Summer Brides by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2015-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dalton did his best to keep his truck from sliding on the ice, but it was like bumper cars on Highway 77. He’d never heard the term black ice until yesterday, when everyone was talking about the weather in Oklahoma. But when he tried to steer into a skid the way he’d always heard, he just kept sliding. He cringed as he sideswiped another truck. Not a minute later, someone slammed into him. This was insane, and the sleet was coming down hard now. He pulled into a grocery store parking lot along with a lot of other people who were getting off the icy highway.

He managed to park, then pondered his next move. First priority was to make sure Alyssa was okay since she hadn’t answered her phone. He was relieved when she picked up after the first ring. “You okay? Where are you?” he asked.

“I’m still at the boutique. I think the bluff is too slick for me to get home.”

“Oh man. I shouldn’t have left until you were ready. And I didn’t even make it home to wrap my pipes. It’s crazy on the roads. I can’t even see, it’s sleeting so hard. You’re better off staying put. I’m sorry you’re by yourself, though.”

Silence.

“Alyssa. You okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine. But I’m not alone.” There was a long pause. “Brendan is here.”

Dalton’s chest tightened. “I knew he was there to bother you. Hold on—I’m coming back to get you.”

“No. Listen to me, Dalton. This thing is bad. People have died in Bastrop.”

He cringed as he watched a woman fall down in front of the store. But once she was up, he refocused on Alyssa. “I’m in the HEB parking lot. That’s not very far. I can get there okay.”

“No! Please, Dalton. Just go inside the store like everyone else. No one here knows how to drive in this.”

“Okay, you win.” He stifled a string of curse words on the edge of his tongue, then climbed out of his truck and started taking slow, careful steps toward the store as the sleet pounded his cheeks.

“I love you, Alyssa.” He couldn’t hear whether or not she responded, and by the time he got inside he’d lost service. He couldn’t stand the fact that Alyssa was with Brendan, but that was better than her being alone. And Dalton knew how much Brendan loved Alyssa. He wouldn’t let anything happen to her. And right now that was the most important thing.

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