The Ghosts of Culloden Moor 32 - Niall by Diane Darcy

Author:Diane Darcy [Darcy, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

As Niall watched, he could see Jenny coming down from the high usually associated with a fight, but in this case, with a kidnapping.

“Are ye all right, lass?”

“I’m fine,” she said, even as her hands gripped, loosened, and then gripped the steering wheel again.

He chuckled. “Take a breath. Yer reaction is completely normal.”

She shot him a grin. “And you would know, wouldn’t you?”

He nodded once. “I would know.”

She did take a breath, and then smiled again. “All right, I’m going to let it go now. There’s nothing I can do at this point anyway; it’s all on Zach and Tina.”

“It is. If they’re foolish enough to let love, marriage, and a babe on the way become less important than their pride, then I suppose they’ll deserve what they get.”

She nodded, still visibly shaken, but calming some, her mane of dark hair partially covering her face.

He figured it was time to turn her attention elsewhere. His as well, as he was having a hard time looking away from her lovely, flushed face. “We’ve got a few hours of sunlight left. What’s on the agenda for the rest of the day? Is there aught I can help ye with?”

She glanced at the numbers prominently displayed on the smooth front of the car and he realized it was the time.

Her face suddenly took on a panicked expression. “Oh, my gosh!”

“What is it?”

“I’m supposed to be teaching basketball to twelve-year-olds in forty-five minutes. It completely slipped my mind.”

“And can I help ye with this at all?”

She glanced over at him, assessing. “Now that Zach and Tina are gone, I guess you could go home until tomorrow. But if you don’t mind, I’d rather you stayed with me. They might get out, try to call me, or come find me and confront me. I’d really rather you were here with me.”

He lifted his hands, palm up. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“Okay, good. In that case, if you wouldn’t mind, I’d appreciate it if you just came with me. After basketball, I’m having dinner at a friend’s house, but she always makes plenty, and I think you’d like her and her husband. How does that sound?”

“That sounds like a nice day.”

She nodded. “It’ll be good to stay busy, anyway, won’t it?”

He smiled again. If she needed to stay busy, to keep her mind off of something as trifling as kidnapping a husband and wife, he could help her with that, too.

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