Mission: Out of Control by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2011-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

He had a plan, and it would only hurt a little bit.

The sun had begun to sink as he led her back to the square. He’d seen the way she’d eyed that seafood platter and, frankly, she needed something besides peanut butter.

Indeed, her eyes lit up just a little as they emerged onto the square and headed toward the restaurant. He found a table under an umbrella and pulled out her chair.

She smiled up at him, and again he felt that warm swirl inside. It was a lot nicer than the panic he’d felt when she’d said their tour of Prague had been a bad idea.

“You know what I want,” she said to him when the waiter appeared, and he ordered her a big plate of seafood.

“I’ll have pig’s knuckle,” he said, winking at her.

Winking? Oh, good grief. He needed to get himself under control. Ever since he’d gone rogue and offered to show her the city, he’d experienced a sort of out-of-body view of himself wooing her.

He was just trying to get her to loosen up. Be herself.

Not Vonya, not Veronica. Herself. A person he had a feeling he might know even better than she did.

“The clock is going to chime.” Ronie pointed to the crowd gathering, and they watched as the clock rang the dinner hour and then the apostles rotated through the doors, ending with the golden rooster crowing.

She was smiling. Her smile, when it was authentic, could stop the world. And he longed for her to take off that cap and let him see her dark hair. Thankfully, she’d taken off her sunglasses, and the glow of the sunset lit up her incredible hazel eyes.

For Pete’s sake, this town had gone right to his head.

“Okay, you got me here. Now, what’s going on with you and Lyle?”

He’d hoped she’d forgotten that part. “He’s a nice kid.”

“Yes? And?”

“And he constantly wants me to play with him. Why is that, anyway?”

She shook her head. “It’s about spending time with you. He doesn’t have a father, and it doesn’t take a genius to see he likes you. You’re Superman to him. It’s not going to hurt you to let him in your life.”

But, oh, it could. He froze, closing his eyes against the voice from the past. Hey, mister, kick me that ball!

“Come back to me, Brody.” Her touch jerked him out of the memory and he took a breath.

“What’s going on?” she asked softly.

He blew out the breath and laid his hands on the table. “I… It’s just a long story.”

She leaned back and smiled.

It seemed that he just might do anything for Ronie’s smile.

“I met him in Darfur. We were there for four months, helping with a refugee camp, protecting the health-care workers and distributing aid. It was a mess—no organization, families coming and going…” And aid workers. Shelby flashed into his mind and he blinked her away.

“There were kids everywhere—most of them orphans, a few with families. We didn’t know who belonged to whom, or where they lived.

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