Hannah: Mail Order Brides Of Wichita Falls Book #5 by Cyndi Raye

Hannah: Mail Order Brides Of Wichita Falls Book #5 by Cyndi Raye

Author:Cyndi Raye [Raye, Cyndi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: mail order brides, clean & wholesome, frontier & poineer western fiction, Romance, inspirational romance, western romance, victorian historical romance, short soties, american, american mail order brides, clean reads, clean and wholesome, inspirational
Publisher: Cyndi Raye
Published: 2016-06-11T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter 5

Marni came running from the house the moment the buck board came to a halt, her hand favoring her hip. “What happened?”

Max lifted Hannah up. “She’s hurt. Someone tried to run her over.”

Hannah moaned softly when he took her in his arms and began to carry her inside. Max brushed his lips across her hair, pressing softly. “Everything is fine now, Hannah. Your home.”

Marni followed behind, ordering Mary to get some water boiling. He carried her to her suite and placed her body gently on her bed after Marni rolled down the cover. Max sat on the edge of the bed holding her hand.

“I’m fine,” she whispered, exhaustion evident in her voice.

Max brought her hand to his mouth. He held her sweet skin there for a moment until Mary came through the door with a bowl of warm water and some clean rags. Dipping one cloth in the water, Marni blotted it on her cheeks. She winced.

“Let me do that,” Max ordered. “Marni, can you go wait for the doctor. He should be coming along shortly.”

Mary stood by Max watching as he carefully squeezed the cloth again, cleaning her face, erasing the dust from the street.

“That feels nice,” Hannah whispered, her voice barely audible. She blinked several times. “I’m sorry, Max.”

The cloth stilled against her cheek. “What are you sorry for, Hannah? It isn’t your fault someone else was so careless.”

“People are mean. I wanted to buy material for curtains. That old coot in the mercantile tried to charge me triple the cost.”

Max tried to control his temper. “Hannah, did someone mistreat you?”

“They don’t like me. Or you.” Her eyes flew open. He watched her struggle with trying to stay awake.

Max turned to Mary. “Go see if the doctor is on his way. Hurry.”

“I’m fine, Max. Let me sleep and I’ll be fine.”

From experience, Max knew she didn’t dare fall asleep. He felt around her head, pressing gently along her hairline to make sure she didn’t have any lumps from the fall. Sure enough, a small knot on the side near her temple stuck out like a sore thumb. He placed the warm cloth over the lump, making her wince. “I’m afraid you can’t go to sleep yet. You may have a concussion.”

She yawned. Max took another pillow and pulled her forward, placing it behind her head. He was concerned about her arm. She was still holding it with her other hand. Someone would pay for this, he vowed. Getting the townsfolk to accept him was one thing but he would not tolerate abuse.

Doc Smith was really an animal doctor, not so much for humans but he was all the town had. Max wasn’t too pleased about that and vowed to hire a doctor himself after this was all over. This town would change their ways and he’d be the one to make sure they did, even if he had to spend every dime of his fathers to do so.

The doc came in through the door protesting how he had to birth some calves over on the Zimmers farm and this would tie him up.



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