Rescued by the Farmer

Author:Mia Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

After dropping Bekah at the clinic, Drew swung by the farm. When he walked into the kitchen, he let out a low whistle of appreciation. “Mom, you’ve outdone yourself. Again.”

“Do you think it’s enough food?” she asked, surveying the loaded-down table and counters with an anxious expression.

“For an army.”

She beamed at him, then nudged him with an elbow. “Don’t you worry. I made plenty of extra for you this week. There’s a stack of plastic containers in the fridge on the back porch.”

“Awesome. You know I’d die of hunger without you, right?”

“That’s not what I heard from my friends after church this morning,” she teased with a knowing smile. “Speaking of which, how’s Bekah today?”

Drew wasn’t quite sure how to answer that. He didn’t want to get her hopes up about him finally finding someone to be serious about, but he couldn’t deny that of all the women he’d dated, Bekah Holloway was by far the most intriguing of the bunch. Because he wasn’t ready to share that with anyone, he kept it simple. “Fine.”

“Fine,” she mimicked, adding a long-suffering sigh. “I wish your father was here, God rest him. You’d tell him everything that’s rattling around in that head of yours, and then he’d tell me, and I could quit wondering what in the world is going on with you.”

“Whattya mean?” he asked, popping a grape into his mouth. “If there was anything to tell, I would. It’s not like I live to torture you the way Mike does.”

“Our darling Lily has softened a lot of that out of him,” she said, affection bringing out the Irish lilt that still crept into her voice now and then. “I’m hoping someday you’ll find the one to help you do the same.”

“Well, when I do you’ll be the first to know. I promise.”

She rewarded him with a proud mother’s smile. “That’s my boy. You know you’re my favorite, don’t you?”

Drew grinned. It was an old family joke among the Kinleys, because all of them had been her favorite—and the bane of her existence—at one time or another. Standing, he kissed her cheek before picking up a huge camping jug full of ice water. “Yeah, I know. See you over there?”

“As soon as I make a few more peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches for the kids.”

Nodding, he lugged the water out to his truck and lifted it into the bed before returning for more of the food and drinks Mom had been preparing. Once he had it all, he closed the tailgate to keep everything from sliding out onto the rough field road that led to the rescue center. When he drove over the small hill, he couldn’t keep back a smile.

There were at least a dozen cars and trucks parked in the grass near the road, and some genius had thought to drop a Dumpster next to the ruined barn. Some of the same firefighters who’d answered the early-morning call were there, dressed in protective gear while they poked through the rubble, searching for hot spots.

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