Grayslake: More than Mated: Bear My Heart (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Cynthia Garner

Author:Cynthia Garner [Garner, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-08-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

For the next day and a half, Ivy stayed put at the bed and breakfast. She entertained Bella in the room, and took her outside before lunch to get some fresh air. When she’d done that yesterday, she’d seen Cullen’s truck heading toward the building, so she’d grabbed Bella and went to their room. She then ignored him knocking at the door and calling for her.

He finally gave up and went away, but she had a feeling he’d be back today. At least Presley was due any time now, so she’d have her “sister” as a buffer. They’d talked on the phone last night, Ivy bringing her up to speed on the situation, giving her a heads-up, especially about Helen Vanderpool and her relationship to Garland Scott. The plan was to let Presley rest overnight, then they would check out of the B & B in the morning and head to Florida by way of South Carolina.

So that way she could feel better about kinda-sorta misleading Cullen and Ty Abrams about where exactly she was headed. She didn’t like lying to them, especially to Cullen, but she couldn’t risk telling him the truth and having it all blow up in her face.

Because Bella would be the one to suffer.

She looked down at the toddler where she lay on the bed, a folded towel beneath her while Ivy changed her diaper. She affixed the tapes and pulled up the little girl’s britches, then leaned over and blew a raspberry on the round tummy before pulling her top down.

Shrieks of laughter gladdened her heart and solidified her determination to protect this little innocent. She sat back and looked down at the giggling child. “You want some lunch?” she asked.

“Unch!” Bella cried. She struggled to get to her feet on the mattress, and Ivy stood and helped her up. Grabbing her up into her arms, she jostled her, eliciting more giggles. “Come on, let’s go say hi to Lucy and get something to eat.”

“Ucy. Eat.”

“Yep.” She grabbed the old-fashioned room key and shoved it into the front pocket of her jeans, making sure the door was locked behind her when she stepped out into the hallway. As she made her way downstairs, she heard the front door open. Lucy called out a greeting, and a cheery, feminine, familiar voice responded in kind.

Ivy’s heart lifted. She hefted Bella higher in her arms and told her, “It’s Aunt Presley!”

The little girl had never met Presley Fitzhugh, but Ivy had been talking her up for three days now. So, Bella was excited about meeting her. Her cherub face lit up, and she shrieked, “Aunt Pessie!”

“Is that Bella?” Presley shouted. She hopped in place a couple of times, clapping her hands, her dark curls bouncing around her tanned, exotic face. Her brown eyes gleamed with spirit and good humor as she headed toward the staircase. When she met them at the bottom of the stairs, she didn’t hesitate to pull the little girl out of Ivy’s arms and give her a huge kiss on the cheek and a long, loving hug.

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