Sarah and the Doctor (Prairie Tales Book 1) by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Angel creek press
Published: 2018-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Sarah felt a trickle of sweat slide down her neck despite the cool evening. She was nervous and rightly so. Traipsing around a huge garden in the dark with Doc Waller was bad enough, but she was also with someone others might know as far below their station. That alone would mark him guilty in their eyes. It wouldn’t matter what for.

It might be hard to convince people that Doc was doing the honorable thing, and only trying to protect Elizabeth’s reputation. Hopefully, the only thing Oswald was guilty of was a stroll in the cool of the evening. Who knew? But as comforting as that thought was, they pushed further into the garden. Oswald might not lay a hand on Elizabeth, but the gossips’ tongues would wag that he did and then some. It was enough to make Sarah’s blood boil.

“Is this some sort of maze?” Doc asked as he stopped to scan their surroundings.

“No, but there’s no rhyme or reason to it either. That would be Mr. Miller. He’s known for not doing things the way other people do,” she stated mildly.

“He’s a madman,” Doc said and turned to her. “We’re beyond the torchlight now, Miss Clemmons. We’ll have to be careful.”

She studied the nearby flowerbeds and hedges. “Should we split up?”

“Great Scott, no! The last thing I want is for someone to catch you alone.” He touched her lightly on the arm. “I shudder to think of the consequences to that.”

She gulped even as a small thrill of excitement went up her spine. She glanced at her arm and back and tried to still her racing heart. He was right. There were a lot of people here she didn’t know. Who knew how many rakes were among them? She hoped Oswald wasn’t counted as one. Poor Elizabeth.

“We should walk apart,” he suggested.

“Me on one side of the path, you on the other?”

“Yes, that way if someone comes along, we’re not arm in arm. I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea because we’re out here in the dark.”

Not that his suggestion would help. They were alone in the dark too, after all. But it couldn’t hurt. “Quite right. I agree.” She slipped her arm from his and crossed to the other side of the path. They had at least six feet between them. She hoped it was enough. She also hoped they found Oswald and Elizabeth soon. The longer they were gone, the worse things appeared.

“Should we call out for them?” She ducked underneath a low branch of a tree and looked at him.

“No,” he said. “If it was daylight, then I’d say yes. But the fact that we’re searching for them in the dark isn’t something you want to draw attention to, Miss Clemmons.”

“Sarah.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“My name is Sarah,” she said shyly. Good grief, why was she giving him her Christian name? First, she squeezes his arm and now this? What must he think of her? At the moment she wasn’t sure what she thought of her!

“And you can call me Doc.

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