Reining in the Rebel: A sweet, small town, fish out of water romance (Tall Dark and Driven Book 3) by Barbara DeLeo

Author:Barbara DeLeo [DeLeo, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

Ari sat in a room at Patterson’s Weddings with both his mother and sister fussing around him, his left leg sticking straight out in front of him in a moon boot. The paramedics had said he should have an X-ray, but there would be time enough for that tomorrow. His father sat in a corner reading through his speech. The wedding had been postponed for half an hour so his parents could get ready after their unexpected detour, and all he wanted to do was go and find Grace.

“I’m okay, Mom,” he said as his mother dabbed at a cut under his eye where the helmet had been crushed. “Yas, will you take her out into the garden or something?”

“I’m not going anywhere,” his mother said as she patted his arm. “I always knew something would happen to you on that bike. If only I had come in a car to get you, you wouldn’t have had to ride that wretched thing. I blame myself for all this,” she continued. “If I hadn’t left—”

“Pia, come with me,” Mano said as he stood. “You need to be calm for the wedding. Seeing your eldest son get married? This is one of the greatest days of your life, and you deserve to worry about nothing else. Yasmin will make sure Ari is fine.”

His mother stopped dabbing Ari’s cheek and handed the Kleenex to her daughter. “Just make sure it’s covered,” she said as she patted her son’s arm again. “We don’t want anyone thinking you’ve been in another one of your fights. And how are you going to walk on that leg? Will we need to have a wheelchair in the front row?”

“I’m okay, Mom. Just go and enjoy the wedding. I’ll be fine.”

His father held the door open for his mother, and Ari smiled at his sister. He’d noticed a closeness between his parents when they’d both come to see him at the accident site. His mom liked to make out that he exasperated her, but when she first got there she’d kissed him and told him she wouldn’t know what to do if anything happened to him. When she’d stepped away, Mano had held her hand, and they were still like that when the paramedics had helped Ari into their car.

“You saw that too?” Yasmin asked as she lifted her hand to dab something on Ari’s cheek.

He gently pushed her hand away and rearranged his jacket. “Mom smiling at Pop when he opened the door for her? I swear they were laughing when they first arrived here. Pop drove Mom back to the Palace so she could finish getting ready. Maybe they had time to do some talking?”

There was a light tap at the door. When it opened, Grace put her head around. “Okay if I come in?”

Every one of Ari’s muscles strained to be near her, but she wouldn’t want that in front of his sister.

“Ari’s fine,” Yasmin said to her. “You must be so busy right now. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of him.

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