THE PROPOSAL

Excerpt A breathtakingly beautiful woman CLARE lays on her right side facing the center of the bed. Her chocolate brown hair spills across the pillow. She stirs the covers drifting down from her bare shoulder. The cold temperature of the morning beckons her awake, unfamiliar with the mountainous surroundings she opens her eyes with a flutter. A city girl born and raised, she rarely came out to the family cabin, except for vacations or long weekends. The cabin still adorned family treasured quilts, and family photos from summer getaways here, when she was just a child.