A Breath Taken by Bonnie Edwards

Author:Bonnie Edwards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance series, Paranormal romance books, steamy romance novels, steamy romance novels for women, steamy adult romance books
Publisher: Bonnie Edwards
Published: 2017-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

THE APARTMENT OVER the store was as busy as a train station. Blue swore that anyone who had ever met Stella McCreedy had stopped by in the last couple of days. She had a pantry full of fruit preserves and pickled beets, and an icebox stuffed with a chicken, butter, and eggs. A burlap sack full of potatoes sat on her kitchen floor. She planned on dragging it into the pantry as soon as she caught her breath.

Blue had never had so many friends and well-wishers. Her life as Blue McCann had been lonely from birth. Left in a back alley by her mother, she’d been blue with cold when she’d been found. The cop who’d found her had given her the name Blue, and no one had seen fit to change it. Blue she became. McCann had come from the head nurse, who’d called child services that first day.

In this life as Stella, she was flummoxed by all the attention and good wishes. Stella was well-liked and appreciated by friends and patients. It seemed that Stella was a proud woman, and everyone who stopped by was prepared to push the food at her. So when Blue stumbled through her thank yous, no one seemed to notice that Stella wasn’t her normal self.

As for Blue, she held every moment of appreciation to her heart and let it warm through her. There was even a point where she felt a tiny bit jealous of Stella. To have a life in 1913 where she was her own woman, in charge of her own affairs, was remarkable.

And yet, Stella was no longer living her life, Blue was. So it was up to Blue to live Stella’s life without doing any damage. She was a guardian of Stella’s existence, and the responsibility weighed more heavily with every passing day.

Colt would be here soon, and she dug out fresh sheets and found some lavender water to sprinkle across the bedding.

Seduction.

She sighed and heated. Colt would love this. The room looked pretty and fresh and inviting.

As for cooking, she now felt comfortable lighting the stove. A stew that had been left by a grateful new mother bubbled in a pot. The scent was delicious.

She had no idea if Stella could cook, but the lack of ingredients in the house when she’d arrived made Blue doubt it. Either that or she survived on her patients’ grateful contributions. Her own lack of skill in the kitchen seemed to be another way she and Stella were similar. She ignored the mental reminder that Stella was an artist in her spare time, while Blue had been addicted to renovation and real estate shows on television.

Her interest in decor had already brightened Stella’s apartment and decluttering was well underway.

The putt-putt of Colt’s car came to her from the back alley.

He climbed down and reached onto the passenger seat for his medical bag and a bouquet of wild flowers. She dug a vase out of the cupboard in the second bedroom and filled it with water while he bounded up the back stairs.

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