Will o' the Wisp by Lucy Naylor Kubash
Author:Lucy Naylor Kubash [Kubash, Lucy Naylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Reunion Romance, Country Setting, Horses, Single Mother, Secret Baby
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2019-06-19T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 16
Shane finished washing up from surgery and sterilized the instruments he had used to stitch the collieâs wounds. Sedated and with antibiotics flowing in her system, Gypsy rested in one of the recovery cages. She would survive, but she might never run as fast after the horses again.
The entire time heâd worked on her, thoughts about what could possibly have caused the wounds ran through his mind. On the ride to the clinic, Lizzie hadnât talked much, and, not wanting to traumatize her more, heâd hesitated probing his daughter for information. But he was pretty sure it was no pack of coyotes that attacked Gypsy.
I donât like what I think did it.
Except, at some point, he had to admit the truth.
Dimming the lights in the clinic, he opened the connecting door to Matthew Brewsterâs house and the kitchen where heâd left Lizzie feeding the kittens. Three empty bottles sat on the table, but there was no sign of her or her charges. He continued on into the living room where he found the fuzzy rascals snuggled together in their basket on the sofa beside his sound asleep daughter. Crouching down for a minute, he studied her sweet face and once again marveled at the feeling of protectiveness welled up within him. He tucked back the wisps of dark hair that had escaped her long braids, hovering his hand when she sighed and murmured something in her sleep.
Slipping his arms beneath her, he lifted Lizzie from the sofa and carried her to the bedroom where heâd slept when he lived with Matthew. Since coming back, heâd bunked on the sofa, because the twin bed was too short for him now. He hadnât really spent much time in this room except to stash his duffle bags and a backpack in here. He realized now it probably hadnât been used in all the years heâd been gone and needed a good cleaning, but the bed was neatly made, something that hadnât always been true when itâd been his room.
He laid Lizzie down on top of the faded brown, corduroy bedspread and pulled off her sneakers. She had changed from her boots and riding clothes, stained with Gypsyâs blood, into the shorts, sneakers, and T-shirt he had grabbed for her from a laundry basket in Allisonâs house. He found a clean sheet in the dresser and drew it over her, in case she was chilled during the night. There was a night-light on the bed stand, the one heâd always used because he didnât like to awaken in a dark room, even as a teenager. He switched it on. Glancing around, he wondered if he should do anything else, when his gaze rested on the high school and sports memorabilia that still adorned the walls, desk, and bookshelf. Matthew hadnât changed a thing in here since he had left on the bus ten years ago. Having lost the only home heâd ever known when his grandmother died, he had hung onto anything with meaning to him while he lived with Matthew.
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