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began to climb up and I felt like we would never get to the top
of the steep hill but finally the ground under our feet began to level out and
the thick forest began to clear and open itself into a large field. The dew on
the grass reflected the moonlight and it cast a strange glow around everything.
                “Oh
Arch it’s beautiful,” I said still clinging to his hand telling myself not to
make the same mistake I had made at the waterfall.
                “There’s
more,” he said as we walked through the clearing and he pointed across the
field. My eyes followed the direction of his finger and I gasped as I saw an
old cemetery and church. It was clearly abandoned but it was still beautiful.
It had a gothic look and a huge bell tower where you could see the large bell
still atop it.
                “Come
on, let’s go,” he said egging me on.
                “Can
we go inside?” I asked.
                “Of
course we can, it’s mine,” he said smiling at me.
                “Wow
you are just full of surprises huh?” I asked slyly.
                “Sure
am and this is only the beginning.”
                We
walked through the graveyard and I noticed he looked at some of the old
tombstones with a small look of pain.
                “People
you know?” I asked gesturing towards the tombstones.
                “Uh,
my family,” he said quietly.
                “Oh, I
am sorry,” I said feeling terrible that I had brought it up.
                “It’s
ok, let’s leave that story for another day shall we?” he said as we finally
crossed the graveyard and had made it to the church steps.
                “Ok,”
I answered not wanting to push the issue. We walked up the steps and into the
dusty old church. Inside it held wooden pews and the pulpit but little else
which made sense since it hadn’t been used for decades it seemed.
                “So I
guess the myth about crosses and churches is just that…a myth,” I joked.
                “You
don’t say,” he said as he led me to the steps of the bell tower. We climbed up
to the top and sat facing the town. From this point you could see everything
and the view of the small town in the valley below was breathtaking.
                “Thank
you,” I finally said after we had sat there for a few minutes taking it all in.
                “For
what?”
                “For
sharing with me such beautiful things I never knew existed,” I said looking
into his eyes.
                “A
beautiful woman deserves nothing less than to be surrounded by beauty,” he said
as he put his hand to my cheek. I put my own hand over his and closed my eyes
feeling the warmth rush through my body knowing he was feeling it too. I wanted
to do so much more with him to show him how much I cared for him but I just
couldn’t. Not yet, not until I knew where this situation with Richard was
going. Thinking of Richard definitely turned me off a bit and cleared my head
of all the fantasies I was having about Archer. I slowly opened my eyes and he
was still staring lovingly at my face.
                “Oh
Archie, I wish I could give you so much more”- I started but he put his fore
finger to my lips to quiet me.
                “Let’s
just enjoy what we can,” he said and we sat in each other’s arms all night in
the bell tower, eventually watching the sunrise break over Talon Hills.

 
    Chapter
7

 
                Once
daylight washed over us we headed back to the old house on the hill. We were
getting ready to get some sleep when my cell phone began to ring. My heart
pumped in my chest because I knew it had to be Richard or Deborah as no one
else had my cell phone number. I looked over at Archer with a look of fear on
my face. I was worried maybe something