The Marine's Return by Rula Sinara

Author:Rula Sinara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-10T16:12:03+00:00

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LEXI SAT BACK and kicked up her feet.

“Was this the longest day we’ve had in months?”

“It’s not over yet,” Jacey pointed out as she took a long drink.

They still had to put things away, but they needed a breather. At least they’d taken care of all the kids, and the little boy had been flown to the hospital in Nairobi where experts would make sure he got the treatment he required. She’d actually called in the case to both Hope and Taj so that they could do what they could, in terms of professional connections, to get him good care.

In the meantime, they had reported the location of the snare and the authorities had sent a team to scour and clear the area near the boy’s homestead. It was about eight kilometers away. She still wasn’t quite used to thinking in metric.

Chad wasn’t going to like it when...if...she relayed the information. Though the way word traveled around here, he’d probably already heard.

“I’m sure Chad’s okay,” Jacey said, reading her mind.

“I’m not worried.”

“Yes, you are. It’s all over your face, and if you don’t stop chewing your lip we’re going to have another bleeder on our hands.”

“Mac called in and said he met up with Chad near the Ngotori enkang. Besides, I’m not thinking about Chad any more than you’re thinking about Taj.”

Jacey’s eyes widened and the tip of her nose turned red.

“That’s so far off base it makes Kilimanjaro look like it’s only meters away.”

“Jace. We’ve known each other for five months, working together day in and day out with hardly anyone else around. Truth be told, I’m closer to you than I’ve been to any other woman in a long time. I know, that says a lot about me. But it’s the truth. I mean, Hope has been wonderful, too, but she doesn’t live out here. You don’t have to trust me, but you can. Just saying.”

“I plead the fifth. For now. I’ll give you that he’s more than cute, but that’s all there is. Don’t make assumptions.”

“Fine. If you say so. Same goes for Chad. He’s not on my mind, other than in a professional capacity. Don’t read into anything.”

“If you say so.” Jacey chuckled as she got up and started putting supplies away. Lexi rose to help.

“You know, if Chad brings up the snare and starts arguing that he can’t keep us safe, I want to be able to point out that nothing is missing from our supplies. All this stuff we had to abandon while we helped the boy and not even a bar of soap is out of place. That proves we’re surrounded by good people who care...who help watch the area. I never doubted it, but I think he has seen too much evil in the world to realize that most people are good. The evil-doers just stand out more. They make the news.”

“If that injured poacher tried swiping anything with that boy’s father and all the mothers around, he’d have been in for one wicked surprise,” Jacey said.

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