Nathan's Child (2003)
“Carin struggled up, dazed, then worried. It was just past seven. Who would be knocking at this hour?
All she could think was that something had happened to Miss Saffron. The old lady didn’t have a phone. Maybe she’d fallen and someone had found her and needed to call Doc Rasmussen. She fumbled into her robe, cursed her cast and, not even bothering to comb her hair, she hurried down the stairs and jerked open the door.
It was Nathan. He grinned at her.
Carin stared, nonplussed, aware of her unco...mbed hair and hastily donned robe in the face of his freshly shaved bright-eyed face. “Nathan? I thought—” She dragged a hand through her hair. “What are you doing here?”
“Picking up Lacey.”
“Now? It’s seven o’clock! She’s not even up.”
“Well, if you were at my house, I could have woken her and you wouldn’t be bothered.”
He was baiting her, Carin knew. She deliberately didn’t respond to it. “I’ll get her up. You can come back later.”
Instead he stepped past her into the living room.MoreLess
All she could think was that something had happened to Miss Saffron. The old lady didn’t have a phone. Maybe she’d fallen and someone had found her and needed to call Doc Rasmussen. She fumbled into her robe, cursed her cast and, not even bothering to comb her hair, she hurried down the stairs and jerked open the door.
It was Nathan. He grinned at her.
Carin stared, nonplussed, aware of her unco...mbed hair and hastily donned robe in the face of his freshly shaved bright-eyed face. “Nathan? I thought—” She dragged a hand through her hair. “What are you doing here?”
“Picking up Lacey.”
“Now? It’s seven o’clock! She’s not even up.”
“Well, if you were at my house, I could have woken her and you wouldn’t be bothered.”
He was baiting her, Carin knew. She deliberately didn’t respond to it. “I’ll get her up. You can come back later.”
Instead he stepped past her into the living room.MoreLess
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