Mercy's Rescue - Will he be the anchor this angel of mercy needs to bring her feet to the ground? (Bling! Romance) by Debra Holt

Author:Debra Holt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Bling! Romance
Published: 2015-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Mercy? Mercy Ann!”

Just about to step into the elevator, Mercy heard her name called again. There was something different this time. Mercy paused and looked straight at the source of the voice calling her … her mother!

Jan Smith stood in the lobby, looking at her daughter with a mixture of surprise and joy. Relief rushed through her, and Mercy closed the gap between them quickly. The two of them hugged each other tightly.

“Mom! I’m so glad to see you. We’ve been looking for you for hours.”

“We? Who is with you?” Her mother stepped back to look about the lobby.

“That would be me.” Josh came to stand close by, a fine sheen of perspiration on his forehead. A muscle twitched in his jaw, and his eyes held a different emotion than before when they settled on Mercy.

His leg. She had been a thoughtless fool. He had no business running like he had. And all the walking they had done from chapel to chapel. What was he thinking?

No, what was I thinking?

She was no better than his fake fiancée. Being a medical professional, she should have known better. She chastised herself for his obvious pain.

“Joshua, it’s good to see you again.”

Larry came upon the trio and chimed in, “Yes, it is.” His arm slipped around Jan’s shoulder after he and Josh shook hands. “We didn’t expect to see anyone we knew at this late hour.” His gaze went to Josh.

“Sorry about that,” Josh replied.

“Mom, we need to talk,” Mercy announced.

“Right now? It’s getting late.”

“Right now. I’ve come a long way to speak to you. Please?”

“Why don’t we let the men get a cool drink, and we’ll take a walk.” Her mother took charge, and for once Mercy gladly followed her lead. She didn’t look in Josh’s direction, but she could feel his eyes boring into her back as they walked away.

They passed through the lobby and across the patio to a small terrace with a view of the gardens and pool. They found an unoccupied bench and sat down.

“Okay, Mercy. Let’s hear it. What did your brothers send you here to tell me?”

“If you know they sent me, then you know what the message is.”

“Yes. So for brevity, let’s say you delivered the message, and I listened. Now tell me what you’re doing here with Josh.”

“What? I’m not with Josh. He just happened to come along when he heard about the wedding. And I can’t believe you would even consider running off to Las Vegas, of all places. This isn’t you, Mother. I suppose Larry is behind all of this change.”

“We didn’t run off. If we were running off, then no one would know where we went. But I told your brothers, and they told you. Larry also told Josh. So we didn’t run off. This was a mutual decision Larry and I made, Mercy.”

“When you were telling all these people, why didn’t you call me?”

“Maybe because I knew what your reaction would be. Just possibly, I wanted to be able to enjoy the spontaneity of the moment and not have to argue with anyone.

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