Suddenly Married by Loree Lough

Author:Loree Lough [Loree Lough]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459257740
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury
Published: 2011-10-23T15:58:56+00:00

Chapter Seven

Bobby had never gone to bed without a fight. At least, that’s what Angie told Dara on Thanksgiving night, during their marathon “girl talk” session after the stint at the hospital; since his release, he’d been going upstairs without a word of protest, saying his prayers and drifting right off to sleep, almost as if he believed the accident had been a punishment of some sort.

And Dara had never missed a day’s work, not once in eight years. But the Monday following the accident, she’d called the Centennial principal and informed him she wouldn’t be coming back, explaining only that the Lucas children needed her more than the high school did.

“But…but you have three months to go before the semester break,” he protested.

“What’s the board gonna do, John?” she’d teased halfheartedly. “Fire me?”

He hadn’t been happy about her pronouncement and said so, but agreed to make the necessary calls. A substitute would take her place until spring break, he said; after that, thanks to budget cuts, the rest of the math teachers would have to divide Dara’s students among themselves.

Ever since she’d heard about the reallocation of county funds that would phase out her job, she’d joked about the sedentary lifestyle she’d soon begin. Life would be anything but inactive once she began taking care of Angie and Bobby full-time, and she intended to do that full-time until the boy had completely recovered. After that, she’d volunteer at the elementary school, minister to the sick…and try to come to grips with what her father had done.

Money would be tight for a while, but if she watched how she spent her savings, she could last a year, maybe longer. For now, supporting herself was the least of her worries, because these next few days would be devoted to nursing Bobby back to health.

The neurologist had made it patently clear how close the boy had come to blindness, coma, brain damage. Once the doctor had explained that Bobby had hurt himself in a previous fall, Dara understood why, on the day the broom fell out of the pantry, Bobby had reacted so strangely to what should have been a minor bump on the head.

Dr. Tilley had said Bobby could go home, but only if, during the critical first twenty-four hours, he rested quietly. “Low lighting and as little noise as possible,” the doctor had insisted. “And if he sleeps, someone has to wake him every sixty minutes, shine a flashlight into his eyes to make sure his pupils are constricting.” They were to monitor him carefully throughout the next week, watching to see if Bobby could walk a straight line, hold down his meals, that he had no trouble focusing and that his memory of where objects were was intact. “Things are looking good,” the doc had warned, “but it’s too soon to celebrate.”

Noah immediately agreed to reschedule his afternoon meetings so he could keep an eye on the boy. But Dara insisted he let her take care of the kids while Noah worked.

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