Cold Snap by Allison Brennan

Author:Allison Brennan [Brennan, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Suspense
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2013-10-29T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

Home.

The wheels of the 747 hit San Diego at 10:47 A.M. Pacific time on Monday morning. What a whirlwind forty-eight hours! But it felt amazing to be here in San Diego, and to be here with Sean.

Lucy took Sean’s hand and kissed it. “This is it,” she said. Home churned up so many different emotions that Lucy didn’t know whether to be excited or apprehensive. She’d had a wonderful childhood in many ways, but she always seemed to remember first the tragedies.

“I think you’re more nervous about me meeting your parents than I am.” He grinned. “How can they not love me?”

Lucy heard Kate snort from the seat behind them. “Don’t pay attention to her,” Sean said. “I promise, I’ll be on my best behavior.”

“I’m not worried.” Maybe a little. “It’s just—well, I know they’ll love you, but we also have to tell them we’re moving in together.”

“We could elope,” Sean said.

Lucy’s heart skipped a beat. They’d never seriously discussed getting married, and right now she wasn’t ready for anything else on her plate. Moving halfway cross-country to a city she’d never been to before, moving in with Sean on a permanent basis and not just staying with him a couple weekends a month, starting a new job as a rookie FBI agent—the idea that she’d have to plan a wedding had her nearly panicking.

“Hey,” Sean said, and kissed her. “I was joking. I know now’s not the right time.” Then he smiled wickedly, his dimple deepening. “But there will be a right time, and I will know exactly when it is.”

“Oh, you will?”

He kissed her again. “Of course I will. I love you.”

Still smiling as the plane taxied toward the terminal, Lucy took out her cell phone and turned it on. Immediately, several messages beeped. She listened to them.

The first was from Carina.

“Dad’s in the hospital. He had a heart attack last night—he’s okay, but we’re all here waiting for tests. Call me.”

Lucy didn’t check the rest of her messages. She immediately dialed Carina. “Dillon,” she said, looking over her shoulder. “Dad’s in the hospital.”

Dillon pulled out his own phone and started dialing.

Carina wasn’t answering. She tried Connor, and he didn’t answer. She called her mom.

“Mom? It’s Lucy. We just landed. Dad’s okay, right?”

“Lucia, it’s awful, baby. Come home.” Her mom started crying and Lucy couldn’t understand her.

“Mama, we’re getting off the plane right now. We’ll all be there.”

Her mother started talking in rapid Spanish but with the sobs Lucy couldn’t make out what she was saying. “Mama, Dillon and I are coming.”

She hung up, fighting back tears. She turned to Dillon. He said, “I’m calling the hospital.”

She nodded, and tried Carina’s husband, Nick. She thought he wasn’t going to answer either, but then he picked up.

“Nick, it’s Lucy. We just landed and I got Carina’s message about Dad. Is he okay?”

“I just saw him, he’s fine. They have him resting, and I don’t know what the plan is, but his color is back.”

Relief flooded through her. She said to Dillon, “Dad’s okay.

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