Beckett's Convenient Bride (2003)
“After running the man down, she could hardly walk off and leave him there. He was injured, possibly even ill. It was only natural to be uneasy—any normal person would be uneasy.
All right, so she was more than uneasy, she was scared stiff. But she was still functioning, and under the circumstances that was pretty cool.
With shaking fingers, she dialed the Crab House. “Look, Jeff—I might be a few minutes late coming on shift, but I’m going to stop by first, and could you please have a quart of chicken soup ready to go?” She listened, darting quick glances toward the living room. “Uh-huh—that’s right, he found me.”
Someone had been asking questions about her? And she’d been fool enough to drag him home with her. Maybe her grandfather was right—she was a clear case of arrested development.
But the man had known her full name. That had brought her up short, and before she could come to her senses curiosity had outweighed fear, and now she was stuck with him.
Fortunately, he was out like a... light, as she simply wasn’t up to the job of dragging him out and dumping him beside the road.MoreLess
All right, so she was more than uneasy, she was scared stiff. But she was still functioning, and under the circumstances that was pretty cool.
With shaking fingers, she dialed the Crab House. “Look, Jeff—I might be a few minutes late coming on shift, but I’m going to stop by first, and could you please have a quart of chicken soup ready to go?” She listened, darting quick glances toward the living room. “Uh-huh—that’s right, he found me.”
Someone had been asking questions about her? And she’d been fool enough to drag him home with her. Maybe her grandfather was right—she was a clear case of arrested development.
But the man had known her full name. That had brought her up short, and before she could come to her senses curiosity had outweighed fear, and now she was stuck with him.
Fortunately, he was out like a... light, as she simply wasn’t up to the job of dragging him out and dumping him beside the road.MoreLess
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