Bride for Matthew by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2017-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

On his way home from work, Matthew was stopped by one of the Pinkerton Agents who worked for Dr. Jenkins. “Your wife is about to be in serious danger if she doesn’t back off, Mountie.”

Matthew looked at the man, shaking his head. “You realize that you are threatening the wife of an officer of Canada, don’t you? Maybe you should think twice before you do that.”

“I’m not threatening you or her. I’m warning you. You need to tell her to back off so she doesn’t get hurt.”

Matthew sighed. “I will protect my wife. Go tell Jenkins that his ploy didn’t work this time.”

The man nodded once, disappearing into the shadows. Matthew continued walking, thinking there hadn’t been this much drama in Cougar Springs since he got there. Three days with his wife, and everything was different. Maybe she was the troublemaker after all.

As soon as the thought entered his mind, he dismissed it. Sinead was truly a doctor trying to do what was best for the people around her. No one could fault her for that, though he wished she could keep her opinions to herself some of the time.

When he got to the cabin, he saw that Miss Hazel had stayed with her as promised. The two of them were playing some sort of card game, and he didn’t want to think about what it could be. Miss Hazel wasn’t exactly a good influence on his wife, and he had a feeling that the more he knew about his wife, the more he would realize she wasn’t exactly a good influence herself.

Miss Hazel stood up when he walked into the cabin. “I’ll walk back to the hotel now. Thanks for the lovely evening, Sinead.”

Matthew shook his head. “I’ll walk back with you.” Then he looked at Sinead. “But I don’t want you staying here alone, so you’re walking back with us.”

Sinead jumped to her feet, picking up her medical bag. “Are you going to carry that with you everywhere in this town?” Matthew asked, surprised she’d want to take it with her.

“I am. I want people to get used to the fact that there’s a real doctor in town now, not just someone who calls himself a doctor.” She stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. “I’m glad you’re home, safe and sound. I worry a little about how dangerous your job is.”

“My job? You’ve taken it upon yourself to go up against the most powerful man in town, and you’re worried about my job being dangerous? You have the most dangerous job in town at the moment. You’re the doctor people are going to want to see.”

“Do you really think so?” Sinead’s whole face lit up at the comment. “I love the idea of being the one people want to see. That’s never happened to me before. No one wanted to go to the female doctor who also happened to be a Negro.”

Matthew wrapped his arm around her as they started walking, Miss Hazel on her other side.

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