Seduced by Snowfall (Lost Harbor, Alaska Book 3) by Jennifer Bernard

Author:Jennifer Bernard [Bernard, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945944550
Published: 2020-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

At first Nate worried that the scene with her father would be a distraction for Bethany. But he shouldn’t have been concerned. Although she didn’t say much on the drive out to the Bruner place, she was the ultimate professional once they arrived.

“House calls!” crowed the old farmer, who they found sprawled near his woodshed. “I must be important!”

“You’re very important,” Bethany assured him as she crouched next to his leg. “We ditched a golf game for you.”

“I see you found yourself one.” He gestured with his bearded chin at Nate.

Bethany turned pink, which Nate found very endearing, even though he had no idea what the man meant.

“Just in time for winter, too. My bones tell me the snow will fly by Halloween.”

“Halloween is in less than a week.”

“Why do you think I was chopping wood with a shot-up toe? Winter stops for no man.”

Together, they helped him into his house, where he kept a pair of crutches from his last injury. Bethany checked his toe and assured him it was healing fine, with no sign of infection.

“Want a ride to the hospital?” Nate asked him. “They can take an MRI of that knee. Chances are it’s a sprained ligament, but it’s good to know for sure.”

“Nah.” He waved that off. “Spent all my money on the toe. I know my knees. Some ice’ll do it.”

“You need to rest,” Bethany said sternly. “Can you get someone to stay with you for a while?”

“Yeah, I got a sister who can come out. We fight like stray cats, but she’ll do it.”

On the drive back to Lost Harbor, Bethany finally told Nate about her father’s threat about Gretel.

“If you’re worried about finances, you can always moonlight doing house calls to the homesteads around here,” Nate told her.

“I’m mostly worried about Gretel. She can stay with me, but knowing her, she’ll want to move on before long. She’s terrible with money. Daddy’s financial support is such a security blanket for her. I’m worried what will happen if that’s gone.”

“Want me to ask around about some work for her? What are her skills?”

“Well…she doesn’t have the best work history.” Bethany twisted her hands together in her lap. “She has a short attention span and gets easily bored. Singing gigs are perfect as long as it’s a night here, a night there, nothing long term. But I haven’t noticed a single jazz club in Lost Harbor.”

Her worry made Nate’s heart ache for her. He touched her hand gently. “Don’t you worry. We might not have any clubs, but Lost Harbor is pretty good at taking care of people. You’re not alone in this. I promise.”

She turned wide eyes on him. A sheen of tears gave them an extra shine. “That’s sweet to say. But I don’t even know if she’ll stay. Any minute now she’ll get a phone call from a friend and bop off to Greece for a cruise. People love her everywhere she goes, so she gets invited to so much glamorous stuff.

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