Beautiful Harmony (Harmony Falls Book 5) by Elizabeth Kelly

Author:Elizabeth Kelly [Kelly, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781774461716
Publisher: EK PUBLISHING INC.
Published: 2023-07-27T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

“So, you and Lucas are friends again?” Rayna sank onto the couch next to Bea, rubbing Bea’s stomach when the beagle immediately rolled to her side.

“Yes.” Emma had her phone on the counter as she chopped vegetables.

“Change the angle. All I see are chopped carrots,” Rayna said.

Rayna rubbed Bea’s belly again as Emma propped the phone on something that gave Rayna a view of her face. “Better?”

“Much. Listen, I’m worried about you.”

“Why? I’m fine.”

“Are you? You’re acting weird,” Rayna said.

“No, I’m not.”

“You kind of are. I find it strange that you forgave Lucas for punching Brad at the party. I mean, not that Brad didn’t deserve it, but you hate that kind of macho bullshit.”

“I do, and when Lucas showed up for our knitting lesson yesterday, I explained why I hated it, and he apologized. We’re good now.”

Rayna stared at Emma through her phone screen. “Emma, what aren’t you telling me?”

Before Emma could reply, Rayna’s doorbell rang. Bea stayed where she was, on her back, with a blissed out look on her face as she snored loudly. But unlike the deaf beagle, the two pitbull mixes she was temporarily fostering were young and had excellent hearing. They jumped to their feet and set off a chorus of barking that made Rayna wince.

“Emma, I have to go,” she shouted over the barking. “I’ll call you tomorrow!”

Emma waved, and Rayna ended the call before heading to the front door. She closed the baby gate that separated the living room from the hallway and patted the dogs when they made disappointing howls.

“Hush, silly girls,” she said and made the hand motion for quiet. To her delight, they quieted down. “You girls will be so easy to adopt out. Yes, you are, lovebugs.”

She leaned over the gate and kissed their noses. The doorbell rang again, and she shouted, “I’m coming!”. She weaved around the calico cat in the middle of the hallway, lazily washing one front paw.

She stopped to pet the cat, smiling when the cat purred loudly and arched her back. The cat stood, revealing her gently rounding belly. Rayna lightly stroked her sides. “How are those babies baking up, little mama?”

The cat made her signature squeaky meow and scratched at the rug below her paws.

The doorbell rang a third time, and Rayna rolled her eyes. No doubt it was someone dropping off an animal to her, but at least they were sticking around and not just dumping it on her porch and running. God, she really needed to get a doorbell cam.

She added that to her mental list of things the rescue couldn’t afford and yanked open the door. “How can I help…”

Her voice died in a soft croak as she stared at the man on her front porch. He was around six feet tall and wore a wool peacoat that probably cost more than her entire wardrobe, dark slacks, and black Oxford loafers that shone even in the dim light of her porch.

His dark hair, threaded with silver at the temples, was cut short, and he had sharp cheekbones and a perfect nose.

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