Gunner (Reynolds Protective Book 3) by Dr. Rebecca Sharp

Author:Dr. Rebecca Sharp [Sharp, Dr. Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-25T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

DELLA

“Are you sure we should be leaving?” I chewed on my bottom lip and glanced at Gunner over the console.

“Yes,” came his staunch reply as he turned off Main Street.

From the moment he’d found me at the breakfast buffet, my fake smile splitting my cheeks in my attempt to assure all the guests that everything was perfectly fine when the uneasy knot in my stomach said that it wasn’t, Gunner hadn’t wavered in his determination to keep us out of the hotel for the day.

“And you’re sure the baby’s okay?” he added, his hand twisting on the wheel.

My hand drifted to my stomach. “She’s fine. Better than fine. Better than me,” I joked weakly, turning my gaze to the passing scenery.

Blue stretched for as far as the eye could see, the sky the deepest sapphire. As much as I hated to admit it, I was glad to be in his car. I was glad to be driving away from the scene of what happened last night. My emotions had been whipped from one extreme to another so quickly it was almost twelve hours later, and my head was still spinning.

Last night felt fake. His shout. The way he grabbed me. The thing that stuck out the most was how long it took me to scream—how long it took me to realize that what was happening was real. And then everything that followed was like the tipping of dominos, one after another, before I could do anything. Mike and Andy had brought me to my room as Gunner instructed them. Of course, they’d called my dad. Next thing I knew, Mom was there, Dad on the phone—on a plane from wherever he’d been to come back to Wisdom.

I lost count of how many times I assured them that I was fine—they wouldn’t believe it.

Then this morning, Dad got to my room, and the very first thing he did after making sure I was okay was to tell me he was going to fix everything. We argued. This wasn’t his problem to fix. Our stalemate ended when Mom took me for an emergency appointment with Dr. Weng, and Dad went to meet with Gunner to figure out how this could’ve happened. After my appointment, we’d rushed right back because I refused to let Dad step in and take all the hard things from me.

People. Questions. Answers. Apologies.

On top of that, it took everything in me not to cry when I saw the dining room. So close to being done and now… it was a mess. Everything was a mess.

It was a constant spin cycle until Gunner appeared and took my shoulders—steadied me—and explained every instruction he’d given to his team as far as cleaning up the debris and getting the project back on track.

‘How do I make this right?’

‘Comp all the guests their charge for last night.’

His answer had been so simple—so clear. So needed. And as soon as I agreed, he’d let Carolyn and Darla at the reception desk know before deciding there was nothing more I could do at the hotel today and that we needed to go.

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