Christmas Reunion by Sue Ward Drake

Author:Sue Ward Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798985426908
Publisher: Sue Ward Drake

9

Alec sipped his morning coffee, not liking this situation at all.

Last night had been bitter cold, at least ten degrees below the prediction. He’d already checked on Tula and her dad, Mrs. Nettles and her healing pet, the mayor, and the Thompsons. They were all snug and warm, but he had no idea how Becca had fared.

A blanket of white clouds covered the sky, and he squinted through the rising steam from his cup to look down the street again. He’d been standing outside the mini-mart for over an hour now with his eyes on the Clan MacDonald’s inn, waiting for Becca to appear walking her dog.

When he’d left her house last night, he’d been unsure whether he’d made an irreversible mistake kissing her. She’d been startled but then had melted against him. That proved she felt the same attraction between them, but what about his promise to her brother?

The hearty aroma of his coffee filled his lungs, and he downed the rest. He didn’t know what to do about Rob’s request, but he didn’t like feeling as if he couldn’t touch her.

“Let’s go see what’s happening with your pal, Trixie.” Alec found his car keys, calling Brandy away from the clump of poplar trees beside the store.

He saw neither woman nor dog in the rear when he parked in the inn’s lot. On the front porch, everything looked as it had last night, including the new wreath with the red bows and silver bells. At the sound of his knock, Trixie barked inside. Brandy pressed forward against his leg. He waited, but no one opened the door.

After a few minutes he rapped a second time. Her dog’s barking grew frantic. He tried the knob just in case, but of course, found the door locked. He called, “Becca?”

Sill no response. Tension knotted in his chest.

He thumped down the steps and strode along the side of the house. A knock on the rear door roused only the barking terrier, not Becca. He surveyed the yard and spotted the open door of the well shed at the back of the property. Unsure who or what he might find, he crunched across the frozen grass and peered inside with caution.

The light from the single bulb flashed off a blond head bending over something in the corner. The tension leached out of him, and he rapped on the open door. “Good morning.”

She glanced over her shoulder. “Hey, Alec. Wait there, I’ll come out.”

“Okay,” he said. She sounded neither glad nor annoyed to see him. She was still talking to him, so maybe their kiss wasn’t going to set them back. Whether it would be a barrier going forward, he didn’t know.

She wound her way around the equipment, brushing smudges off her white down vest and rubbing her arms through the sleeves of a tartan shirt, Clan MacDonald’s plaid no doubt.

“It’s freezing out here.” He squelched the urge to tell her to put on warmer clothes. That would sound too bossy, even if it were true.

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