Wingspan by Karis Walsh

Author:Karis Walsh
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781626390201
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Ken maneuvered through the obstacle course of potholes and berry bushes on Bailey’s driveway before six the next morning. She was going to need a beat-up old commuter car so she could keep her Corvette in a safe garage. These unkempt roads and the abrasive salt air from regular ferry crossings were going to damage the careful restoration and paintwork she’d done. She needed something more like the ancient Honda parked in Bailey’s yard.

“Were you trying to pack up and get out of town before I got here?” Ken called out as she climbed out of her car. Bailey was shoving an armful of nets and poles into the back of her rusty, dented Civic. “I know you weren’t looking forward to my visit, but this seems a little extreme.”

“I’m not going…wait, were you joking?” Bailey asked. She shoved one of the poles, but it was too long to fit in the car.

Ken walked over and rolled down the back window so the pole stuck out about a foot. “Yes, I was joking,” she said. Bailey appeared more harried than usual, and Ken traced her finger along the collar of Bailey’s sweatshirt before she could stifle the urge to touch her. She felt Bailey’s collarbone and the warmth of her skin in the brief contact. Bailey looked as if she’d been recently and jarringly roused from sleep, and the image of her in bed was disconcerting. “Your shirt is inside out.”

Bailey blinked, snapping out of the trance caused by Ken’s momentary touch. She was unprepared to be awake, and the added stimulus of Ken’s presence was overwhelming. She looked down at her front and saw the matted pile of her blue sweatshirt. “You’re right,” she said. She’d fix her clothes later. “I need to leave a note for Dani, and then we can go.”

She jogged back to the house with Ken on her heels. “Where are we going?” Ken asked.

Bailey slowed down as she walked past the osprey’s cage and into the kitchen. “I just got a call from a ranger at Dungeness about a trapped bird. Here, carry this out to the car, will you?”

Ken took the small pet carrier from Bailey’s hands and went back outside. Bailey hastily scribbled a note for Dani, listing each bird’s meal and dining habits. Dani had been helping her feed for two days, but Bailey didn’t expect her to remember everything. At least she had grudgingly let her intern share the feeding responsibilities, because otherwise she would have had to choose between getting out to Dungeness quickly or feeding her patients on schedule. She had already sent Dani a text asking her to come early, but she felt better with every detail she added to her long list.

“Are you writing a memo, or a Russian novel?” Ken asked. She stood close behind Bailey and was reading over her shoulder. “Do you really need to tell her to be careful not to let the birds fly out of their cages? I’m sure that was covered in her Birds 101 lecture, These Things Have Wings.

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