The Cowboy's Baby Mistake by Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North

Author:Mary Sue Jackson & Leslie North [Jackson, Mary Sue & North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 48343060
Published: 2019-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Austin grinned at him from across the table and dipped another one of his fries in ketchup. “How do you stand waiting around for my sister like this?” His eyes sparkled with the joke, but Trey knew better than to bite. It was one thing for Austin to joke about Charity, but if anyone else dared…suffice it to say that Trey had no interest in seeing Austin’s neck veins bulge out. It was disgusting.

They’d been talking about Austin’s plans for the circuit, and whether Trey would be fine on his own given all the recent developments. Austin had summoned the waitress almost as soon as Charity had headed for the back. He’d beckoned her down to his level at the table and ordered a beer, along with a burger and fries. Then he’d shrugged at Trey. “Can’t kick me out if I’ve already ordered.” The conversation had taken all of thirty seconds to turn back to the pregnancy, the twins, and everything else.

But how long, exactly had it gone on? Long enough not just for Austin’s food to arrive, but for his plate to become half empty.

Trey glanced toward the narrow hallway that led to the restrooms at the back of the restaurant. Why did he have a glancing memory of Charity’s shirt heading back into the kitchen instead? That couldn’t be right.

His gut lurched. “Oh, god. Maybe something went wrong.”

Austin paled. “Like what? It’s just lunch.”

“I don’t know. Anything. Anything could have gone wrong.” They’d been so busy making plans to protect Charity that they hadn’t realized she could be…Trey didn’t even know. He didn’t know what kind of scene awaited him in the bathroom. What if she’d fallen and hit her head? What if it was worse than that?

He leaped up from the booth, very nearly taking out the waitress on his way. She jumped back with her clattering tray of drinks. “Is everything okay?”

“I hope so,” he shouted back at her.

“We’re going to need the check,” Austin said behind him. How could he be thinking of the check at a time like this? No. Austin was right. If they had to run out of here and rush Charity to the hospital, they’d at least be able to avoid dining and dashing and getting the police involved. Not that their waitress would call the police in an emergency like this one…

He ran back through the hallway, his shoulder brushing against the wall. There were two single restrooms at the back of the cafe. Heart in his throat, Trey stepped up to the women’s room and pounded on the door with his fist. “Charity?” He tried the doorknob. Locked. He knocked again, harder. “Charity, are you in there?”

“Occupied,” someone snapped from inside. Someone…who didn’t sound like Charity. But that couldn’t be right, could it? The toilet flushed, water ran, and Trey heard the squeak of a paper towel dispenser. A moment later the door swung open to reveal a little old lady holding tight to her purse like she might hit him over the head with it.

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