A Merrily Matched Christmas by Virginia Nelson & Ashelyn Drake & River Ford & Beth Fred & Cate Grimm & Lily Vega

Author:Virginia Nelson & Ashelyn Drake & River Ford & Beth Fred & Cate Grimm & Lily Vega [Nelson, Virginia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

A day later Katie semi-relaxed—semi, that was as relaxed as she got—in the passenger seat of Nicole’s SUV.

“This is so awesome. Thank you so much for calling me. I never get a girl’s day.” Nicole pulled the SUV off of the ferry.

“It’s not that cool. Some sorority girl got my cushy chair all the way to Colorado. This was supposed to be my perfect White Christmas. Of course, if you would just stay here I could crash your holiday party. But no. You have to go see Paul’s family. And if he is at the hospital, who has your kids?” Katie asked.

Nicole grinned. “My mom. Ordinarily she would pull some bad-mom guilt trip, but her Christian virtue won’t allow her to chastise me for helping a friend at Christmas time. It’s an hour to Galveston and an hour back. I can’t remember the last time I had two hours to myself.”

They drove into the middle through a mostly empty coastline. “Signal lost,” the GPS said.

“I hope this is the right place.” Katie shook her head. “You should have finished medical school.”

“Right. Because spending the last five years trapped inside an OR measuring someone’s heart rate would have definitely been less taxing than chasing two adorable—if feral—toddlers around. I’m perfectly happy letting Paul do the OR schtick for me. Even if I am envious of your shoes and will never have a pair of Louboutin’s again.”

Katie looked out the passenger window. “Take two pair from my closet while I’m gone. Don’t tell me which, because it will cause more grief. And if you take the black stilettos, I’ll see you in the OR.”

“Best Christmas Ever!” Nicole pulled into a parking space across the street from the blue sign that read “Holiday Island Private Port.”

They walked toward the beach.

“I don’t see a cruise liner,” Katie said.

“We’ll find it.” The way Nicole bounced around you would think it was her vacation.

They tramped through sand and then mud. But the only boat on the water was just that—a boat. A large double decker boat but not a ship. Katie had seen a boat like it before when she interned with Doctors Without Borders. It was an Indian-style house boat.

Katie sighed. “I’m not spending two weeks on the ocean in that thing. It’s not safe.”

Nicole rolled her eyes. “Live a little. Let’s look closer. Maybe it’s not so bad.”

“After being deplaned and driving an hour to get here? It sucks.”

Katie swung her luggage over her shoulder and took Nicole’s hand as they set off to explore. Just like freshman year all over again. “Definitely a house boat. They’re usually more for floating two days down the river.”

“Eliam!” Nicole squealed.

“What?” Katie followed the direction of Nicole’s finger with her gaze. On the second story, tightening a knot in a rope on the hull of the boat, stood a tall, broad man. His neck and the inside of his wet white shirt revealed skin like dark caramel, and his hair was darker than midnight. Nicole was right.

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