The Widow's Protector (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense) (Fitzgerald Bay, Book 4) by Stephanie Newton

Author:Stephanie Newton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Christian, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Thrillers, Religious
ISBN: 9781408980347
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2012-04-01T11:16:05.388000+00:00

EIGHT

The day of the softball game, the sun was beaming onto Fitzgerald Bay, the temperature rising into the sixties. Fiona had the windows open in her toasty warm kitchen as she pulled the twelfth pan of bar cookies out of the oven and set them on a hot pad on the counter to cool.

She wasn’t sure exactly how she’d gotten roped into this assignment. Hunter promised, with three fingers over his heart, that it was her cousin Danny’s idea. Danny said that her chocolate-chip bar cookies were the favorite of everyone at the fire department, that whenever anyone mentioned them, the whole fire department sighed. She knew Danny was flattering her, but when her cousin turned on that Fitzgerald charm he was hard to resist.

She called out the window to her son who seemed determined to give her a heart attack climbing on the play gym in the yard. “Sean, stop dangling! Both legs on the bar or you’re coming inside for a bath before the game.”

He and Hunter had built that play gym together last summer. She had a hilarious video of five-year-old Sean learning how to hammer nails, which ended with Hunter and a very sore thumb.

She sliced through the pan of cookies that had already cooled and looked out the window in time to see him drop to the ground on all fours. She whispered a prayer that he would live to see adulthood. How did any of them survive? She and Hunter had had some harrowing adventures as children.

In seconds, Sean was by her side. “Did you already turn the water on?”

“What?” The bath had been a threat—he wasn’t supposed to want to do it.

He bounced around her, a six-year-old bundle of energized nerve endings. “I want to use the mask and snorkel Hunter gave me. It’s too cold to use it in the ocean yet.”

“You don’t have time for a long soak in the tub.” She wiped the knife on the paper towel and began to slice again. “It’s almost time for the game. You need to wash your…” As he ran out the door, she called after him. “…face and hands. Sean! And put your shoes on.”

She turned back to her pan of cookies and caught a glimpse of Hunter in athletic shorts and a bright red T-shirt, coming across her yard. She hadn’t seen him alone since the kiss the other night, though she’d certainly thought about it plenty. Hadn’t been sure she would ever see him for a casual visit again.

He knocked on her door, opening it as she called for him to come in. “I thought you might need help carrying the cookies.”

Her arm still in a splint, carrying the cookies would’ve been a challenge for her. Thoughtful Hunter came through as usual, even though she could tell the last place he wanted to be was standing alone with her in her kitchen. She hadn’t meant for things to be awkward between them, but after laying a kiss on him—and oh, boy, what a kiss—she couldn’t really blame him.

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