Georgia Evans - Supernatural Battle for WWII 01 by Bloody Good

Author:Bloody Good
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

This expedition was really far too obvious, but what else could she do? Even with June and the children moving out this afternoon, Alice couldn’t take Peter home and march him upstairs under Gran’s eye. Trusting to weather and the seclusion of the countryside was her best bet.

Hence the two blankets rolled up in the back.

Picking up Peter wasn’t the snag. Even the sharpest-tongued gossips couldn’t see much awry with the doctor picking her new assistant to make house calls. And to be honest, the way the village viewed Peter, they’d still smile indulgently at him even if he sprouted wings and talons.

Oops! Give the conversation with Gran last night, that last thought wasn’t too soothing.

“You know,” Peter said, breaking into her thoughts. Probably a good thing, too. “I used to think Devon was the most beautiful part of England, but these hills come an awfully close second.”

“I might be biased, but I love it here. Mind you, Devon’s nothing to sneeze at. Mum and Gran used to take me down there for a few weeks every summer. You’ve got coastlines, which we don’t.”

“Probably a distinct advantage right now. Here we’ve got Sussex between us and the Channel.”

“Sussex didn’t stop William the Conqueror.” Not the conversation she’d envisioned, but was anyone not worrying right now? “Who’s to tell? Beats me why they’re delaying. If they really had their socks pulled up they’d have come over right after Dunkirk when everyone was at sixes and sevens. It’s like a cat playing with a mouse.”

“Sometimes the mouse gets away if the cat gets too confident.”

“I hope you’re right!” Not that she really fancied likening the entire defense force to a bunch of mice.

They were approaching Fletcher’s Woods and after last time, she might do well to drive on past, but it was a nice secluded spot. She pulled the car over to the grass verge. She was being unbelievably forward, but darn it.

As she turned off the engine, he gave her a very pregnant look.

“I thought you might like to explore the beauties of the countryside.”

He nodded, a rather lovely smile turning up his mouth as his dark eyes gleamed. “Smashing, and by the way, I have a couple of rubber raincoats with me.”

Very provident of him. “Where did you get them?”

“Nicked them last night. For reasons best known to the great organizers of the world, there was a case of them in the village hall among the ARP boxes.”

Better not ask about that one. Especially as now, in the cool of the mid-afternoon, she wasn’t too sure how good an idea this really was. Yes, she yearned for him, and ached for his touch ever since yesterday afternoon, but was she completely insane in addition to being indescribably fast?

Peter settled the point by jumping out of the car and going round to the back. “Want me to carry the blankets?”

So he’d noticed them. “Let’s take one each.”

They climbed over the fence and she deliberately led them in the opposite direction from last time.

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