Dr. Carlisle's Child by Carol Marinelli

Author:Carol Marinelli [Marinelli, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Series, Harlequin Presents, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9781426877278
Google: z1dLt-ku3lwC
Amazon: B0042JSQD8
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2010-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

‘Would you prefer an aisle or window seat?’

‘Window, please.’

The flight attendant tapped her request into the computer.

‘Travelling alone?’

Lucinda tried to smile. ‘I’m not sure. I was supposed to be meeting a colleague here. Has a Dr Sebastian Carlisle checked in yet?’

She continued tapping. ‘Not yet. He’d better step on it, they’re starting to board. I’ll reserve the seat next to you for him if he makes it in time.’ With a smile she handed Lucinda back her ticket and gave her her boarding card. ‘Have a nice flight.’

Annoyingly, and most unusually, the flight boarded bang on time and with a sigh Lucinda clipped on her seat belt, glancing longingly at the empty seat beside her. All her hopes had been pinned on Queensland and now it looked like Seb wasn’t going to make it. She had tried not to build her hopes up, but after the initial panic Billy had responded well to the antibiotics and had been discharged on the Wednesday. Seb, after a lot of thought, had decided to come. Gemma was going to stay with Billy. But he must have changed his mind.

Just as the cabin doors were about to close a flurry of activity made her look up. Seb, slightly breathless, made his way down the aisle, his eyes lighting up when he saw her.

‘What happened? Is Billy all right?’

Seb slipped into the seat beside her, his thighs brushing against her as he put his hand luggage under the seat. ‘He’s great. He and Gemma are armed with videos and popcorn. Couldn’t wait to get rid of me. I got stuck with a patient at the hospital.’

‘Not one of mine, I hope?’

‘Kimberley Stewart. She’s had a cerebral bleed.’

‘Oh, no, but she was doing so well.’

Seb shook his head. ‘Not really, Lucinda. She’s never really picked up.’

‘How bad is it?’

Seb gave a heavy sigh. ‘Bad enough, on top of everything else.’

‘Poor Janine and Mark.’

The mood was subdued as the plane taxied along the runway.

‘Lucinda, I know it’s awful but there’s nothing either of us can do from here. We’ll be back at work on Monday. You’ve been working sixty-hour weeks and you need a break. You can’t take it with you.’

She knew he was right—of course he was—but as the plane took off she offered a silent prayer for Kimberley and her family. Turning to Seb, she saw his eyes closed and knew he was doing the same.

After lunch had been served the chattering stopped as most of the passengers dozed, but the bliss of being able to talk uninterrupted by pagers and to sit in such close proximity meant that sleep was the last thing on either of their minds. Sipping their gin and tonics, they gradually left behind the world and its problems and concentrated on each other. And slowly Seb filled her in about Gemma. It was exactly as Pete had described it, but hearing it from Seb made her eyes fill with tears for what they had been through.

‘But how do you manage to stay civil to her?’ she asked.

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