Doc Griffin's Christmas Sleigh: A Wyldhaven Series Christmas Romance Novella by Lynnette Bonner

Author:Lynnette Bonner [Bonner, Lynnette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serene Lake Publishing
Published: 2019-10-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Kin tromped up the Kastain’s kitchen steps and knocked on the door. Belle and Susan were of course in town at the boardinghouse, where they both worked in the kitchen. But Zoe ought to be home with her younger siblings.

She answered the kitchen door with a towel in her hands and Kin swept off his hat, wishing he’d remembered to do it before she answered. He motioned with it toward the little family huddled in the yard. “Hi, Zoe. These are the Carvers.”

Zoe’s quick gaze swept over them before she smiled. “Hello.”

He swallowed. Zoe was quite stunning when her face lit up like that. Her red hair was piled high on her head, but several strands had escaped to tease her face. And her eyes… Had he ever noticed how blue they were before?

“Kin?” She was frowning at him.

“Uh yeah.” He cleared his throat and stepped back. “The older brother is down with something serious. They were going into town for Doc when I came across them. I wondered if they could stay in that room at the back of your barn?”

To Kin’s relief she immediately took charge. “Of course.” She turned to the Carvers with a smile, tossing the towel she’d been holding onto the kitchen sideboard before she stepped out onto the porch. “We’d be happy to have you stay in our barn. I’m so sorry your brother is sick.” Zoe bounded down the steps and reached for the crate Maude was still holding. “Here let me take that from you. Is this your stuff?”

“Be careful not to tilt that,” Kin rushed to say. With Zoe’s propensity to act first and think later, he didn’t want to end up losing the only part of this morning that might still be salvaged.

Zoe stilled and met his gaze, then glanced down at the crate with curiosity.

“Those are some pies I was supposed to be delivering out to the Rodante place on my way to the train station this morning.”

“Oh. Well, we will get the delivery taken care of for you.” Zoe propped the crate haphazardly against one hip.

Kin winced, imagining the contents of Mrs. Griffin’s pies sliding right on out of the pie tins.

But Zoe didn’t seem to notice. She snapped her fingers at her little brother, Aidan, who had appeared in the doorway with the twins behind him. “Aidan you get some kindling chopped and get a fire going in that old wood stove in the room at the back of the barn. Shiloh, go into the house and get a set of sheets and every extra blanket we’ve got. We’ll need to make up the bed in that room. Sharon, here.” She thrust the crate at her younger sister, and Kin was much relieved to see that Sharon handled the cargo with much more care. “You take this down the road to the Rodante place for Kin. Make sure that Mrs. Rodante knows what it is. And make sure you don’t bobble it. We don’t want the pies to get ruined.

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