Return of the Rebel Doctor by Joanna Neil

Author:Joanna Neil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

JOSH MOVED THE large terracotta container to a sunny spot on the patio and glanced up at Katie. ‘Is it okay for you if I put it here?’

‘That’s just fine. Thanks, Josh.’ The hybrid rose looked good in its new position, and the delicate fragrance drifted on the air to where Katie stood by the open patio doors. She smiled. ‘I can see I shall have to start building up some muscles if I’m going to get into gardening in a big way.’

He gave a mock grimace. ‘Please don’t do that. Anything you want done, you know you only have to ask.’

‘Thanks. I appreciate that. Usually, Jessie and I manage things between us, but that container is particularly heavy.’

He nodded. ‘I wondered if Jessie might be with you today. She doesn’t work every weekend on the family estate, does she?’

‘No, she doesn’t, but she had to go over to her house to see how the extension’s coming along, and then she said she was going shopping. She’s in desperate need of some new clothes, apparently.’

Jessie had confided that she wanted to find a new outfit for the barbecue being held at McAskie’s Bar the next weekend. ‘Ross will be there,’ she’d said. ‘It’ll be great fun. I’m really looking forward to it.’

‘I expect it will be a great day.’ Katie had glanced at her sister. ‘You like him, don’t you?”

Jessie had nodded. ‘He’s a good person,’ she’d said, her voice quiet and distant as though she had been preoccupied in some way. ‘He’s not at all bad, the way some people think of him, like Mum and Dad, for instance.’ She’d sighed. ‘I owe him so much.’

‘What do you mean?’ Katie had asked, but Jessie had simply shrugged.

‘Nothing. Nothing at all. Take no notice of me. I guess I’m rambling a bit.’

Katie had frowned. Something had obviously been on Jessie’s mind and had been, in fact, since Ross had returned from the mainland. She’d often been distant lately, lost in thought.

‘Are you all right?’ Josh’s voice brought her back to the present. ‘You suddenly have a far-away look in your eyes.’

‘Do I? Sorry.’ Hastily, she made an effort to pull herself together. ‘Yes, I’m fine.’ She bent down to inspect the gnarled stick that Baz dropped at her feet. ‘That’s great, Baz,’ she murmured. ‘But enough of throwing sticks for now. Go and find your hide chew bone. It’s around here somewhere.’ She straightened up and looked at Josh once more. ‘I suppose I was wondering if she’s going to break the bank with her purchases.’

He laughed. ‘That’s a strong possibility, I guess. She always looks good, doesn’t she?’ He glanced around. ‘Is there anything else you need moved before I go? I have to drop by the office to see to some urgent paperwork, otherwise I’d be tempted to stay longer. It’s so peaceful here—so different from the frantic world I live in day to day.’

‘Yes, it is. I find I need to come out here after a busy day in Emergency.

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