Truths Unveiled - By Kimberly Alan Page 0,42

see? I don’t think it matters where I live. If he wants to cause trouble, he can.”

Tom peered into her eyes. “You’d really move down there?”

Pam held her breath. She heard her aunt’s voice. “In life there are no coincidences. God will show us His way. We just need to be smart enough to see it.”

“I really will.”

Tom looked ready to fall off his chair. “Even though you’d be giving up the city life? All your friends?”

She shrugged. “I’d be in the same position if I go to Chicago. Besides,” she grinned. “Middleton’s cost of living is much lower. I’ll get more bang out of the big bucks you’ll be paying me.”

“And you’d be dating me? We’d be together? And it wouldn’t bother you if people talked, saying you took the job so you could be with me? Or that you got the job because of me?”

“Well...” She flashed him a coy smile. Everything felt so much less complicated or threatening now, even with that weirdo out there.

“Well what? I’m dying from the suspense.”

“To tell you the truth...”

“I find truth to always be the best policy,” Tom agreed heartily, making her laugh.

She scratched her nose. “Do you think people will talk? About us, I mean. I already know they’ll talk about the accident, but I think I can handle that now.”

“People in Middleton talk? About us? Romance?” He gave her an astonished glance, making her laugh even more. “What makes you even think to ask a question like that? Heck, we’ll make the headlines before we reach the city limits.”

“Oh, dear.”

A shadow of alarm washed over him. “Will you be okay with that?”

Smiling, Pam rolled her eyes. “I’ll get over it...or at least accustomed to it.”

“Good.” Jumping to his feet, he reached inside his jacket pocket and retrieved a black velvet box. On one knee now, he took her left hand. “Pamela Harrington, will you marry me?”

Truths Unveiled

Truths Unveiled

Chapter Twenty-Five

Completely shocked, Pam felt her eyes mist. Without waiting for a reply, Tom opened the box and slipped a diamond and ruby band onto her left ring finger. It fit perfectly.

“The offer’s still good,” he assured her, clasping her hand in both of his. “Even if we live here in Boston or Chicago. I’d planned on proposing tonight anyway. When you left me in the dirt last week, I realized how much I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. And I don’t want to wait a second longer to get started.”

Still tongue-tied, Pam stared at the beautiful sparkling jewels. Then at Tom. She couldn’t believe he’d proposed.

“We can exchange it,” he told her. “I bought it because I liked it right away. I thought it would look beautiful on you.”

Emphatically, Pam shook her head. “No. I love it. I was just thinking it’s exactly what I would have chosen.” And it was. Not that she’d ever gone looking for engagement rings before. A row of six half-carat stones lay in a band of gold. Touching his hands, she smiled out of sheer elation. Yes, they had some unresolved issues, her brain warned. But they could handle them, her heart replied. They were not alone. God wouldn’t have thrown them together like this just to let them languish. “Thank you,” she whispered, gazing into his eyes. “And I love you.”

“So you accept?”

“Yes,” she giggled. “I accept.”

****

Pam checked the time. Deciding to drive, they’d returned Tom’s Taurus to the rental company and took Pam’s Volvo. Tom drove most of the way. Somewhere along the New Jersey turnpike, she finally convinced him to let her to take a turn. Now, calculating the distance left, she figured they’d approach the city’s limits a little after two a.m.

Sighing with more contentment than she could ever recall, Pam listened to Tom’s steady breathing as he slept next to her in the passenger seat. I can’t believe I’m getting married, her thoughts repeated for the millionth time. To Thomas Jarrod! Then a warning voice whispered, And live in Middleton. But Pam ignored it. The medical center was a good career move. The salary was higher than she’d expected and working with Dr. Everett made her incredibly portable, if she ever decided to leave the area.

Immediately, Pam wiped away that thought. Tom’s life was there and she would make her life there, too. In fact, she found it incredible to even consider having any life outside her medical career.

“I bet I can guess what you’re thinking.”

Pam jumped, then let out a laugh. “Is it that