Northern Renegade by Jennifer LaBrecque

Author:Jennifer LaBrecque [LaBrecque, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Alaskan Heat
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-08-01T23:00:00+00:00

10

TANSY FINISHED UP HER column and saved the file. She’d let it sit for a while and reread it before she submitted it via cyberspace. She’d never suffered these doubts as to the advice she doled out to others. But now she felt like a poser, a fraud, because, dammit, she was still so unsettled about Bradley and now Liam was on the scene. It had taken her all day to work through that column.

And she may not have her personal business in order, but she could at least maintain some semblance of order in her home away from home. She went into the kitchen and had just run hot water into the sink when her phone rang. It was Jenna’s ring tone.

“Hey, you. How’s it going?”

“Are you sitting down?” Jenna said.

Jenna didn’t sound upset but Tansy’s heart leaped into her throat. “Is something wrong?”

“No, no. Everyone’s okay, but you might want to find a seat.”

“Okay.” Tansy crossed the room and sank onto the couch. It seemed the easiest thing to do. Her heart was thumping like mad in her chest. “I am now. What is it?”

“Bradley is here.”

Tansy felt light-headed. She curled her fingers into the cushion, needing to grasp something, hold on to something. “Bradley? Here? In Good Riddance?”

“Yeah. Merilee just called me so I could give you the heads-up.” Oh. Dear. God. “He’s at the airstrip center and Petey’s on his way to pick him up and take him out to you.”

Petey, a part-time prospector and part-time mechanic, ran the “taxi service” in Good Riddance, which mostly meant he ferried people about in his Suburban for a token fee when needed.

Tansy sat, thankful for the sofa beneath her, stunned. Bradley was here. He had made the trip cross-country to see her. It wasn’t as if he was just in the neighborhood and dropped by. He was here.

“Tansy?” Jenna cut into her reverie. “Are you there?”

“Yeah. I’m here.”

“Are you okay?”

Oh, yeah, that was the question. She wasn’t sure. “I think so. I don’t know.”

“Do you want me to come out? I can be there in a few minutes.”

Jenna was a sweetheart but this was between Tansy and Bradley. Whatever was going to happen, whatever needed to be said, needed to happen with just the two of them. “No. No, I appreciate it, but I don’t think so.”

“Do you need to talk?”

“Not right now.” She needed to pull herself together. “I need to organize my thoughts before he shows up, but I really, really appreciate the heads-up.”

“Anytime. Call me if you need me. I’ll keep my cell with me.”

“I appreciate it.”

“You’ll call me after he leaves?”

Tansy laughed, as much from nervousness as amusement. “I’m sure you’ll be hearing from me—probably before the taillights have faded. I’m going to run now.”

She hung up and drew a deep breath. Forget about the dishes in the sink. Leaving the phone on the sofa, she hurried into the bathroom. While she rushed through brushing her teeth and hair and slapping on some makeup, her brain was running a thousand miles a minute.

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