Fated Love by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe [Radclyffe]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781933110059
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2005-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Phyllis smiled softly at the simple way Quinn described something so essential. “I think there are a lot of people who would pay a lot of money to find a way to do something like that. That must be helpful when you’re performing surgery.”

“Yes,” Quinn replied pensively. “In the operating room, even in the middle of a trauma, I can feel myself go there…everything becomes very clear and very sharp and very, very focused.”

“A truly important skill, I imagine.” Phyllis was captivated by Quinn’s expression, a look both amazed and sad at the same time.

“I don’t know if it’s a skill.” Quinn sighed softly, giving Phyllis a weary smile. “It just seems to be the way I’m made.”

Honor leaned against the door from the hall, listening to the tail end of the conversation between her mother-in-law and a woman whose appeal she was finding very hard to resist. From where she stood, she could see Quinn’s face in profile, and, listening to Quinn speak of surgery, she recalled their first meeting over the body of the gunshot victim. That day, her very first impression of Quinn had been one of intensity and competence along with a healthy dose of surgical arrogance. Now when she looked at her, she could still sense those things, but it was Quinn’s exquisite tenderness and innate sensitivity that pulled at Honor’s heart. Seeing the melancholy darken the handsome features, Honor wanted nothing more in that moment than to cross the room and put her arms around Quinn. You ‘re hurting, I can feel it. God, how I hate to be the one to hurt you more.

Feigning a mood far lighter than she felt, Honor crossed the kitchen and announced, “She’s out for the count.” Glancing at Phyllis, she added, “I’ll just take Pooch for a short run around the block.”

“No need to hurry. I’ll just watch television until you get back. I don’t have anything else planned.” Nodding to Quinn, she said, “You get some rest now. I’m sure everything will be fine.”

Everyone keeps saying that. But I still don’t see how. Quinn got to her feet. “Good night, Phyllis. It was good to see you again.”

Having heard his name a moment before, Pooch had rushed to the back door and now sat expectantly, tail wagging, head cocked at an angle and bright black eyes fixed on Honor’s face. A fow-pitched whine reverberated in his throat.

“Just a second,” Honor grumped in the dog’s direction as she fished his lead out of the closet. “God, you’d never think that a walk around the block, smelling every little bit of odious detritus, could be so exciting.”

Quinn laughed out loud. “My life should be so simple.”

As Honor clipped the lead to the dog’s collar, she laughed along with Quinn. Together, they walked down the back steps with the dog forging happily ahead.

It was just after nine, and it was not yet completely dark. Here and there the faint echoes of neighborhood children still at play drifted in the air.

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