The Bargain by Desiree Holt

Author:Desiree Holt [Holt, Desiree]
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC
Published: 2010-03-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Tara had no idea what to do next. She could always go back to her house, taking Molly with her. She had kept the place as a backstop in case this stupid bargain came apart. But even in her darkest thoughts, she’d never envisioned anything like this.

The doorbell rang just as she finished feeding Molly her lunch. She tried ignoring it, even when it rang three more times. There wasn’t a person in the world she wanted to see right now. The ringing stopped, but heavy pounding on the door replaced it.

Then she heard Lindsey’s voice. “Tara, if you don’t open this door and let me in, I’m breaking a window and coming in that way. You don’t want to do that to a pregnant woman, do you?”

Reluctantly, she opened the front door. Lindsey stood there, her eyes intent on Tara’s face. Emilio was just behind her.

“You look like hell,” she said. “Come on.” She grabbed Tara’s arm and marched her into the kitchen, Emilio on her heels.

Molly was banging noisily on her highchair tray. The little girl looked up at everyone and smiled, showing two new teeth. Lindsey sat Tara down in a chair, found a teething cookie in the pantry and handed it to the baby.

“All right.” She dropped into a chair. “Don’t open your mouth until I’m finished. I know what happened last night and before you start feeling uncomfortable and trying to hide, Jake had to tell me because he was worried about you.”

“Jake knows?” Tara’s face turned red then white. “Oh, my god. Everything?”

“And Sean,” Lindsey added.

“Has Cole told the whole world?” Tara’s eyes filled with tears. She covered her face with her hands.

Lindsey tugged gently at her hands, forcing Tara to look at her. “He didn’t want to tell anyone, but when Jake found him holed up at the office this morning, Cole was close to suicidal, so Jake got the whole story out of him.”

Tara shook her head. “I was thinking of taking Molly to my place for a while. I can’t face anyone right now.”

“You listen to me.” Lindsey leaned forward, forcing Tara to look at her. “I am not going to leave you alone, no matter what you say. You’re coming out to the ranch for a few days.”

When Tara started to protest again, Lindsey just shook her head. “Everything’s already set up. You and Molly will have my old room. You don’t have to do anything but sit. Luisa’s wonderful about taking care of people with emotional wounds. I should know. She did it for me many times.”

“Oh, Lindsey, I can’t. Thank you but that’s impossible.” She covered her face with her hands again. “There are things you don’t know.”

Lindsey was adamant. “Being alone is the worst thing you can do. Cole is a good, decent man, who suffered a terrible blow, but it’s time for him to deal with it. Then the two of you need to talk.”

“I can’t talk to him.” Tara shook her head. “I can’t face myself, much less him.

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