Undeniable by Alison Kent

Author:Alison Kent [Kent, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781101611814
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

DARCY STOOD IN the Coleman Medical emergency waiting room, arms wrapped around her midsection to keep the shivers coursing through her at bay. She wasn’t really cold. She wasn’t really feeling anything. She’d gone almost completely numb, an unblinking statue, an unmovable roadblock. But she couldn’t stop shaking.

She stared at the swinging silver doors that led into the ER, the tiny reinforced windows too high for her to see anything happening down the corridor beyond. Once in awhile a staff member pushed through, but even then all she could see was the long tiled floor, the white walls, the curtained partitions.

She couldn’t see The Campbell at all, and he was the reason she was here. No one knew anything, or if they did they weren’t telling her, and until someone came out to give her news, good or bad, or to let her know there was no change in his condition, she was staying put. She was done walking away.

She had no idea where her mother was. The staff at home hadn’t seen her since this morning. She wasn’t answering her cell. Greg, who’d been with The Campbell at the office when he’d collapsed, was clueless. Who knew where the hell Dax was, though he was useless; he hadn’t been in touch with their mother since his return. And Josh was out of suggestions.

Josh…

He sat behind her in one of the plastic chairs not meant for anyone’s comfort. Last she’d looked, he was hunched forward, his elbows on his knees, one hand worrying the knuckle of the other’s pinky. His hat kept her from seeing his face, only the line of his jaw and his neck before his shirt collar got in the way.

Eyes closed, she remembered him coming to tell her what had happened. She’d been in the back of Tess Dalton’s closet when he’d arrived, folding clothes, smoothing out the wrinkles, trying—and failing—to do so dispassionately. Instead, a nearly overwhelming sense of responsibility had her taking care with every single piece.

At the sound of Josh’s boots on the stairs, she’d called out, expecting Dax. When Josh had appeared in the bedroom, she’d known he wasn’t there to kiss her again, and everything inside of her had gone cold and black.

He’d pulled off his hat, held the brim with both hands and stared at the floor gathering words. Blood had rushed to her head as she’d waited for him to speak. And for the first time she’d noticed he had a cowlick on the right of his forehead. Hair that should’ve been mashed flat by his hat stood up and waved.

In the end, all he’d said was, “Your father’s in the hospital,” and she’d tumbled out of the closet, searching for the shoes she’d kicked off before going in.

Halfway down the stairs she’d remembered her keys were in her purse in the bedroom she was using. Josh had stepped aside for her to burst past, then on her return trip blocked the staircase and demanded she let him drive.

Since

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