Dance Away with Me by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-06-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Tess wanted to race after the car. Grab it by the bumper like Supergirl and bring it to a screeching halt. What if Wren decided not to cry her little heart out from four in the afternoon until six? What if she didn’t wake up three times tonight? Or neglected to have one of her explosive poops? What if she didn’t test them?

Tess had taken the risk of a lifetime.

“Did you hear what I said?”

It was the voice of doom. He loomed over her, even larger and more ferocious than he’d been at their inauspicious first meeting. This time, an actual vein bulged at his temple.

“What possessed you?” His hand flew out, jabbing the air. “Have you lost your mind? What can you possibly hope to gain by lying like that? And not just any lie! Oh, no. This is the Grand Canyon of lies!” On and on he went, his words so scathing her skin should have blistered. He grabbed her elbow and perp-marched her toward the front door only to come to a dead stop and start yelling at her again. “How exactly do you expect this to play out? In what dim corner of your brain did you decide this would work?”

She answered honestly. “It was the only thing I could think of.”

“Think? You weren’t thinking at all!”

She grabbed his flailing arm. “You wrote down everything for them, right? You told them she has to sleep on her back and to be patient with her feedings. And— What if something goes wrong? What if they try to call us when we don’t have a signal? Did you give them the doctor’s phone number?” She moaned. “What did I do?”

“Wren is going to be fine,” he said. “You, on the other hand, are not!”

She couldn’t deal with him right now, not while Wren might be crying her heart out. She had to get away. Someplace. Anyplace. She snatched up her phone—her only lifeline to her baby—and fled, leaving Ian fuming behind her. “Come back here!”

She raced for the cabin, the only refuge she could think of. Please, Wren. Be your worst today. You can do it! You have to!

But what if she didn’t?

A cobweb broke across her face, and a deer ran across the trail. Her feet hit the bridge so hard the boards should have snapped. He wasn’t following her—either because he was afraid he’d kill her or because he knew she needed some time. She let herself into the cabin. It was blessedly empty.

As her heartbeat steadied, she called Fiona Lester at the B and B and learned the Dennings were getting settled. Fiona was understandably curious about the baby with them. “Friends of the family,” Tess stammered, and hung up before Fiona could ask more questions.

Knowing the Dennings hadn’t taken off for New Jersey with Wren didn’t ease her anxiety. They could change their minds at any time. She threw back the curtains, grabbed a broom, and abandoned it. She should crawl into bed and sleep, but she was too agitated.

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