Colton's Covert Baby by Lara Lacombe

Author:Lara Lacombe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-03-12T14:52:57+00:00

Chapter 9

Someone was at her door again.

Molly sat on the couch, feeling numb as she heard the knocks. It wasn’t Mason, that much she knew. He and Elaine had left shortly after hearing the news of Sabrina’s death. Molly would have liked for him to stay so they could comfort each other, but she didn’t feel right around Elaine at the moment. It was going to take time for the memories of her sister-in-law’s tirade to fade and for her hurt feelings to recover.

Normally, Molly would talk to Mason about what his wife had said, but she wasn’t about to pile more on him at the moment. She’d seen them to the door, then settled on the sofa and tried to process what was happening between fielding phone calls from concerned and shocked relatives.

As the knocking persisted, Molly considered going back to bed and drawing the covers over her head. Maybe if she went back to sleep, she’d wake later to find this was all a nightmare conjured by stress. Surely her sister wasn’t really dead! Molly had heard from her not that long ago—Sabrina had been headed out to a bar with friends. Her sister had seemed normal, with no indication that there was anything bothering her. How, then, had she ended up buried in the snow in Roaring Springs?

It’s a mistake, Molly decided. That had to be it. The body recovered probably looked like Sabrina, but it wasn’t really her.

She got to her feet. Might as well answer the door, tell whoever was on the other side that her sister was fine. Then she’d call Mason—he’d be so happy to know it was all just a misunderstanding.

Max and Furbert stood on the porch, both sporting worried expressions.

Molly blinked in surprise. “Uh, how did you get here?”

“Blaine brought us,” Max said. He turned and waved.

Looking past his shoulder, she saw Blaine in his truck. He rolled down the window. “I know you didn’t want to be bothered, but I thought you might like to see the dog,” her cousin yelled.

Molly glanced down at Furbert, who was staring up at her with kind eyes. The muscles of her throat tightened, making it hard for her to speak. So she nodded instead.

“Call me when you want me to take ’em back,” Blaine continued. He stared at her with such open concern that she nearly started crying on the spot. But that was silly, when she knew everything was okay.

“Thanks,” she managed to choke out. “I will.”

She stepped back to allow Max and Furbert inside her home. Max stopped in the hallway, waiting for her to shut the door. When she turned back, she found him watching her with his brow furrowed.

“Where’s your sling?” She gestured to his arm, no longer held in place against his chest.

“What? Oh, I took it off. I’m fine,” he said dismissively.

Molly shrugged, accepting his assessment.

“How are you?” he asked quietly. He grimaced. “I know that’s a ridiculous question, under the circumstances, but I don’t know what else to say.

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