The Substitute Wife by CiCi Cordelia

Author:CiCi Cordelia [Cordelia, CiCi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682916094
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-05-08T18:30:00+00:00

Clutching his shirt, she pressed her face against his chest. “I’m not crying.” Then she gave a strangled laugh at her lie. “I’ve been horribly worried.”

“I’m sorry I was gone so long. But everything’s under control now.” The tone of his voice indicated perhaps things might be under control, but they weren’t all right. She lifted her face to his, not missing the hard lines bracketing his mouth or the hint of anger in his eyes that he couldn’t quite hide.

Glancing over to Frank, she gasped. The man looked like he’d been trampled by a herd of wild stallions. His face was a mass of cuts and bruises, his clothes torn and stained, and his arm had been strapped in a sling made out of faded cotton. She could see how much his injured shoulder drooped.

Hadn’t Doc Sheaton at least thought to sponge off the grime, before he set Frank’s fracture?

Then she gave the makeshift sling another, closer study. And her irritation flared. “That’s not anything the Doc would use, Frank. In fact, it sure looks a lot like the fabric from one of your shirts. You haven’t been to town yet. Have you?”

Frank gave her what she assumed passed for a smile, but to her it looked more like a grimace due to the pain in his eyes. “I’m fine.”

“Told you she’d notice.” Harrison’s voice held weariness as he caught her hand and gave it a tug to gain her attention. “Frank wouldn’t leave the mine until the men were pulled from the debris. I gave up arguing with him, and Dub helped me bring Clem to town. Wasn’t about to just leave him there, so Sheriff Lang volunteered to come out and let you know what happened.”

“Yanked me out of the hole this morning,” Frank said. “Kept telling ‘em I was fine, but you know how damned stubborn your husband is—”

“I know how stubborn you both are.” At Harrison’s soft snort, she turned on him. “You think this is amusing?” Fresh tears threatened to brim, and she blinked hard to keep them from falling. This was no time for showing weakness; they’d ride roughshod right over her.

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