Slow Fever (Freedom Valley) by Cait London

Author:Cait London [London, Cait]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2010-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

“You’re kidding!” Karolina exclaimed in disbelief that night. She turned to Kylie, sitting next to her on the bed in Anna’s upstairs room. “Michael said it was okay for your ex-husband and his pregnant new wife to stay at his house?”

“They could have stayed here.” The room was just as she had left it at nineteen. The quilt on her single bed had been made by her mother, a feminine blend of pale blues and pinks and creams. Pictures of her in high school as a cheerleader and as a graduate, ran across the antique dresser that her father had refinished for her. Kylie wiggled her toes, mourned the lack of a good reflexology treatment and a pedicure, and studied the rug her mother had braided from discarded clothing. She inhaled the fragrance of the dried herbs and lavender that Gwyneth had thoughtfully placed in the old glass vase. The hope chest her father had made her when she was young stood against one wall, an array of worn and beloved dolls propped over it. She’d filled it with embroidery, because she and Miranda wanted to please their mother. “I can’t bear to open my hope chest. It’s like a step back into time. I’m a different person than I was then.”

“Mmm. Don’t hand me that. More curves, just as caring and sweet.”

The springs on Kylie’s single bed creaked as Karolina raised her legs to the bed and crossed them. “Mmm. Motives. Why would Michael offer his house to your ex? No one has ever been in it, but his women and your mother. All of a sudden, it’s open house time? The pieces don’t fit. Why?”

“I simply explained to him that I was getting more business than I could handle, and eventually I hoped to take on help. Leon and Sharon are in financial straits now and with the baby coming…basically, Leon called and he needs work. He’s willing to take lower wages in return for a place to stay.”

“Where will Michael stay?”

“I suppose he’ll stay in his house. It’s just a temporary thing, but Michael was adamant once I told him that they might be staying here for a while. He didn’t think the stairs would be good for Sharon, since she’s pregnant, and he has a single level home. I thought his offer was very generous.”

“I’ll bet.” Karolina’s eyes narrowed on her friend. “He doesn’t want you around Leon, that’s why. I warned him off you after that kiss at the Silver Dollar, but I can see I’ll have to step in and—uh! You just hit me with a pillow! Bet you meals for a week that you can’t get into Michael’s house—uh!”

“Why would I want to? Uh!” Kylie grabbed the pillow that had just hit her.

“Bet he keeps files and has a hidden wall layered with weapons. He’s probably got shrunken heads and spears and bombs and I’d kill to get his black book. I’ll bet it’s got numbers in it that you wouldn’t find anywhere.” The phone interrupted her suspicions.

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