Lost and Found Groom by McLinn Patricia

Author:McLinn, Patricia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781939215109
Publisher: Craig Place Books
Published: 2014-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Three days later, Kendra called “Come in” to a perfunctory knock on her back door, and braced herself.

She’d seen the strange car pull up beside the pickup Luke had parked in her drive while he worked on the fence. She’d suspected, but she hadn’t known for certain until he got out of the car, that the driver was Daniel.

She hadn’t seen him or talked to him since their confrontation at the newspaper office, and now her heart gave a jolt at the sight of him, wearing old jeans, work boots and a flannel shirt.

“Hello, Daniel,” she made herself say in a coolly neutral tone.

He stopped just inside the door.

“Kendra.”

“Matthew’s asleep.”

“I figured he would be. I have some things to tell you.”

“I’m working, as you can see.” She tipped her head toward the table, where she’d spread Marti’s research for the supplement’s article about old Fort Big Horn. “Nap time is one of my few uninterrupted times–usually uninterrupted,” she amended pointedly.

“This won’t take long. These are for you.”

He pulled a sheaf of papers from the back pocket of his jeans and planted them on the counter near her hand. They were slightly curved, molded by his body.

She started to reach for them, then halted. Molded by his body–and warmed by it as well? She dropped her hand to her side.

When she didn’t take the papers, he picked up the top one.

“I turned in my rental and bought a car. This is a copy of the certificate that a car seat has been properly installed.”

He dropped that to the counter, starting a new pile beside the original one.

“I’ve left the motel and rented a place out on Kaycee Road. I moved in this morning. This is the address and my phone number.”

That paper joined the first one.

He’d bought a car? Rented a place to live?

“But you’re leaving in a few months.”

“Actually, I’m leaving tomorrow morning, but only for a few days. And this–” He shifted another sheet from the original pile to the new one. “–is a number where I can be reached at all times while I’m gone.”

“I mean your leave of absence–to buy a car and move when your leave will be over, and then you’ll go back to your job and your old life and–”

“The rental company wouldn’t let me put the child seat in and I got tired of the motel.” He tapped the third sheet again. “If I’m not there, leave a phone number and I’ll be back to you in less than five minutes.”

“But–”

“This is a college savings account I opened in Matthew’s name, with you and me as guardians.” Another paper joined the pile.

Because she was touched despite herself, her words came out stiff. “I have a college fund for Matthew.”

“Enough to cover four years? Any school he wants?”

“No, of course not. Not yet. He’s only two–”

“Then more won’t hurt. These are copies of my government benefits, with Matthew now named as beneficiary.” He flipped several more sheets from the old pile to the new pile.

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