Love Draws Near by Cynthia Hickey

Author:Cynthia Hickey [Hickey, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Winged Publications
Published: 2018-01-05T22:00:00+00:00

7

“What?” Cindy raised her bed and stared into Lance’s face that afternoon. “Someone cut the brake line?”

“That’s what my mechanic said.” Lance’s face looked as if set from stone. “Who would do that to you?”

She picked at a loose thread on the blanket. “I don’t know. Most people leave me alone.” Oh, she was going to make sure Geneva paid for this. She’d get a court order to have her and her daughters thrown off the Hopkins land. Cut her brake line? Try to kill her? The woman was growing desperate with Cindy’s quickly approaching birthday.

“You’re lying.” Lance hit the mattress to get her attention. “You know full well who cut the line, don’t you?”

She shook her head.

“I can’t help you if you aren’t honest with me.”

“I don’t need your help. I so appreciate you coming to find me, I really do. It was the sweetest thing. But, don’t you see? We cannot be anything. It’s best you go.”

“No.” His face darkened.

“What?” Was he serious?

“I’m not going. Not permanently, anyway. I’m headed to the mechanic to have him continue work on the truck and I’ll be back here first thing in the morning to take you home.” He gave a definitive nod and marched from the room.

Ugh. She rested back against the mattress. Lance knew more about her health and hospital stay then she did. What happened to patient doctor confidentiality? She pressed the button for the nurse.

“Are you all right, Miss Hopkins?” Nurse Alice bustled into the room, her uniform straining over a plump middle.

“I need to speak with my doctor, please. Right now.”

“He’s making his rounds, Miss—”

“Now.” Cindy lifted her chin.

“I’ll see if I can find him.” The nurse left the room.

Ten minutes later, Doctor Rhodes entered. “How’s my patient?”

Stay firm, Cindy. “Please do not share any of my medical conditions or release time with anyone other than myself.”

“I assure you that I have not.” He tilted his head. “Why are you asking?”

“Because someone seems to know more about me than I do. Perhaps one of your nurses has loose lips.”

“I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again. This goes against hospital policy.” He took his second glance at her chart that day, made a notation, and left with promises to see her in the morning before ten.

She slapped her hands against the mattress. What did Lance see in her? With Geneva at the helm, the farm and the surrounding land had virtually fallen into ruin. It would take a lot of work for Cindy to get it back to its former glory.

Didn’t Lance have enough work of his own? Wasn’t his schedule full of…whatever rich ranchers did with their time? Even if she was the woman for him, she didn’t have time for a relationship. She had to make sure Geneva paid for trying to kill her and left the farm.

She pressed the button for the nurse again. “Were any of my personal things brought in?”

“Why yes. They’re here in this closet.” She handed Cindy her purse.

Cindy dug for her cell phone.

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