Britannia all at Sea ; Her Maverick M.D. by Betty Neels

Author:Betty Neels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

After a second day of working with Dr. Jonathan Clifton, Dawn needed to vent to someone who knew all the skeletons in her closet. Her sister, Marina, had talked her through the personal crisis that was so much of the reason she’d quit her hospital job. For two shifts now Dawn had watched the new doctor charm everyone within a two-mile radius of the clinic. Except her. Was she just being overly cautious and seeing problems where there weren’t any? Talking to Marina might give her a better perspective.

Dawn knocked on her sister’s front door and waited. It could take a while sometimes to get an answer if Marina was busy with the baby. But not tonight.

The door opened and there she was with baby Sydney in her arms. “Hi, little sister.”

Dawn was four inches taller than her petite, red-haired sibling but Marina was three years older. The tease was a running joke between them.

“Hi.” She smiled at her niece. “Hello, sweet girl. Come to Auntie Dawn?”

Sydney grinned and that was all the encouragement necessary for grabbing her up and squeezing her close. “Ooh, you feel so warm and soft and good. And you smell like a baby.”

“She is a baby.”

“Trust me. They don’t always smell like flowers.”

“Tell me about it. She got a quick bath after you called. I figured that would give us more time to visit.” With her index fingers, Marina added air quotes to the last word. Clearly she knew there was something out of the ordinary going on. “Let’s talk in the other room. Are you hungry? I can throw something together.”

“No. Thanks, though.” She carried the baby through the kitchen and into the adjacent family room where a baby gym was set up on the carpet.

“You can put her down there and let her play. She likes that toy, don’t you, sweet Sydney?”

Of course the baby didn’t answer but Dawn put her down where directed. The two women sat on the rug, watching Syd bat at all the bright-colored things that dangled and rattled.

Marina met her gaze. “So, what’s up?”

Instead of answering Dawn asked, “Do you ever think about that night?”

“The wedding and reception last July Fourth.” Her sister wasn’t asking a question. The two of them were close and somehow always on the same wavelength. “I do think about it. But I’m not sure where you’re going with this.”

“Syd was conceived that night. Along with a lot of other babies.” She met Marina’s gaze. “It seems crazy what happened.”

“It is crazy. Whatever was in that punch made a lot of people behave in ways they never would have otherwise.”

“Irresponsibly?” Dawn asked, remembering what Clifton had said.

“I suppose so. But Homer Gilmore is the one at fault for spiking the punch in the first place.” Marina’s blue eyes darkened. “They say crisis reveals character and I found that to be true. When I told Gary I was pregnant he dropped me like a hot rock. In his defense our relationship was still new when we went to the wedding together.

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