Bearing It All by Vonnie Davis

Author:Vonnie Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Creighton helped Anisa back in the wheelchair. “Ye are a strong, yet tender woman. Ronan needs that. He wasna so bad until both Bryce and I got married. Then he seemed lost somehow. Och, he treated us all with love, but he didna appear to enjoy life like he once did.”

She glanced over her shoulder as they got on the elevator. “He’s still mourning his da’s death. He puts on a good front but, with the loss of the security of your da’s presence, he’s harbored fears all these years. There’s an old saying from Wordsworth, I think. ‘The child is father of the man.’ What’s scarred him as a child affects him still as an adult, even though his mind knows better. His soul hangs on to the old pain. Now, with both his brothers married, he’s having to face those fears.”

“Fears?” The elevator stopped to allow two hospital visitors to get on. They were talking about a new baby.

Anisa motioned Creighton closer. “Yes, like his decision not to have bairns because he might die and leave them to grow up fatherless the way he had to.”

“Bloody hell. But he’s always had me to protect him, to see to his needs.” There was pain in Creighton’s voice as he pushed her off the elevator when it reached her floor.

“Could you stand in front of me, so it doesn’t hurt my head to keep looking over my shoulder?”

“Aye.” He pushed her chair off to the side, near a window that showcased the Highland vistas, and squatted in front of her.

“Ronan brags about what a fabulous brother you were as a young kid and are to this day. He worships the ground you walk on. During one of our long talks, he confessed to feeling he can’t flirt or attract the kind of woman he wants.” She offered Creighton a small smile. “Although he did a mighty fine job with me. He even admitted to secretly wanting a child of his own, despite his fears. I like to think our budding relationship has helped change his mind about bairns. That he just needs the right kind of female. One who appreciates all his good points, for he has so many.”

He pushed her chair to her room. Two policemen stood guard in the corridor; one on either side of her door. “Are ye here under Kendric’s orders?”

A man with ginger hair removed his cap and slipped it under his arm. “Aye, Laird Creighton. The detective’s been reviewing the intel the lady here gave him. He’s had the hospital records changed to show she’s in a different room on the top floor.” He curled his fingers around the pistol in his holster. “We’ll be working in teams to guard her door. No one gets past us except nurses and family, including the American with the pink baffies.” He jerked his head toward the closed door and then leaned toward Creighton. “Is she really a witch, sir?”

Creighton laughed. “Now have ye ever known a female who wasna a bit of a witch in her own sweet way? Ye ken how I love me wife.

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