Beloved Counterfeit
“She saw how it was: an overprotective brother intent on giving a slow groom a push toward the altar. What might that feel like? Still, she’d come this way in hopes she’d find someone altogether different: Micah Tate.
The basket on her arm held an offering of sorts. A few slices of bread, some of last night’s fried chicken, and the first slice of what promised to be a particularly tasty pie.
“Thank you, Ruby,” Viola said. “I’m much beholden to you.”
“Oh no,” she said as she turned her attention ...to the situation at hand, “though I wonder why it wouldn’t be a proper good idea to let your brother and the doctor have a conversation.”
Viola’s grin went south. “I, well, you see. . .”
Adjusting the basket, Ruby shook her head. “No need to explain. I’ll do what I can, though I can’t promise I’ll even find him.”
She needn’t have worried. Another turn down the street leading to the clinic, and she found Remy Dumont seemingly waiting for her. Something in the way he smiled made her wonder, though she quickly removed all traces of a grin in response.MoreLess
The basket on her arm held an offering of sorts. A few slices of bread, some of last night’s fried chicken, and the first slice of what promised to be a particularly tasty pie.
“Thank you, Ruby,” Viola said. “I’m much beholden to you.”
“Oh no,” she said as she turned her attention ...to the situation at hand, “though I wonder why it wouldn’t be a proper good idea to let your brother and the doctor have a conversation.”
Viola’s grin went south. “I, well, you see. . .”
Adjusting the basket, Ruby shook her head. “No need to explain. I’ll do what I can, though I can’t promise I’ll even find him.”
She needn’t have worried. Another turn down the street leading to the clinic, and she found Remy Dumont seemingly waiting for her. Something in the way he smiled made her wonder, though she quickly removed all traces of a grin in response.MoreLess
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