Knife to the Heart: Small-Town Steamy Romantic Suspense by Kristie Wolf

Author:Kristie Wolf [Wolf, Kristie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristie Wolf
Published: 2024-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-ONE

Cannon yanked Julia’s laptop cord out of the wall. Unplugging technology did nothing to unplug his brain from the conversation he’d just had with Rosalie. Their feelings for each other could get them killed. How screwed up was that?

Julia threw a magazine at him.

He caught it midair and crumpled the pages in his fists. “The whole idea of you being in a hospital bed is to rest, not work. Stop being a brat.”

“Then plug my computer in, or I swear I’ll grab Easton’s rifle and shoot you in the kneecap.”

Easton snickered from where he relaxed in a recliner by the window. “Help yourself, darlin’. It’s right behind me.”

“Thank you.” She looked at Cannon. “Now, tell me more about this boy who’s been kidnapped.”

“That’s not for you to worry about. Let me see the leg.” He checked her wound and covered her back up with the sheet. “It looks good.”

“I know. When can I go home?”

“Soon.” By that, he meant once Malgor was caught. If Rosalie’s theory about him hurting the people they cared about was true, the safest place for Julia was in his hospital.

He motioned for Easton to join him in the hall and gave a quick rundown of how he could help find Aidan.

“Great. We’ll start working on it right away. Julia needs something to do.”

“She needs to rest.”

“You know, you can leave her alone once in a while. Maybe convince Rosalie to get away with you and take a vacation.” He waggled his eyebrows. “You can use Daddy’s time-share in Hawaii.”

“No, I can’t. Remember what happened the last time I took a vacation?”

“That wasn’t your fault.”

“Yes, it was.” A few months after his father had died, he’d taken off for the weekend with his friends.

“Trust me,” his mother had said when he’d repeatedly asked if she could handle Julia and the aftermath of her Friday chemo session. It had only been a few months since his father’s death and the breakdown that had left his mother emotionally paralyzed. How much progress could she have made since then?

Not enough, because she’d frozen when Julia had stopped breathing.

He clenched his fists against the memories. “My sister didn’t just almost die while I was having sex in a crappy motel room with some chick I barely knew. She did die.”

Easton shook his shoulder. “But she didn’t stay dead.”

“Only because luck brought Annie and her casserole over. If she hadn’t come by at the right time…” He raised a fist to the wall.

Easton stopped his punch. “I know you feel guilty about leaving Julia that night, and I swear on my rifle that nobody blames you for what happened except your stupid self, but you’ve got to stop treating Julia like she’s going to die tomorrow. She needs to live, not just breathe.”

Cannon blinked at the truth in Easton’s words. Guilt settled in his gut, and not the kind he usually felt.

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