Honeymoon for One by Chris Keniston

Author:Chris Keniston [Keniston, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: 1490523103
Amazon: B00DNEH2L0
Publisher: Indie House Publishing
Published: 2014-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

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Images of Corrie broken and bleeding flashed over and over in Michelle’s mind like the opening menu on a DVD. Her fingers twisted and pulled on a lone tissue. She wouldn’t think the worst. She wouldn’t. “You didn’t have to do this. Tony would have brought me.”

“I wanted to.” Lloyd McEntire reached across the car and folded his hand over hers. “She’ll be all right.”

He was being so gentle, considerate, so much like Kirk. He stole a glance in her direction, and she had to force herself to remember- this was not the Kirk she knew. This was Lloyd the liar. The man happy to sleep with her, but unwilling to tell her his real name

She looked away. “I keep praying.”

Pam had told him how to find the hospital, as they’d raced out of the building. To Michelle’s amazement, he’d remembered every turn without having to ask her, and now he pulled into a parking spot beside the emergency room doors. Before she could fumble with the handle, he’d circled the car and opened the door for her. “Come on.”

Inside, the smell of antiseptic, lemon, and fear smacked her in the face. She hadn’t noticed when he’d taken hold of her hand, not until he’d gently nudged her toward the counter.

“We’re looking for one of the kids brought in from the car accident.”

The lady behind the desk nodded without looking up. Her fingers clacking away at the keyboard. “Just a minute.”

“Michelle.” The high school principal, Phil Warren, stepped up to them. “I’m so sorry.”

She felt her legs wobble beneath her. Did he know something she didn’t? Panic raced through her. “She was supposed to be on the bus.” She didn’t know why she’d said that; it was all she could think to say besides, please, dear God. Her little sister wasn’t supposed to be in a carful of teenagers, but in a big safe bus.

From the way the older man looked at her, his brows meeting in a perfect V at the bridge of his nose, she knew something besides five kids in the ER wasn’t right. “What?”

“You didn’t sign the consent form?” he asked.

Michelle shook her head. A strong arm slipped around her waist. She didn’t know whether to lean into Lloyd McEntire’s strength or scream at the top of her lungs. This was all one horrible nightmare.

The principal glanced over her shoulder at the unfamiliar man, hesitated a moment, then shifted his attention back to her. “She turned in a consent form to ride with the Webb boy. Someone signed your name.”

Before she could respond, Kathy Webb came flying into the ER with a handful of panicked parents beside her. “How are they? Is it serious? They wouldn’t tell us over the phone.”

The woman was so frantic Michelle could see the beat of her pulse in her neck and the tremble in her hands.

“Calm down, Kathy,” the older man said in a soft yet reassuring tone.

Lloyd tapped a hand on the counter. “We need to know the status on the kids who were brought in here.

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