Haunted Hearts by Tanya Stowe

Author:Tanya Stowe [Stowe, Tanya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163087
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2013-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

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The alarm woke Suzy the next morning. She tried to open her eyes in the dusky dawn and couldn’t manage it. She turned to flip off the alarm and sharp pain shot through her entire body. Suzy froze, afraid to move again. The alarm punctuated the air with frantic little beeps. Mustering her courage, Suzy forced her arm to move and hit the switch.

Every muscle in her body ached, and her knee throbbed with each effort. It was the worst possible time to take off from work, but there was no way she could make her body sit in a chair all day, let alone type at a computer. She lifted the phone, punched in the numbers and called in sick. Then she closed her eyes and promptly fell asleep.

The phone woke Suzy next. Raising her head slightly, she looked at the numbers on the clock. Ten AM. She’d slept for three more hours. The phone continued to ring as Suzy carefully inched her way to the edge of the bed.

“Hello.”

“Good morning. Did I wake you?” Scott’s voice sent a charge of electricity through her.

“No, no you didn’t.”

“Liar,” he said with a laugh. “You still sound sleepy.”

“I did just wake up. I’m trying to work up the courage to get up. I’m starving.”

“Maybe I can help with that. I’m in town to pick up a few things for the house. I thought I’d check on you before I went back. How about on my way, I pick up some pumpkin lattes and scones for the two of us?”

“I would love you forever if you did,” Suzy said the words before she thought about their meaning. When they finally sunk in, she was glad Scott couldn’t see her because warmth swept over her cheeks.

“Great. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.”

Suzy said something appropriate before hanging up the phone. She lay back and basked in the glow of the moment. He wanted to check on her. She didn’t scare him off. He was on his way over.

Thank you, Lord.

She smiled. Then she remembered his words. Fifteen minutes.

It would take her that long to walk from the bed to the bathroom!

She hobbled to the shower. The hot water did a lot to ease some of the aches and pains, so she stayed in longer than she should have, especially since she was trying not to soak the bandage Scott had applied last night. Somehow, she got clean and got out with minimal damage. She dried off and stumbled into a pair of lounge pants and a matching tank just as the doorbell rang. Wiping away the condensation on the mirror, she brushed her teeth and fingered her hair into place. Thank goodness, it was short.

On the way to the door, she grabbed a sweater. The doorbell rang again as she limped across the room. “Coming!” she called out.

When she finally opened the door, Scott lifted a cardboard carry tray with two large, pumpkin lattes in one hand and a bag in the other.

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