Here to Stay by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: lovers, reunited, romance, secret, spicy, baby
Publisher: Debra Webb
Published: 2011-10-06T12:42:46.725379+00:00

Chapter Seven

“I can’t believe this,” she muttered to herself as she bolted from her car. Paige took a deep breath, grasped her briefcase a little tighter and headed for the courthouse as fast as she could in heels. She had fifteen minutes to meet her assistant Denise, get the file on the Redmond case, and be in court.

Paige had left Trinity in plenty of time, but she had somehow managed to get behind every farm tractor between Trinity and the interstate. She cursed planting season, John Deere, and the inventor of high heel shoes as she half-ran, half-stumbled down the busy sidewalk. She muttered “excuse-me’s” as she pushed her way through the going-to-work crowd. Nothing riled Judge Mattson more than tardiness.

God, she was so late. Her heels tapped against stone as she hurriedly climbed the steps to the courthouse. She glanced at her wrist watch. Ten minutes. She might make it—just barely.

She looked up just in time to see a hefty figure before it collided with her. A wave of something cold and wet flowed down her chest. She gasped from the cold and the impact. Paige teetered for a moment, ready to tumble down the steps she’d just climbed. A beefy hand grasped her arm and steadied her.

Her gaze darted from the robust man before her to the carry-out tray and Styrofoam cups scattered around her feet. She winced at the mess in between. Orange juice stained her white blouse and mint green blazer. Grape jelly smeared her breasts and midriff as half a jelly biscuit oozed down the material. He’d obviously been eating the biscuit at the time of the collision.

“I’m so sorry,” the man exclaimed, plucking the sticky biscuit from the waistband of her skirt. “I guess I wasn’t looking where I was going.”

Paige stared down at herself and then up at him in disbelief. This couldn’t be happening. Not today.

“I’ll be happy to pay your dry cleaning bill,” he added apologetically. The man a yanked a clean, white handkerchief from his pocket and swiped at the purple jelly.

His hands fumbling over her breasts snapped Paige back to reality. “It’s all right,” she assured and moved away from his helpful hands. “I should have been watching where I was going. Sorry about your breakfast,” she added, rushing past him. The man called back another apology, but Paige kept going.

She bounded through the courtroom doors, sweeping her gaze over the milling crowd for Denise. Her hands felt like ice and every nerve ending in her body vibrated. One pair of curious eyes after the other inspected her disheveled appearance.

“What happened to you?” Denise asked as she emerged from the throng of people.

“Don’t ask. What am I going to do?” She peered down at herself and shook her head. “I can’t go to court looking like this and there’s no time for me to go home and change.”

“Come with me,” Denise ordered. She pulled Paige into the ladies’ room and locked the door behind them.

“Water won’t help,” Paige protested, trying to decide on some sort of strategy.

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