Lori Wilde - [Cupid, Texas 02] by All Out of Love

Author:All Out of Love [Love, All Out of]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Viability: capacity for germination.

THE flight to San Antonio on the following Monday was uneventful, but the visit to the specialist wrecked all that. The internist, Dr. Simon, was alarmed at Abe’s condition and concerned that his physician in Cupid hadn’t been able to make a diagnosis.

“We need to admit your father to the hospital and do extensive testing,” Dr. Simon recommended. “He’s seriously malnourished.”

“The only thing he’ll eat are the sweet potatoes from his garden,” Pierce explained. “He asks for other foods, but when we get them for him, he won’t eat.”

“I love sweet taters!” Abe spoke up.

They spent the next several hours getting Abe settled in the hospital and hiring a private duty nurse to sit with him. Pierce had to admit that Lace was a lot of help in navigating the medical environment. While her doctorate was in plant science, she knew a lot about anatomy and biology and all those Latin terms. She also had a way of looking at nurses to get them to hop to their jobs, especially when they were lavishing more attention on Pierce than on their patient.

He stood in the doorway looking at his dad, a dead weight in his stomach while the private duty nurse plumped Abe’s pillow.

Lace reached up and rubbed Pierce’s shoulder.

She seemed to have an instinct for when he was feeling low and her touch lightened his load. He might have manipulated her into coming with him, but he was damn grateful to have her here.

“Let’s call off the shopping spree,” she said. “Spend the day with your dad.”

“Oh no,” he said. “You’re not getting out of it that easily.” Truth was, he needed the diversion from worrying about Abe’s condition, and being with Lace was the sweetest distraction he could think of.

She grinned. “Had to give it a shot.”

“Most women would love to have a man with a full wallet taking them shopping.”

“Honey,” the private duty nurse interrupted. “Listen to him. Most women would kill to have Dallas Cowboy quarterback Pierce Hollister take them dress shopping. Better get along before some of the gals in the nursing lounge start sharpening their claws. Don’t worry about things here. I’ll take good care of your father, Mr. Hollister.”

Once they were outside the room, Lace said, “Did you pay her to say that?”

“Which part? About taking good care of my father or women killing to go out with me?”

Lace cut her eyes at him. “Let’s just get this over with.”

“You don’t like shopping?”

“Hate it.”

“Mostly just catalog order from L.L. Bean, huh?”

She screwed her mouth up. “What’s wrong with that?”

“You have too much plaid in your wardrobe.” Not that he really minded her in plaid. He liked her in anything. It’s just that he wanted to see her in something that would really show off that rocking body of hers. But if he were being honest, what he really wanted to see her in was her birthday suit. “C’mon, let’s start with Nordstrom.”

PIERCE HAD RENTED a car at

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