Look Who Hatched: A Spring Secret Baby Romance (Big Apple Love Book 6) by Jamie Knight

Author:Jamie Knight [Knight, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Anne

We walked back to the house in the beautiful, blue twilight, the sun still barely visible through the trees. The air had cooled even more, and Sawyer gently stroked my shoulder, trying to keep me warm.

“Who called?” I asked, un able to contain my curiosity any more.

“When?” Sawyer asked.

I couldn't tell if he was playing dumb or really didn't know what I meant.

“Today, this morning, while you were making breakfast. I heard you talking but couldn't quite make out what you were saying. Not that I was trying to or anything. I was just surprised. I didn't think that you talked to anyone. Doing the cool, loner woodsman thing and all that.”

“Oh, that was just Pat,” he said, laughing it off.

“I'm sure Pat appreciates being referred to as 'just,'” I teased.

“What he doesn't know won't hurt him. He was calling about the conference I was supposed to go to for people who had lost limbs. It is kind of Pat's thing.”

“Wait, you didn't miss it because of me, did you?”

“Not exactly. I mean, you were a consideration. I have every intention of staying right here until you are recovered. Since we don't know how long that might take, I couldn't commit to the set date of the conference, so Pat got someone else to take my spot as key-note speaker.

“There is another one in a month I wasn't sure about, but it will be okay if I make the one after that, I’m sure of it. I am going to be speaking there to a group of vets who not only have lost limbs to deal with, but trauma, too.

Apparently, the suicide rate for amputees is really going up and Pat wants to do more outreach. To try and show them that their life isn't over. He sees me as something of an inspiration.”

“I can see how he might think that.”

“Thank you.”

“Oh, I don't mean that I do. I can just see how someone would,” she joked.

“That’s it! You are not getting any tonight,” I said, trying to stay deadpan.

“Let's just wait and see, shall we?”

“Indeed we shall. Seriously, though, you should come with me.”

“To the conference?”

“To all the conferences. It could be really interesting, and we could help a lot of people between my designs and your physical therapy experience.”

Panic seized me in its cold grip. I couldn't think about traveling, especially to cities. Particularly if we were going to be taking cars.

I really didn't like cars much right then. I had ditched mine as soon as I could and took the trail up. We had everything we needed at Sawyer's place. There was no reason that I could see to leave.

Sawyer took me and hugged me as I shook, terror over taking me. I did my best not to cry, to stay strong for him, but it was difficult.

“It's okay,” he said, rubbing my back, “I can imagine how you feel. I lost both my parents. Not like you lost your dad, but I have an idea how it feels.

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