Doctor to the Rescue by Cheryl Wyatt

Author:Cheryl Wyatt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Did you have a nice time at Golden Terrace last night?” Kate handed Bri woodsy trim for cabin table-runners they were making.

“Yes. The food was excellent.”

Kate eyed Bri over her iced tea glass rim. “I meant did you have a nice time...with Ian.”

Bri scowled. “I was more focused on the steak.”

Kate smirked. “Interested to know if he had a good time?”

“No.”

“Then I won’t tell you about how he grinned like a crazy person the entire time he talked about it before surgery this morning.”

Bri politely ignored Kate. And little jumps her pulse took with every word of Kate’s. A car pulled up outside.

“Lauren’s back.” Kate went to get the door.

Bri stood up to see Tia, in the other room crawling around the rug, pawing and snorting.

Lauren came in and giggled. “Either she’s a very small bear or a very large June bug.” Lauren set fringed material next to the sewing machine. Then unfurled a large quilt.

“It’s gorgeous!” Bri exclaimed. “Who made it?”

“The quilt-club ladies from church. They’re making five more—six if you’d like one for your cabin.”

“I’d hate to burden them—”

“She’d love a quilt, thanks.” Kate grinned. “One of these days, girl, we are going to break you of that indebtedness.”

“But I am a burden...to everyone.”

“And there are bound to be times in our lives when we need help, too. Then it’ll be your turn to help us.” Lauren set about sewing decorative fringe on cabin rugs. “Besides, that’s the quilt-ladies’ ministry. They delight in doing it.”

Bri hadn’t asked them to do all this, but it would save a ton of money and Lauren loved to sew. “I’m glad you’re a professional seamstress in addition to being a stellar nurse.”

Lauren smiled. “I heard he was prepared to buy you two.”

“Who?”

Lauren grinned, and winked at Kate. “Ian. Steaks.”

Bri groaned and bumped her forehead on the sewing table. “You’re worse than Kate.” Bri shot Kate a look. “Did you recruit her to your matchmaking club or something?” Bri asked in low tones, since Tia crawled in the room and was now within earshot.

At least the women had sense enough to be cautious with Tia around. Yips sounded. Tia and Mistletoe played tug-of-war with a tiny yellow-and-red-striped rope.

Lauren unfurled fringed shower curtains she’d sewn. “Like?”

“Love! Those are pretty.” Bri appreciated the company and knew they were keeping her mind off things. Such as the fact that the main lodge next to her personal cabin was now a charred-out shell. Water damage from the fire trucks had caused as much damage as the smoke, heat and flames.

Suddenly something at the window caught Bri’s eye. She gasped, surged up, bumped her arm and cried out in pain.

Lauren and Kate rushed to where she’d stumbled to the window, hyperventilating at this point. “More ash!”

Bri ran outside at the sight of it. Had it caught fire again? Her hyperventilating calmed when she realized that this time it really was snow. She instantly felt ridiculous as her friends gathered around her. “Bri, it’s okay. It’s stress.

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