His Promise (Married in Montana Book 1) by Eckhart Lorhainne

Author:Eckhart, Lorhainne [Eckhart, Lorhainne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult & College, Contemporary Romance, western romance
Published: 2015-06-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Kim had no idea what time she drifted off, but Chloe woke her when the sun was up, nickering to remind her that breakfast was late. She blinked, feeling hungover. She hadn’t had a wink of sleep all night. She sat up, and her head felt heavy as she crept out of bed. She wondered where Bruce was, whether he was still at the hospital or had gone home to the condo she knew he had in town. She didn’t know exactly where he lived, but it was close to the hospital, which had a few really nice high-end places.

After she turned Chloe out on the pasture to graze, she climbed into a cool shower as the heat continued to rise. Instead of pulling on jeans, she slipped on a jean skirt and a paisley tank top and took a minute to have a coffee and choke down a piece of toast even though the knots in her stomach had stolen her appetite. She’d checked her phone every minute all morning, and the ringer, just to make sure it hadn’t been turned off. Should she call him, maybe check in to see how he was?

Who was she kidding—she ached for him. Being without him was killing her. “Oh, you’re so pathetic, Kim.” She tapped her hands on the counter and looked around for something to do. There was lots: repairs to make on her horse’s shelter, weeding in the garden, manure to clean up…and there were tons of other things she could be doing, but right now she didn’t think she could concentrate long enough to put any effort into anything. And she didn’t want to leave the house in case Bruce phoned, so she pulled out a mixing bowl and started making a batch of muffins. She added some frozen peaches and blueberries, and when Bruce still hadn’t called after two dozen muffins were baked, she grabbed a Tupperware container and stuffed a dozen in with a napkin and butter in a small container, stepped into her sandals, grabbed her truck keys, and went out the door to drive into town.

When she approached the hospital, she wondered whether he was still there. She hadn’t stopped to consider how she’d be able to walk right into the hospital to see him. Maybe she should have called from home. If she had a cell phone—she’d never seen the need for such an added expense—she could have called him now. Instead, she paid for parking in the hospital lot, grabbed the cloth bag with the container of muffins and small thermos of coffee she’d packed on a whim, lifted her purse over her shoulder, and walked through the main entrance of the hospital.

It was busy midday, so she stopped at the reception, where a young woman with mousy brown hair in a ponytail sat behind the counter. She was wearing a blue tooth device attached behind her ear and looking at a computer screen in front of her.

“Can I help you?” She said as Kim heard phones buzzing in the background.

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