Island Hope (Wildflower B&B Romance Book 4) by Johnson Kimberly Rose

Author:Johnson, Kimberly Rose [Johnson, Kimberly Rose]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Wildflower B&B Romance, Book 4
Publisher: Mountain Brook Ink
Published: 2016-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

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Late that same afternoon Derrick walked into his kitchen, determined to tell Alyssa that he planned to date Hope. Sure, she’d given her blessing, but now that it was really happening, he wanted her to know in case she had any concerns.

Alyssa sat at the kitchen table with her sleeves pushed up, staring at her forearms. She looked at him wearing a huge smile. “Look!” She raised an arm. “Don’t you love it? Hope is the coolest! I can’t believe she did this for me.”

A brownish-colored tattoo cluttered her arm. How and when did Hope have time to do this? Derrick’s gut twisted. He fisted his hands by his side and counted to ten.

Hope had assured him it was against the law to tattoo a minor. But if that were the case how did his daughter manage this?

“Isn’t it great? I got this one too.” Alyssa held out her other arm.

Time seemed to stop as he stared at the heart tattoo with Gabe’s name inside. His brain finally unscrambled. “It’s something all right. Hope did this to you?”

“Yes. It was her surprise.”

No wonder she refused to tell him. She knew how he felt yet she went behind his back and did this? Rage burned through him. “I’ll be back.” He grabbed his keys and stormed out of the house. Hope had some explaining to do. He slipped on his helmet, mounted his bike, and took off.

Overcome with the feeling he needed to stop and think before he confronted Hope, he pulled over and sat there. A light breeze rustled the leaves on nearby maple trees. He killed the engine and paced. Showing up at the B&B furious would not serve anyone well. He liked Hope—a lot, although he was angrier with her than he’d ever been with anyone.

He’d finally convinced some of the busybody women in town that he could do a good job raising his daughter alone and that they didn’t need to keep interfering, and now this. All the gossip and dirty looks would start up again. He could handle those women, even if he didn’t care to, but what about his daughter? She didn’t need to be exposed to their ignorance. When Alyssa was younger she had no idea what people were saying, but she’d surely hear the gossip now.

Lord, please help me to calm down and not say or do anything I’ll regret. He did not anger easily, except when it came to someone messing with his family. Didn’t Hope understand how dangerous what she did was? What if Alyssa got an infection? Then again, how did Hope get her hands on the equipment? Sure she was an artist, but wouldn’t she have to be licensed or certified or whatever it was called? Maybe the tattoo wasn’t real. That had to be it, but Hope should at least have talked to him before inking up his daughter’s arms. Alyssa could have an allergic reaction and then what?

Or even worse, Hope could have bought a low quality or bad batch of ink.

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