The Country Doctor's Daughter by Gill Sanderson

Author:Gill Sanderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Medical
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-09-14T14:00:00+00:00

Kelly slept. She awoke early in the evening, to find painkillers and a glass of water by her bedside. She felt much better. Then she slept again. There was no cause for worry, sleep was the best possible remedy for shock. The second time she woke there was Luc by her bedside. ‘How do you feel, Kelly?’

‘Infinitely better. I want to get up and there are things I have to decide.’

‘In a moment.’ He smiled at her. ‘I feel no shame in doing this to you since I know you would do exactly the same to me. A quick check first. Pulse, BP and heart.’

‘Whatever,’ she sighed. He was, of course, quite right.

When he had finished she said, ‘There are things we have to sort out. First of all, I feel at a disadvantage lying here in your dressing-gown while you’re fully dressed. Could we go back to the cottage and—?’

He held up his hand. ‘We can’t get into the cottage before six tomorrow evening but after that we can take what you wish. Your car is there, quite unharmed. I’ve phoned Joe Cameron, explained things to him, put him in touch with the mairie. He has an advocate here who will deal with the legal matters.’

‘That’s good of you, Luc—going to all this trouble for me. But what about clothes till then?’

He frowned again but then said, ‘There’s no shortage of clothes. Come with me.’

He took her upstairs, showed her into a large bedroom. Kelly blinked. She had never been in a bedroom that had so obviously been decorated with no thought given to cost. The cream carpet was thick, the brocaded curtains were swagged and held back by gold cords, the chandelier was immense. There was a double bed on a raised platform, a dressing-table with enough lights to illuminate the entire house. One wall was built-in wardrobes.

Kelly didn’t like it. ‘Is this your bedroom?’ she asked.

‘No. It was my wife’s bedroom. Designed for her by one of her designer friends. I haven’t slept in it since she left.’

He opened the door of one of the wardrobes. ‘All these clothes are no longer needed.’ Once again Kelly felt the force of Luc’s bitterness. He went on, ‘I was told to send these to charity—or get rid of them in any way I wished. So far I have not bothered. But all of them are freshly washed or newly cleaned. Take what you wish.’

‘I’m not sure I’m happy about wearing your ex-wife’s clothes, Luc.’

He shrugged. ‘I understand that.’ Then he smiled. ‘But you don’t mind wearing my dressing-gown?’

‘No. I really like it.’ Then she blushed and said, ‘If you’re sure she wouldn’t mind, I would like to borrow something.’

‘Please do. She will never wear any of them again.’

In fact, Kelly was bemused by what she saw. She would have liked to have spent an hour sorting through the contents of the wardrobe. Merryl might have no taste in bedroom furniture, but her clothes were…

‘Trousers, two shirts and a sweater, a tracksuit,’ she said after five minutes.

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