Marry in Haste... by Karen Rose Smith

Author:Karen Rose Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1999-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Around midnight on Sunday, Clint restlessly paged through a week-old tabloid Betsy had brought in. There was nothing in it he wanted to read, but he didn’t have anything else to do with her waitressing at a twenty-four-hour diner and his thigh still burning like the fires of hell. But his fever had broken this morning, and he was grateful for that. Maybe now he could build up his strength and get back on his feet.

He hated being an invalid, beholden to someone else. He already had Betsy under his spell. He could tell. When he smiled at her, she was by his side with a damp cloth or a glass of water or a cup of broth. But, hell, he needed real food and new clothes and a plan. If he could get to the cash and fake ID stashed in his cabin on the Double Crown… He had to convince Betsy to stick her neck out and go get it for him.

When he heard the sputtering of her old car, he knew it wouldn’t take much to convince her. All he had to do was to give her a piece of a dream.

She stepped inside, and two cats followed her. Clint guessed why. She was carrying a plastic box with something wrapped in tinfoil on top of it.

“Sorry I’m late, but I had a chance to pick up extra tips. I wasn’t goin’ to turn that down. How are you feelin’?”

He gave her one of his best smiles. “Better. Thanks to you. You’ve taken such good care of me.”

Blushing, she pulled a chair up beside the sofa and sat. “I brought you roast beef and mashed potatoes. They let me eat whatever I want while I’m there, and I just told them I needed something for later. Are you feelin’ up to a real meal?”

“I sure am. I gotta build up my strength.”

“You’re not thinking about leavin’, are you?”

She looked stricken, and he knew he had a tool if he needed leverage. “Sugar, I couldn’t leave you after all you’ve done for me. Matter of fact, I was just thinking about how I can repay you. How would you like to be able to go to the grocery store and buy anything you want?”

“Even cat food?” she asked, almost like a child.

“Cat food and candy bars and whatever else you want.”

“But how?”

“I told you how I was framed…that Ryan Fortune paid someone to kill his wife so he could marry his old lover.”

Betsy nodded.

“Well,” he drawled. “I saw it coming. He’s had three wives, and the first one was my sister Janine. He made me a hired hand while they lived high on the hog, and I knew he hated my guts. Now he’s turned my whole family against me. My sister, Mary Ellen, my brother Jace. I don’t have anyone because of him.”

“You have me,” Betsy said quietly.

Clint took her hand in his, knowing it was time to take this to the next level, knowing he had to secure her complete loyalty.

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