Staying Grounded (A Rocky Harbor Novel Book 1) by Marianne Rice

Author:Marianne Rice [Rice, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-01-16T18:30:00+00:00

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Maggie

Maggie waited all day for Graham to call, or text, or stop by. But he didn’t. She expected him to be angry with her for slipping out without waking him. Apparently their double session of lovemaking didn’t mean as much to him as it meant to her. Or maybe this was how he treated all his women. Love them tenderly all night then leave them in the morning.

Only she was the one to leave. Maggie listened to her patients, took notes, doled out advice she had no business giving—even though the degree on the wall claimed she did—and finally shut her laptop.

“Need me for anything else, boss?” Tiffany called from the doorway.

“No thanks. You can go. I’ll see you in the morning.”

“You okay?” Tiffany leaned against the door jamb and studied Maggie.

“Tired. Typical Monday.”

“Does this have anything to do with a particularly hot former patient?”

Maggie ignored her friend and slid her laptop into her bag. “See you tomorrow, Tiffany.”

“Message delivered. Butt out. I’ll try, yet I make no promises.”

Once Tiffany left, Maggie let out a loud sigh, blowing her hair off her face. She needed a long run, and knowing Sweetie Pie would be jealous if she left the house in running gear without her—even though the poor thing couldn’t make it a quarter mile—she went into the office bathroom and changed.

Three miles later, she rounded Main Street and nearly made it past Coast & Roast before bumping into Mackenzie.

“I’ve been waiting for you.” Her friend stood on the sidewalk near the chalkboard sign advertising the daily specials, arms crossed and a deep scowl on her face.

“I’ve been running.”

“Yeah. Saw you go by not long ago. When were you going to tell me?”

“I didn’t think you’d want to go for a run with me.” Maggie took the water bottle Mackenzie offered and guzzled nearly half of it before coming up for air.

“That’s not what I’m talking about.”

“I don’t know what you mean.” She pulled her ankle behind her butt, stretching her right quad, then switched to her left leg.

“Your pilot left town.”

Maggie shrugged, put the cap on the bottle, and handed it back. Kenzie shook her head. “Since when do you run on a Monday, after a long day’s work, when it’s still 80 degrees out?”

“Just felt like it.”

“Oh honey.” Kenzie wrapped her arms around Maggie, drawing her into a deep hug. “I’m so sorry. You fell in love, didn’t you?”

Shaking her head, Maggie pulled away. “No. Absolutely not. I like him. He’s a good guy. Too bad he’s not for me.”

“I don’t believe you, but I’ll let it go. For now. And by the way, we’re going out this weekend. I’ll not allow moping. I’ve never seen you mope before and it’s kinda depressing.”

“Gee, thanks, Kenz. And thanks for the water, but I need to go. Sweetie Pie’s probably gnawing her foot off by now.”

“Friday night. We’re going out. Deal?”

“Deal.”

The rest of the week she got up every morning and played with Sweetie Pie, went to work, came home

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