Operation Swift Mercy by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle

Author:Karlene Blakemore-Mowle [Blakemore-Mowle, Karlene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781479173723
Publisher: Karlene Blakemore-Mowle
Published: 2012-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Strange sounds of creaking and groaning greeted her ears when she finally woke up a long time later. That and the smell of cooking…and not the warm cosy smell of baking type cooking, this was nasty, fatty, oily fish, kinda’ cooking and Mercy felt a wave of sea sickness swell inside and slosh around inside her.

A faint groan escaped from her lips as she realised this time, she wasn’t going to be able to keep it down, and she threw back the covers someone had thoughtfully placed over her and ran for the top deck.

She wasn’t sure how long she stayed hanging over the rail at the side of the boat, but she felt so wretched that she hadn’t even realised when the set of comforting, warm hands had started rubbing her back, and gathered her hair, holding it back out of the way. When she finally thought she had it under control, she dropped her head to rest on top of her folded hands on the rail, and wished she could just fall over the side and be done with it.

“Here, have a drink. You’ll feel better now,” Chase said, handing her a bottle of water.

Lifting her head up, she took the water and rinsed out her mouth, splashing some on her face before taking a small sip.

“Better?” He asked, waiting by her side patiently.

“I think so.” She looked up at him then, and was glad she hadn’t thrown herself overboard after all. She’d have really missed looking at this man. “Sorry,” she winced as it suddenly occurred to her what an unattractive—most un-sexy image she’d just portrayed, throwing up over the side of the boat. Way to entice a guy, Mercy, she scoffed silently.

“Nothing to be sorry about—everyone gets sea sick once in a while,” he shrugged.

“Really?” She didn’t believe for a minute that this big Marine type man would ever be caught dead throwing up over the side of a boat, but it was nice of him to make her feel slightly better about it all.

“Yep. As medic, I see all kinds of things.”

“And do you hold their hair back too?”

“Only special cases get that service,” he grinned.

“Well, thank you for your help.”

“Do you want to go back down and get into bed for a while?” He asked.

Mercy shook her head. “No thanks. I don’t think I can handle the smell of whatever it is they’re cooking down there, again. I think I’ll just stay up here.”

“I’ll be right back, take a seat here,” he said, helping her over to a bench seat against the wall of the cabin.

Now that she had time to look around, she saw that the sun was rising and before her the massive horizon stretched out into infinity in a spectacular burst of orange, pink and yellow. She took a deep breath of the crisp morning air and felt a moment of utter peace and tranquillity. She tried to think when the last time she’d caught a sunrise was and couldn’t.

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