Evan by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1991-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Harden was the only one at home when the telephone rang. He picked up the receiver, expecting a business call. But it was Polly Cochran on the other end of the line, half hysterical and all but incoherent.

“Slow down, Polly,” he said curtly. “What is it?”

“It’s Anna! Oh, God, I’ve got to get to Houston, Harden. I can’t…I can’t drive. Is Evan there?”

“No, he’s flown to Dallas for a meeting.” He didn’t add that Evan had raised hell when he had to go, because his plans for the day were focused on something much more important than business, but he hadn’t said what. He’d gone, with furious reluctance. “What’s happened to Anna?”

“She’s been mugged. She’s in the hospital and badly hurt,” Polly said shakily. “I have to…”

“I’ll get Miranda and we’ll be right over. You’re at home?”

“Yes. Thank you!”

“No need. You’d do it for us.” He hung up and went to find Miranda. Minutes later they picked Polly up at her house and headed toward Houston.

“She’ll be all right, Polly,” Miranda said gently, smiling reassuringly at her. “She’s a strong girl.”

“Oh, I hope so,” Polly said huskily, fighting tears.

Anna was in the intensive care unit when they got to the hospital, attached to life support systems, her breathing labored, her eyes closed. Her face was a mass of bruises and cuts, one eye almost swollen shut. Randall came out of the unit to talk to them in the hall.

“She’s had a bad time of it,” he said quietly. “The concussion is what worries us most. For the rest, it’s just bruises and cuts, and she’ll heal.”

“She wasn’t raped?” Polly asked through her teeth.

Randall shook his head. “I got to her in time to frighten the man off.” He sighed wearily. “Oh, God, I’m so sorry. It’s my fault. We went out to get some more liquor for the party, and I told her to stay in the car, so that she’d be safe. I still don’t understand what made her get out of it.”

“Why did you take her with you?” Polly wailed.

“She insisted,” Randall said helplessly.

If it had been Evan, she’d have stayed at home, Polly thought angrily. Evan would have protected her. But she didn’t say it. Randall looked broken up enough as it was.

They went into the intensive care unit and Polly sat beside her daughter, holding her hand. She had to get well. She had to!

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