The Ghost and Miss Hallam: A Time Travel Romance (Lavender, Texas Series Book 1) by Bartholomew Barbara

Author:Bartholomew, Barbara [Bartholomew, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2012-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lynne was up and clothed and tiptoeing out of the house before either her dad or brother began to stir. Today she’d dressed the opposite of the way she’d been clad for her last hospital visit. That time she’d been in suit and high heels, today she wore faded and torn jeans, a mega-sized knit shirt and boots. She resolved to buy a Texas style Stetson next time she went to town.

The drive into Elk City was a long one and if she sometimes thought she was out in the hills alone, she was disabused of that notion as she drove, encountering trucks and pickups galore, most of them headed for the oil fields, though not a few were concerned with the areas’ extensive wind farms. This wasn’t just ranch country, it was energy country as well, and many of the ranchers had held on to their family lands because of the money coming in from oil, gas, or wind.

She stopped on the edge of town to get coffee and a sweet roll, eating and drinking as she drove through town to the hospital. In her pony tail and blue jeans, she knew well enough that she’d dropped several years from her apparent age and hoped no one would recognize her as the Mrs. Hallam who had last paid a visit here.

Brushing crumbs from her shirt, she downed the last of her coffee for courage and climbed out of her car to walk toward the front door, where automatic doors swung aside to allow her to enter. The hospital was only a half dozen years old and was more new and shiny than most city hospitals. The volunteer at the reception desk gave her a hurried smile as she went past without stopping, but didn’t show any sign of recognition.

She headed straight toward the elevators and soon stood outside the critical care unit. This was the hard part. If Moss was only in a regular room, she could slip in to see him easily enough, but this place was carefully watched and monitored.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter with a middle-aged man and woman who were talking about visiting ‘Dad,’ she entered without being particularly noticed and when they passed Moss’s quarters simply went in the door instead and began to breathe easier as she looked down at his damaged body and the face obscured by a ventilator.

“Moss,” she whispered, bending close because she wanted him to hear her without attracting the attention of the nurses, “It’s me, Lynne. I managed to sneak in, but I don’t know how long I’ll get away with it. I just wanted you to know I’m here and doing everything I can to keep you safe.”

She managed only a few words of comfort before the administrator himself walked in. He didn’t immediately recognize her and started to apologize for the intrusion on her visit, then he looked more closely and his face turned red.

“You will leave immediately, Miss Hallam,” he yelled, “Or I will be forced to call security.

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