Wildcat Bride by Lauri Robinson

Author:Lauri Robinson [Robinson, Lauri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Western, romance
ISBN: 1601548915
Google: 0LlMtwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1601548915
Barnesnoble: 1601548915
Goodreads: 11109889
Publisher: Cactus Rose
Published: 2011-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

By the next morning, the cramps were little more than slight nuisances, and though Eva felt better, besides stiff from lying around too long, her heart was direly heavy. The smell of coffee brewing lured her from the bedroom. She had no idea who might be in the kitchen, but had thoughts of who she wished it would be.

Before he’d left, Doctor Weston had given her some pain powder, insisting she swallow a dose.

She’d slept then, but fretfully. A smile touched her lips. Every time she’d opened her eyes, Bug had been sitting beside her bed. They’d talked in small increments, before she’d doze again, but neither brought up the subject of children. It held too much pain.

Slipping her arms into a dressing gown, she stopped in the upstairs water closet. Her flow was much more manageable this morning, and after padding herself from the stack of ironed rags she kept in the room for that purpose, she made her way down the stairs.

Ma sat at the table of the otherwise empty room.

“Good morning,” she greeted. “Have a seat. I’ll get you some coffee.” Ma paused then. “Or maybe you should be back in bed. I can bring it up to you.”

“No. I’m fine today. The coffee smells good.” Eva walked across the room. “I can get it.”

“No, you sit down. I’ll get it.” Ma took her arm, and shy of wrestling the woman, Eva knew there was no arguing with her.

“I’m not an invalid, Ma.” Eva had to say it, if for no other reason than to convince herself.

“I know you’re not. But I’m here to take care of you.” Ma turned to retrieve a cup and saucer from the cupboard. “I had Snake bring me some things.

I’ll stay here with you until you leave for Wichita.”

Eva glanced around.

“Bug went to get you some beef liver from Kid,”

Ma stated before Eva had a chance to ask.

Eva took a sip of coffee, and then ran a finger over the rim of the fragile bone china, contemplating how long it would be before Bug returned.

“Not long,” Ma said, reading Eva’s mind.

A rattle in the yard made Ma stand up again and move toward the front room. “Not even Bug is that quick.”

Eva followed, but hung back as Ma opened the front door. “Hello, Doctor.”

“Mrs. Quinter,” Doctor Weston greeted. “Aw, Eva, you look much better today. How are you feeling?”

“Fine.”

“I doubt that, but better I’m sure,” he insisted.

“I’d like to examine you again. I sent a telegram to Dr. Robb yesterday afternoon, and he replied with some questions.”

“When can he see her in Wichita?” Ma asked.

“As soon as she can get there. That’s another reason I need to examine her again. Dr. Robb is afraid the hemorrhaging could renew itself.” Dr.

Weston nodded toward Eva. “If the examination is good, as I suspect it will be judging from how healthy you appear this morning, then we could see about passage on the afternoon train. It would put you in Wichita early tomorrow morning.

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