn’t see her in a mess!
She smiled as she entered the kitchen. He looked so cute
in her apron turning the bacon over in the frying pan.
“I got the fishing poles out and a bucket filled with
sand crabs!”
“What time did you get up anyway?”
“Early,” he said. His face had the glow of boyish charm
she couldn’t resist.
“I guess we’ll go fishing,” he smiled.
“I’ll watch,” she laughed.
She thought he looked like a little boy with a new toy
each time he pulled in his catch.
He pulled her into the water, teasing and playing as
if they were children again, each lost in the beauty of the moment.
The sun felt warm on their bodies as they sunbathed.
He kissed her softly as they relaxed on the sand.
I don’t want this day to end,” he said.
“It’s been fun, hasn’t it,” she answered softly.
“Perfect,” he said.
“We need to start back soon, my work you know,” she
said.
“If you worked for me you could just stay here forever!”
he teased.
“I tried to work for you once, your personnel manager
let me know I wasn’t quite ‘Desmond’ material!”
“I’d like to get my hands on that personnel manager!”
74 __________________Gloria Graham
he grumbled. Pamela smiled in appreciation. He did know
all the right things to say!
With the Paris moon shining thru her window she
tried to go to sleep but the roses on the dresser from Jeff reminded her, he was still trying to say the right things, even now, in Paris!
She tried to push aside her thoughts of Jeff and that
special weekend but the memories kept swarming back
in her mind.
She remembered how quiet their drive back to Boston
had been. She had felt uneasy, realizing Jeff was deep in his thoughts again. Had she scared him away with her
religious talk, she wondered as his silence deepened? Their time together had been revealing, perhaps too much so
she thought. Pamela tried to start a conversation but Jeff hadn’t made it easy.
When he kissed her goodbye he held on to her unusu-
ally tight. He started to say something but turned and left quickly.
Pamela stood watching him drive away. She could feel
something was wrong. She had a feeling she knew what
it was.
Pamela’s thoughts were a mixture of Jeff and Rex.
She had a warm, comfortable feeling when Rex came to
mind.
She closed her eyes and Jeff was there. Her usually stable life, was now a mixed up mess she thought.
A soft Paris breeze slipped through the window. She
shivered as she remembered the Monday after she and Jeff
spent the weekend in Back Bay. The week that started her
restless, uncertain feelings.
A Memory Unchained___________ 75
It was a typical Monday in Boston! It had been impos-
sible for her to work. Nothing had gone right.
Every time the phone rang, she jumped, hoping it
would be Jeff. When she didn’t go out for lunch, her
secretary
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