The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber [Macomber, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488095856
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2003-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“My mother!” Jenna repeated in shock. “What’s she doing here?”

Reid expelled his breath. “How would I know?”

“There’s no need to snap at me.”

He didn’t respond.

“Dalton’s flying her in?” Jenna wanted to be sure she was clear on this.

“That was him on the radio,” Reid said. “Apparently Lover Boy’s coming to collect you.”

“Stop calling him that.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“You’re deliberately trying to irritate me and I refuse to let you.”

Once again, he didn’t respond, which was just as well. Although she claimed he hadn’t upset her, it wasn’t true. She was furious with him, and by all indications, the feeling was mutual—although she didn’t know why. Reid didn’t have a single thing to be angry about. Okay, he didn’t like Dalton, but surely Dalton was more her problem than his? And in addition to the Arctic gigolo, she had to deal with her lunatic if loving mother.

Reid taxied back to where the plane had originally been parked. Jim was outside to greet him, wearing a puzzled expression when Reid turned off the engine and climbed out.

Jenna didn’t wait for him to come around to help her, knowing that in his present frame of mind he was just as likely to leave her sitting in the cockpit.

“What’s wrong?” Jim asked.

“We’ve got company of the unwelcome variety,” Reid told his friend.

“Dalton?”

Reid nodded.

“My mother’s with him,” Jenna inserted.

“Your mother!” Jim repeated and looked at Reid who shrugged.

The three of them stood there staring south as a speck appeared in the sky and slowly advanced toward them. Jenna’s heart thundered. This was the moment she’d been waiting for all these weeks and months, but she experienced none of the anticipation she had when she’d first arrived in Alaska. Instead, a growing sense of dread filled her. And the fact that her mother was accompanying Dalton complicated everything.

The Cessna began its descent and attracted the attention of the others in town.

“Who’s that?” Jake asked, coming out from his café.

“Any other women?” Pete demanded, stepping up next to Jenna.

“My mother,” she whispered, and then she remembered how interested Pete had been in her when she’d landed in Snowbound. “Hands off, understand?” She narrowed her eyes at him, letting it be known that she wouldn’t approve of any flirting with Chloe.

Pete sighed forlornly. “Why is it,” he muttered, “that there’s a hands-off policy for every woman who comes here?”

“Depends on the hands,” Palmer guffawed.

Jenna gave him a stern look. “Mom isn’t staying long,” she told Pete.

“Why not?” Addy asked, sidling up to Jenna. “We don’t get much company in these parts.”

“We could have another party,” Palmer suggested.

“I think we’ve had all the partying we can take,” Reid gruffly informed the pair, who grumbled something unintelligible.

The entire town had gathered at the airstrip by the time the Cessna landed. Jenna held her breath as the wheels touched down on the hard-packed snow. The two-seater plane came to a stop within eight feet of where Reid had parked his own Cessna.

Jenna’s mother waved at her as though she were a beauty queen on parade.

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