Jolt by Jodi Bowersox

Author:Jodi Bowersox [Bowersox, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, science fiction
Amazon: B01D5GP0Q4
Goodreads: 29561863
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-03-17T06:00:00+00:00

Tate inwardly cringed, wondering if Lita was going to go into one of her incomprehensible speeches.

Mercy gasped. "You were struck by lightning?"

Lita shook her head. "Not directly, but a big flash in the middle of a lightning storm on the highest mountain around is the last thing I remember before waking up here."

Mr. Allen rested his elbows on the arms of the chair, his hands clasped over his prodigious belly. "What were you doing up there?"

"With the cog railroad, it's becoming quite the tourist attraction," Tate threw in from his side of the room.

"Yes," the large man said, stroking his mustache, "but they say she was all alone. Did you go up alone, Miss Torres?"

Lita gave a tiny glance toward Tate before answering. "That's part of my memory loss, Mr. Allen. I don't remember that part."

The man and his wife exchanged a look before Mercy spoke. "Miss Torres, surely you realize that as a single woman you should not be here living in the same house as a widower."

Lita opened her mouth to speak, but Tate jumped in, leaning forward in his chair. "I assure you, Miss Torres is in no danger from me. We have a doctor/patient relationship only." He looked to Lita, who, praise God in heaven, had schooled her face to complete agreement. "And until such time as she regains her memory enough to return to her family," he continued, "she is welcome to stay here."

Mr. Allen lifted his double chin. "Welcome, yes, and you are to be commended, doctor, for your kindness, but we have to think about what is best for Miss Torres. You must agree that the two of you under the same roof—"

"Will come to nothing," Tate threw back. "I've been through all this with Reverend Niemeyer. Surely I have lived in this town long enough to earn a bit of trust in my person and in my medical knowledge. If I say that it would be best for Miss Torres to be in my house until she fully recovers, then I would think that should be good enough."

Mercy scowled, rose, and went to sit beside an obviously surprised Lita, taking her hand. "Miss Torres, we would just like to offer you another alternative. You can come and stay with Mr. Allen and myself while you recover. Doctor Cavanaugh can still see you as often as he thinks necessary, but your virtue would not be in jeopardy by staying alone with an unmarried man."

Tate ground his teeth, wanting to tell this busybody to mind her own business, but he knew he didn't dare. He also knew that one day listening to Lita, and the Allens would be calling the sanitarium in Denver.

Lita was making a show of pondering the nosy woman's words. At least he assumed it was a show. He had a flash of her earlier anger. Maybe she wants to leave. The room suddenly felt devoid of air, and he jumped up to open a window.

"It's a very kind offer, Mercy, but I think the doctor's right," Lita was saying as he turned to sit back down.

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