Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts
Author:Nora Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Monterey (Calif.), Man-woman relationships, Romance: Modern, Monterey Bay Region (Calif.), Contemporary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction, Romance, General & Literary Fiction, Sagas, General, Young women, Modern fiction, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction - Romance, Friendship, Businesswomen, Love stories
ISBN: 9780515120004
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1997-01-01T10:15:51+00:00
Chapter Eleven
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Kate broke records on the drive back to Pretenses. Even the state trooper who stopped her to issue a lecture on traffic laws and a speeding ticket didn't dampen her spirits—or slow her down. She made it into Monterey in under twenty minutes.
Too wired to cruise for a legal parking space, she zipped through traffic, double-parked, and raced through the strolling wall of tourists.
She spun to the left, narrowly avoiding a collision with a kid on a skateboard, and all but stumbled through the door of the shop.
Her eyes were more than a little wild.
"I started to call from the car." Gasping, she pressed both hands to her thudding heart as Margo gaped at her. "I'm winded," she realized. "I'm going to have to take those workouts Byron's come up with more seriously."
"You had an accident." Margo bolted from the customer she'd been waiting on and made it to Kate seconds before
Thomas got there. He was calling for Susan as he hurried over to take Kate's arm.
"Are you hurt? You'd better sit down." He halfway carried her to a chair.
"I'm not hurt. There wasn't an accident." Her adrenaline was so high, she was surprised everyone couldn't see it bouncing off the walls. "Well, there was the skateboard incident, but we both escaped unharmed. I didn't call because it wouldn't have seemed dramatic enough over the phone."
Then she began to laugh, so hard and so deep she was forced to clutch her ribs. Margo's hand snaked out and pushed Kate's head between her knees.
"Get your breath back," Margo ordered. "Maybe she had a flare-up. Maybe we should call the doctor."
"No, no, no." Still laughing, Kate dug into her pocket and held up the coin like a trophy. "Look."
"Damn it, Kate, how'd you get my coin?"
"It's not yours." Kate nipped it back before Margo could make the grab. "This one's mine." She bolted up and kissed Margo hard on the mouth. "Mine. I found it on the cliffs. It was just lying there, out in the open. Look, it didn't even have any sand or salt on it. It was just there."
After deciding the glowing flush on Kate's face didn't jibe with an ulcer attack, Margo exchanged a quiet look with Thomas. "Sit down, Kate, catch your breath. Let me finish up here."
"She doesn't believe me." Kate grinned hugely as Margo moved off to her customer. "She thinks I snatched hers and went crazy. It's all the stress I'm under." Letting her head fall back, she laughed like a loon. "Stress is a killer."
"Maybe some water," Thomas murmured, and looked up in relief as his wife hurried down the stairs. "Kate seems to be a little hysterical."
Calmly efficient, Susan took the bottle of champagne from the ice bucket and poured half a glass. "Drink," she ordered. "Then breathe."
"Okay." Kate obeyed, but she couldn't stop snickering.
"You're all looking at me as if I'd grown another head. I haven't snapped, Uncle Tommy. I promise. I just found part of Seraphina's dowry.
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