Redeeming Harmony (Harmony Falls, Book Four) by Elizabeth Kelly

Author:Elizabeth Kelly [Kelly, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781774461297
Publisher: Elizabeth Kelly

Chapter 17

“Uh oh,” Warren said as Harper turned into their driveway. She parked her father’s vehicle next to her car and turned it off.

“What’s wrong?”

Warren stared at his phone screen. “Savina just texted me. She’s at the Walgreens picking up a few things, and there are already people talking about Nathan and what happened to Alicia's cat.”

“Are you kidding me?” Harper groaned. “It literally just happened, Dad. Mrs. Rathbone is the worst.”

“Alicia was probably on the phone with her bridge group as soon as she left the center,” Warren said. “And the bridge ladies are the biggest gossips in town.”

“Yeah, because their rich husbands avoid them, and they have nothing better to do than spend their husband’s money and gossip about the town. The Rathbone’s are one of the richest families in Harmony Falls, Dad. She should be ashamed that she took advantage of Nathan’s generosity.”

Warren sighed as he read a new text from his sister. “Savina says Mrs. Rathbone is telling everyone that Nathan deliberately released her cat into the park because she commented on how badly he screwed up with King.”

“Fantastic, now she’s straight-up lying,” Harper said.

She and Warren climbed out of the car, and she stared at Nathan’s truck parked in the clinic parking lot. After Lady N escaped, Warren had quickly vaccinated the remaining dogs, and they’d closed the clinic. They’d all stuck around to help clean up, but the mood was quiet and somber. She hadn’t spoken to Nathan, but the look on his face as he helped stack chairs, swept the gym, and thanked everyone for their help when they’d gathered in the parking lot after clean up, had spoken volumes about his mood.

“How’s your hand?” Warren asked.

“Okay,” she said.

“You should wash it again.”

She smiled at him. “I scrubbed it with soap four times at the center, Dad.”

“You know better than anyone that cat bites are nothing to mess around with,” Warren said. “If there’s even a small sign of infection, you need to let me know. We’ll get you on antibiotics immediately.”

It had been nearly five years since Harper had gotten the cat bite infection, but her dad had closely monitored any little cat scratch or bite she’d gotten since then.

“I will,” she said.

Her dad started toward the house, stopping when she didn’t follow him. “You coming?”

“I’m going to check on Nathan,” Harper said. “I’m worried about him.”

Warren nodded. “All right. I’ll get supper started.”

“I won’t be long. Love you, Dad.”

“Love you too, poppet.”

She walked over the footbridge and crossed the parking lot to the clinic. The door was locked, but she used her key to open it and slipped inside, locking the door behind her. The front of the clinic was dark, but light glowed through the small square window in the swinging door.

She could hear the muffled sound of Nathan cursing, and she pushed past the swinging door. Nathan stood near the treatment table, his shirt draped across it and a solution of betadine and water in a bowl on the table.

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