Home at Last--Sanctuary Island Book 6 by Lily Everett

Author:Lily Everett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 12

Quinn found her wayward fiancé with one boot propped on the bottom rung of the outdoor paddock fence, watching Jo Ellen Hollister putting a new mare through her paces.

Quinn joined him at the fence line. The sun beamed down on them, warmer than it had been all year yet, probably coaxing even more of Quinn’s freckles out of their winter hibernation.

“Jo does all the training with the new horses,” she said, enjoying the sight of her boss’s elegant grace atop the chestnut mare. “She’s amazing. It’s like she and the horse can read each other’s minds.”

They watched in silence for a moment, but all of Quinn’s attention was focused on the man at her side.

“Johnny and Tessa are home,” he said abruptly, without taking his eyes off the horse training happening in the middle of the sawdust-floored ring. “I saw him inside.”

“That’s great! I missed them. Did they get the house all packed up? I know it must have been emotional going through all those memories of their life together, before they figured things out.”

“We didn’t talk about that.”

Quinn hid a smile. Of course they hadn’t mentioned anything messy and deeply emotional. Johnny and Marcus were such guys sometimes. But then Marcus surprised her by adding, “We talked about his therapy, though. I mean, the sessions he’s doing out here. Like the ones I’m pretending to do, I guess.”

For some reason, Quinn’s heart started to race. “Oh? That’s good. I’m glad he feels he can share that with you. Some of our clients, especially the ex-military ones … well, when they first come here, it’s like they think there’s some sort of shame in needing help to process what’s happened to them. Which of course there isn’t. Everyone needs help sometimes. I’m glad Johnny can be open about it.”

“He seems to think it’s doing some good. Or that it will, if he works at it.”

“That’s the idea.” Quinn was struggling to keep her tone light. It felt as if something momentous were about to happen. “I’ve seen people here make amazing strides.”

She held her breath, not even sure what she was hoping for—but Marcus dropped his boot off the fence and said, “I’m sure you have better things to do than stand around here talking to me. Don’t let me keep you from your work.”

Quinn wanted to protest that there was nothing more important to her than Marcus, ever, but that wasn’t how she was supposed to feel anymore. She was supposed to be smarter than that. Stronger than that.

And anyway, she did have to work.

“Okay,” she said, feeling a little shy all of a sudden. “Well, I’ve got a few calls to make. Jo’s daughter, Ella, just put me in charge of wrangling donations for the charity auction at the Spring Blooms Festival. It’s a great opportunity for me, but it’s scary, too! There’s a lot riding on the money the auction brings in, so the donation items need to be really good.”

“You’re the perfect person for the job.

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