City Girl by Lori Wick

Author:Lori Wick
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

“I spilled my water!” Katy all but snapped at Reagan when she crossed the threshold. “Cash should just come in here and put me out of my misery. I can’t even get myself a drink!”

Reagan did not comment. The thought of Katy dying horrified her, and for a moment she could not speak. She came close to the bed, lifting a towel from the basin on her way past. She mopped the water without overdo fuss, but inside she was shaken.

I’ve caused all of this. Katy’s misery and all the inconvenience are my fault.

“Okay,” Cash stated with enthusiasm, coming through the open door unannounced. “Here’s the plan, Kate. Reagan and I are going to clear the stuff from this closet and then shut the door. You’re going to hear a lot of cutting and pounding because I’m going to put a doorway through on the other side.”

“Whatever for?” Katy asked, mouth open.

“Reagan’s going to sleep in the little storeroom by the pantry, and the new door will give her access in here. I don’t want another bed in this room, but she needs to be able to hear you.”

The older woman looked so upset that Cash went to her. Reagan felt they needed time alone, but for some reason she couldn’t move.

“Katy.” The big cowboy said her name quietly, taking the chair and leaning close. “I want you better, and to do that you can’t get out of this bed. Reagan has to be close to help you, but she can’t sleep on the floor.”

“But it’s little more than a closet. Never has a guest in this house been treated that way.”

“I know, and if things were different, it wouldn’t have to be this way now, but Reagan understands.”

“Maybe we should move to my house. I wanted Reagan here to take care of you, but maybe we should get out of your hair.”

Cash picked up her hand.

“This is where you’re staying until you can walk out on your own. When you’re on your own two feet—bossy as the day is long—you can go home. Until then we’re going to live together and probably drive each other crazy at times, but that won’t change the facts. The three of us are going to do everything we have to do to get you out of that bed.”

Listening to him from where she felt frozen in place, Reagan saw for the first time how much Cash loved this old woman. This kind of love was foreign to her. She didn’t know what to do with it; indeed, it frightened her, but at the same time she was strangely touched by what she was witnessing.

“Okay.” Cash stood, clearly ready to get to work. “We’ll make it as fast as possible, but it will be noisy.”

“Who’s helping you?” Katy demanded.

“Luke.”

“Well, that’s at least something.”

Cash went on his way, and Katy decided to take her mind off what she thought of as an intolerable situation.

“Have you met Luke?”

“I don’t think so,” Reagan said. She wasn’t ready to talk, but keeping Katy’s spirits in mind, she answered.

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