Glasgow Grace by Marion Ueckermann

Author:Marion Ueckermann [Ueckermann, Marion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611165210
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2016-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

8

The late afternoon skies had turned from gray to black by the time Skye neared Glasgow. Her heart mirrored her surroundings. She hadn’t spent nearly as much time as she wanted to visiting her father’s grave. Heaven alone knew what waited, or didn’t, with Callum. To top it all, she could be seriously ill. For certain, Dr. Allen knew more about what was wrong with her than he let on. Oh, why hadn’t she stayed in Sydney for Christmas where it was warm and she had family and friends? It had been a bad decision to come to Scotland earlier.

Once back at the hotel, she’d take a long bubble bath, and then slip between those cotton sheets and try to get some sleep. By ten AM tomorrow, she’d hopefully know what ailed her.

The minute Skye hit Glasgow’s traffic, she discarded the idea to drive to her appointment in the morning. She’d rather return the car and catch a taxi—it was easier on the nerves. Too exhausted to hand in the rental’s keys at the concierge desk, she parked in the basement and then took the elevator to the fourteenth floor. She’d drop the keys in the morning. All she wanted at this moment was her bath and bed. And Callum. No, discard that thought. He was probably in the arms of his girlfriend.

Skye dragged her feet down the corridor that led to her room, trailing her suitcase behind her. The wheels moved over the thick carpeting with less ease than they had in the parking lot. Her luggage seemed as reluctant to return to a lonely hotel room as she.

Focusing her attention on the pattern of the carpet, Skye forced one foot in front of the other. As she turned the corner to her room, she looked up. What? Couldn’t be. “Callum?” What was he doing squatting outside her hotel room?

He sprang to his feet. “You’re back.” He wrapped his arms around her. “Thank God. I’ve been beside myself with worry.”

Shocked to see him there, Skye failed to return the affection. Instead, she tightened her grip on her suitcase. “Wh-what are you doing here? How long have you been sitting in the passage?”

“The whole of yesterday and today. I’ve all but slept here.” Callum brushed his fingers through her hair. “We need to talk.”

Uh-oh. Was that a good sign, or a bad one? It was hard to tell from the expression on his face. But he had spent two days waiting outside her door—that had to say something, didn’t it? Which meant he hadn’t spent Christmas with Katie. Skye repressed the glimmer of hope, refusing to allow it free rein until Callum had fully explained.

“All right.” She dug in her coat pocket and retrieved her key card. The door unlocked the moment she inserted it into the reader.

“Here, let me get that.” Callum leaned around her and opened the door. “Leave your suitcase. I’ll bring it in for you.”

Without a word, she stepped forward, looking over her shoulder as she moved inside the room.

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