Her Holiday Protector by Lenora Worth

Author:Lenora Worth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

After her brother left, Rikki sat staring out the waiting room window.

The night was dark and full of thunder and lightning. A persistent wind lifted the red bows tied around the huge posts supporting the ER portico. She shivered and felt a hand on her arm. Then a warm leather coat over her shoulders.

Blain’s hand. Blain’s coat.

“You don’t have to stay,” she said. “I have guards all around me.”

He sat down beside her. “I’m taking you home. You can’t see your father again until tomorrow, anyway, so you need to get some rest.”

Feeling torn, she tugged the big jacket closer around her shoulders. The smell of old leather and spicy aftershave assaulted her with an overwhelming, endearing need. She was thankful for Blain at that moment, thankful that God had sent her a strong protector.

She could live right here in this warm cocoon that shouted Blain. But she needed to check on her mother. And she needed to know that no one would hurt her father. That realization left her surprised and off-kilter.

“What do I do, Blain?” she asked, surrendering to the need to let someone else help her for a change. “What do I do? My friend is dead, my ex-boyfriend is dead, and my family is at risk. My brother who never confides in me is obviously going through some sort of crisis in his marriage. I’ve been so out of touch and now that I’m back, everything is falling apart.”

“Maybe things were already falling apart before you got here.”

She hadn’t considered that. Had Tessa’s murder just been part of something bigger and even more sinister? “I don’t know whom to believe.”

He lifted her up, his hands on her elbows. “I don’t have all the answers, but right now you’re coming with me.”

Rikki glanced at the nurses’ station. “I should check—”

“He’s stable,” Blain said. “And we have a man at his door.”

“Okay.” She gave in and allowed him to guide her out the double doors and into the parking lot. A lone, fake Christmas tree in the center of a tiny park sparkled with brightly colored lights. Rikki had to keep reminding herself that this was supposed to be a season of love and peace but she expected something terrible around every corner. Too many shadows overpowered the bright lights. But she knew God was in control, no matter how she tried to fix things.

Blain held her in the crook of his arm, his gaze moving all around the nearly empty hospital parking lot. When they got to his vehicle, she noticed he was driving a big truck tonight. He opened the passenger-side door and helped her up but the truck was high and she was too short to make the step.

Blain lifted her without even a grunt and placed her on the seat. When their eyes met, a soothing warmth flooded her entire system like a warm ocean current. His midnight eyes moved over her face to settle on her lips. He held her there, his gaze washing her in a longing that only mirrored the one in her heart.

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