Sarah's Mountain
Copyright© 2012 by Auntie Chastity
Chapter 8
After the boys left for school on the first day of the new semester, Ethan sat at the kitchen table and rechecked all the figures on the final invoice for the work on the cabin. Before he left for the mountain, he called Sarah and told her he was on the way.
When he entered her kitchen, she was pouring coffee for them. He kissed her on the neck and sat at the table sliding the invoice across for her to read. She eyed the figures carefully before saying, "I think you're cheating yourself, Ethan. The quality of the work is worth a lot more than you're charging."
"It's a fair figure. If you're happy with the work, then I'm happy."
She nodded her head and began writing out the check. When she handed it to him, he folded it once and slid it into his shirt pocket.
Sarah reached across and took his big calloused hand in hers. "Now that I'm not your employer any more, I wonder if our relationship might turn into something a little more formal and permanent?"
Ethan hadn't expected that and it showed on his face. She didn't have to look very deep to read his concerns because she already knew what they were. She hoped she could clear some of them up now.
Lifting his hand to her lips and kissing his knuckles, she said, "Let me make my case. I know you're concerned about the relationship I had with Wendell. Since the day you and I first made love, there has been no sex between us. As soon as he figured out that we had become lovers, he came to me and said he wouldn't do it any more. He wants you and I to be together and he knows you are very much a one-woman man in need of a one-man woman. Your son is a very bright perceptive young man, Ethan. I will never regret the enjoyment we gave each other but I agreed it had to end.