The Bitterroot Inn (Jamison Valley Book 5) by Devney Perry

Author:Devney Perry [Perry, Devney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Jamison Valley Series Novel
Publisher: Devney Perry
Published: 2018-01-16T08:00:00+00:00

Pink. White. Red. Yellow. Orange.

Pink was up next. I grabbed a pink petunia from the box and shoved it into the hole I’d just dug.

It was the morning after the rodeo and I was filling the flower bed underneath the sign at the inn. Coby was with my parents at Sunday school and I’d come back to the inn to immerse myself in work.

Stabbing the dirt with my trowel, I scored another hole in the earth and shoved in a white pansy. The midmorning sun had chased off the cool night air and sweat was beading on my forehead.

I’d woken up at my parents’ house mad.

Fuming mad.

Mad at Hunter and mad at myself.

I’d let another doctor’s handsome looks and charm fool me. I’d been so worried about driving him away with my natural curiosity I’d become complacent. I’d let a stranger into my home, my bed and my son’s life.

Shame on me.

And shame on Hunter for feeding me so much bullshit over the past two months.

All morning long I’d been thinking about all the things I wanted to say. When a shadow fell over my face, I knew now was my chance.

Hunter was standing above me with his legs planted wide and his arms crossed over his chest. “Where have you been?”

I looked up, then back to my dirt, shoving in a red petunia. “Working.”

“And last night? I was fucking worried, Maisy.”

“How is that rider? Is he okay?”

“He’s going to be fine. Now answer my question. Where have you been?” His shadow changed and I looked up again. His arms were hanging by his sides and his face was etched with worry.

I ignored the pang of guilt and dug another hole. “I was at Mom and Dad’s.”

“And they don’t have cell service? Why didn’t you answer when I called?”

“I needed some time alone to think.”

“To think? About what?”

I stuck my trowel into the dirt and stood and pulled off my green garden gloves. “You’re a doctor.”

“Yeah. So what?”

“So what?” I mimicked. “In all this time, you didn’t think to tell me about your work?”

“You were a nurse, Blondie. I can’t talk about work. Patient confidentiality? The Hippocratic oath? Doctors kind of have to abide by that.”

“You should have told me. I had to learn about it from my friends.”

“I thought you knew. You know everything else about the people of this town. I assumed you knew I was the new doctor too. I mean, you talk to Gigi all the time. How did I never come up?”

Because I’d kept him a secret. “Well . . . it just didn’t.” My arms flailed as my voice got louder. “And you never brought it up. You never bring anything up! And since I promised not to be nosy, I don’t know anything about you.”

He frowned. “Yes, you do. You know a lot about me. Maybe not every detail from my childhood but you know the important things. Me being a doctor doesn’t change that.”

“It does.” I planted my hands on my hips. “Hunter, I can’t be with a doctor.

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