Circle of Friends: #8 Ellie

Ellie Hendricks knew it was just hormones. She laughed. How smooth could a life be if the stupid hormones would leave your head alone? And what was it about this stretch of Puget Sound that always drew her back and always lifted the blues? She didn’t have anything to be blue about. She had a wonderful son and she could let her imagination free in her books.

Oh…then there was the job. It had been a wonderful place until the two women who started it, sold and moved on. Now it wasn’t so great. Now it felt like she had a target on her back.

Drew had been watching her for weeks. Maybe it was hormones. Maybe it had been a long time since he let himself relax and enjoy a simple date. Maybe he’d forgotten how to approach a woman coated in motor oil and the smell of boat fuel.
When she almost fell into an engine he was working on, he decided it was time to make a move.