Always My Love by Jill Sanders

Author:Jill Sanders [Sanders, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grayton Press

Chapter Twelve

At first, Nick avoided going into the Golden Oar. He was hurt and angry that Harper had tried to break things off with him. Hurt and angry that she wouldn’t open up to him about her reasoning. Even though he’d told her and himself that he didn’t need to know her past, it still stung.

Then he remembered that he had a dark past that she knew nothing about as well.

How could he expect her to open up to him when he hadn’t opened up to her.

It was obvious now that she was protecting her sister. Without her knowing, he’d driven by their cabin and Hailey’s work a few more times whenever he was on shift.

Tom noticed on the second day and asked him why. He shrugged it off and told him he was just making sure there weren’t any crazies that had seen the news report and would go after Harper or her sister.

By the second week of not seeing Harper, he was dying inside. He was grumpy all the time. He no longer took Blue on long walks and instead just sat in the yard while the dog whined and sniffed, as if looking for Lucy and Harper.

Damn. Even his dog was missing them.

Two days later, when his shift was over, Tom slugged him on the shoulder and nudged him towards his Jeep.

“Go. You have the day off tomorrow, and I know for a fact that Harper has the night off and tomorrow as well. Go up to the cabin. Set things straight. Whatever happened between the pair of you can’t be as bad as having to deal with your foul mood.”

He opened his mouth to argue, but then Tom glared at him. “Or I could have your sister call you and tell you the same thing?”

Nick groaned. “Fine, I’ll… go up there to check on her,” he added as he started towards his Jeep.

He kept trying to convince himself that he was only going to swing by and check up on Lucy. He stopped off at his place and picked up Blue and changed out of his uniform.

After all, he didn’t want the first time she saw him in weeks for her to jump because he was in his uniform.

When they pulled into her driveway, he was thankful to see Hailey’s old truck missing.

When the sisters had first arrived in town, they’d only had the one car. After a few months, Hailey had purchased the old truck from one of the Jordans. It took a while for everyone in town to realize the old thing had a new owner.

When he knocked on the door, Blue let out a happy bark. Instantly, he could hear Lucy’s return greeting and smiled.

Harper would have to open the door now. He knew she wouldn’t want to keep the brother and sister apart.

“You don’t play fair,” Harper said the moment she opened her door.

The dogs happily jumped and pawed at one another.

“I hadn’t planned on this. I just knew that Blue missed her,” he said with a smile.

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