Ashes And Memories
“Emma said, forcing a slight smile. “I feel so foolish.” Doctor Stevens smiled in return. “Those are very bad blisters, Miss Parker, and blisters can be extremely painful.”He had treated her hands with gentleness and efficiency, and had talked to her the whole time, drawing her out, putting her at ease. She gazed into sky-blue eyes, compassionate eyes, eyes as clear and unmarred as Reece MacBride’s were clouded and dark.Emma forced her mind away from Reece MacBride, away from the memory of the d...arkness in those eyes. It reminded her far too much of the darkness that had destroyed her father in the end. Instead, she concentrated on the doctor’s words and his tender touch.“When did you arrive in Providence?” he asked.“Yesterday.”It seemed impossible that her life could have been altered so drastically in that length of time.She remembered sitting beside her father’s body for hours, praying for an angel of mercy to come along and help her, but the man who had stopped seemed more like the devil himself.Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, she reminded herself, recalling the gun he’d worn so easily and the danger she’d sensed just beneath the surface veneer of civilization.She remembered, too, that damned southern accent of his that had the power to catapult her back to Tennessee, back home where she’d been so happy until war had destroyed everything.“How much do I owe you?”MoreLess
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