New York Bound by Rachel Wesson

Author:Rachel Wesson [Wesson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

As they walked in silence, Nora having refused his offer to get a cab, Robbie knew he didn’t have much time to repair the damage he had caused.

“It was nice of your cousin to think of you for the job.” Robbie tried to make conversation. He had kicked himself at least a thousand times for the way he had handled things. He meant to warn her to be on the lookout for Duffy. Instead, he made it sound like she was chasing after him.

“Round here, we look after our own,” she said.

Her short reply annoyed him. He had been looking after his own. He wanted to protect her from ever being hurt. Especially by the likes of Duffy.

“Nora, stop and listen to me.”

She ignored him. He put his hand out and grabbed her firmly but gently on the arm. “Please listen to me. I’m sorry.”

She stared up at him, her eyes almost black. She looked as if she would cry. He pulled her close expecting her to struggle but she didn’t. She looked stunned.

He pushed a strand of hair gently away from her face before bending down and kissing her forehead. The way she looked up at him, he wanted to capture her lips and sear them with a kiss but she wasn’t ready for that. Not yet.

“I am really sorry. I just wanted to warn you.”

“I wouldn’t have anything to do with Duffy,” she protested, but the fire had gone out of her voice. She didn’t sound a bit like his Nora.

“I know that. I was stupid.”

“Why would you think that?”

“I don’t. I heard what he had been saying and it made me angry. I was so…” Could he admit it?

“So, what?” She looked up at him waiting for his answer.

“Jealous. I was jealous.”

He looked at her expecting a look of disdain. Instead, she smiled. The smile nearly did him in. He wanted to kiss her even more.

“You were?”

“Yes, Nora, I was. Very.” He pulled her closer to brush his lips across hers. She stood on tippy-toes to kiss him back quickly before turning away.

“If Father Devine hears about me kissing on the street, he will have me kneeling saying novenas for a year.” She smiled up at him shyly. “We best get to my aunty Nancy’s.”

He nodded, incapable of speaking. He took her arm in his and together they walked to her aunt’s house. The tenement wasn’t as bad as the previous one, and it smelled much better. To his relief, her aunt was alone.

“Aunty Nancy, this is Robbie Fenton, a friend of Doc Erin’s. Mam asked him to walk me over. She said you had news of a job?”

Robbie politely declined the woman’s cup of tea having seen the curiosity in her eyes. He wasn’t in the mood to make polite conversation. He wanted to be alone with Nora, to kiss her again. But he had to be careful. Nora Doherty was a respectable girl. He didn’t want to do anything to endanger her reputation. Given what

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