Sniper Fire (Love in the Crosshairs) by Kathy Lane

Author:Kathy Lane [Lane, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Suspense, Scarred Hero/Heroine, Action-Suspense, Military
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2014-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Farrah glanced at the clock on her office wall. The little hand was just past the four and the big hand was almost on top of the three. An hour and fifteen minutes past three o’clock. No doubt about it. Kyle wasn’t coming.

She tapped her fingers on the thick stack of medical reports and x-rays on the corner of her desk. The two-inch file had arrived by courier that morning. It had taken her all day between appointments to sift through the mountain of information. Now she wasn’t sure what to do next. She’d known Kyle might refuse to come, but it hadn’t kept her from hoping. Evidently, the I-don’t-care attitude she’d adopted hadn’t worked. True, he’d signed the paper giving her legal access to his medical information but, apparently, that was as far as his cooperation went.

…Assuming she let him get away with it.

Pressing her lips together, Farrah pushed back her chair and stood. If Kyle Fagan thought he could just ignore her, he had another think coming. She removed her white doctor’s coat and hung it up before going to the door.

“Mary?” she called down the hall.

The older woman appeared at the far end. “Yes, Dr. Hastings?”

“We don’t have any other appointments today, right?” She’d tried to keep this afternoon free so she wouldn’t have to rush Kyle’s visit. That didn’t mean she’d turn away a mother with a sick child, or something equally urgent.

“No, ma’am. Your schedule’s still clear.” Mary’s eyes widened slightly. The forty-something R.N. was a tall, stern looking woman. She had a kind heart but at the same time was quite capable of intimidating a difficult patient when necessary. Now, however, she looked almost playful. “You’re going after your missing patient, aren’t you.”

A statement, not a question. Farrah responded anyway. “Yes, well, as his doctor, I can’t very well allow him to ignore his health.”

“Good,” Mary said, lips spreading into a wide smile that warmed her face. “Without Joshua to keep him in line, no telling what mischief that boy will get into. I’d offer to go with you and help drag him in, but considering how he feels about you, I don’t think that’ll be necessary.” She winked and disappeared back around the corner before Farrah could form a reply.

Farrah shook her head as she closed the door to her office. Considering how he feels about you? Now, what could she have meant by that?

She let the thought go as she retrieved her purse from her desk drawer and left the clinic by way of a private exit. Twenty minutes later, she turned the last curve and headed up a steeply slanted driveway. Kyle’s neat little house was perched at the top on a tiny patch of ground gouged right out of the side of the mountain. Trees closed in on all sides. Their limbs and crowns hid the house from view right up until her car topped the rise and the driveway leveled out. Only then did Farrah release the breath she’d been holding.

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