The Doctor's Reason to Stay by Dianne Drake

Author:Dianne Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460376652
Publisher: Harlequin

CHAPTER SIX

“RAFE, I need your help.” Rick Navarro’s voice came over the cell phone.

He’d barely had time to check on Molly. So far, she was sound asleep. Resting pretty comfortably, actually. Now he was sitting in a chair, staring out the window at the night sky, hoping for sunrise, hoping for a new day to begin, seeing that he’d gone and messed the old one in ways he didn’t even want to think about.

It could have been a simple kiss, should have been a simple kiss…Hell, who was he kidding? He’d wanted Edie like he’d never wanted another woman in his life. Hence the topic of his current thoughts. Why had he wanted Edie like that? He wasn’t kidding himself about the answer. It was about a lot more than just the physical urges. A whole lot more.

The thing was, he wasn’t finding an answer. Or maybe he didn’t want to find one. But now it didn’t matter. Rick was on the phone, saying something about needing him.

“I can’t come. Molly’s sick,” Rafe said.

“That’s what Edie just told me. So I’ve got Summer Adair on her way over to look after Molly. She was your aunt’s nurse.”

He’d talked to Edie? How was Edie sounding? he wondered. Just as confused as he was? “What’s the emergency?”

“Accident. We have casualties…multiple car pile-up out on Route 9. Roberts Turn. Small van full of children involved.”

Children involved. Suddenly everything else in his mind was pushed aside. “Any other information?”

“Not yet. I’m on my way to the scene. We’ve got fire-fighters on the way, and I’ve called some extra staff into the hospital. Don’t know what to expect, though. Reports from the scene are pretty spotty.”

“OK, I’ll be there as soon as your nurse shows up. I’m probably twenty minutes out once I hit the road.” Without a car! Or ten minutes by horse. As soon as Rick hung up, he called the stable and asked Johnny to saddle Donder. The way it turned out, Johnny was ready to ride with Rafe by the time he reached the stable.

“Just keeping track of the horses,” the older man said.

“Or keeping track of me,” Rafe said, climbing up into the saddle.

“I’m not saying that you’re out of practice or anything, but it’s been a while since you’ve had a good hard ride, and I just want to make sure nobody gets hurt.”

Rafe smiled. “Me or the horses?”

“Your aunt did love her horses, son. But as far as I could tell, she loved you, too. Don’t expect she’d have wanted either you, or her horses, getting hurt none.”

Taking the reins, Rafe turned Donder toward the stable doors, wondering how often doctors made house calls on horseback these days. In a way, he liked it. “Giddyup,” he said, nudging the stallion in the side.

Donder whinnied, snorted in a deep breath, then Rafe was off. Black horse, black night. Somehow he felt exhilarated, felt more alive than he had since…since he couldn’t remember when.

Too bad it was Lilly Lake doing

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.