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| a3fb957 | The September afternoon was pleasant and sunny and she could see that Luke was crouched atop one of the cabins tearing off rotting shingles. Although it was cool enough for her to need a jacket, his broad sunburned bare back was facing her--it was a very enjoyable sight and she drank it in, silent. Then Plenty whinnied and Luke glanced over his shoulder. He stood and carefully turned toward her, balanced on the sloping roof. A smile found i.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| d6138f2 | When they got to the house, he lifted her out of the truck into his arms and smacked her head on the door frame in the process. "Ow!" "Sorry," he said. "You've done this to me before!" she accused. "I know. I've always been real smooth," he said, remembering a time long ago, before they were married, when he was carrying her home in much this same manner, though not pregnant, and while his mind was on sex, he damn near gave her a concussion.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 516241b | Then he went for a flashlight from the kitchen and Brie shouted, "What's that for?" "I have to see how close she is," Jack responded, moving quickly. "Oh my God," Brie said. "We need some professionals here!" "Try Doc Mullins's pager. The number's inside the cupboard door. And get out a bottle," Jack said. "You're going to have a drink?" she asked, appalled. Not a bad idea, he thought. "For Davie. Get him ready for bed and give him his bott.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 712d7f3 | But only seconds seemed to have passed before there was a huge blast that caused her to sit up straight and catch her breath. Then the outhouse door opened sharply, and Ian stood there with a startled look on his face and a big gun in his hand. "How long have you been in here?" he asked. "I have no idea," she said. "I think maybe d-d-days." He got a sheepish look on his face. "You about done in here?" he asked. She burst into laughter, whic.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 4ff3872 | Wow," she said. "That's sure generous, that you'd do all that for me..." "For us, Marcie. I'll get a bath after you. And tomorrow I'll stop at the coin laundry and wash up the dirty clothes. I'll take any of yours you'd like me to. Just because you haven't been feeling too good..." She shifted from foot to foot, chewing on her lower lip. "What's the matter? You don't want a bath?" "I'd die for a bath," she said. "It's just that...I couldn't.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 2f75f2f | Don't get sloppy, Marcie. If I had a freezer, I might shoot him." "You wouldn't!" He smiled at her. "I like venison. Don't you?" She thought about that chili Jack had given her, how it melted in her mouth. But she said, "Not that much!" And she whirled and went into the house, his amused laughter at her back. *" | Robyn Carr | ||
| d73a7e2 | That's all I have to say." One corner of his mouth lifted. "Are you sure that's all you have to say?" She leaned back and eyed him warily. "For now." The other corner of his mouth lifted slightly. "You're one stubborn little broad, aren't you?" "Told you," she said, lifting her chin. And she thought, It's probably what got me through the worst of it. "You don't have to buy food or do chores. I just can't figure out how a grumpy old guy like.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| fa8c39e | It was very hard for him to admit it to himself, but having her around had brought him a strange comfort, and he had no idea why. Looking out for her made him feel better somehow. Making sure she was fed and protected against danger--that seemed to work for him, too. It was a lot of trouble, actually. If she hadn't been around, he wouldn't go to as much bother with meals. Three out of four nights he'd just open a can of something, but becau.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| f8c96ab | Luke frowned. This was not great timing. He was getting close to closing the deal with a twenty-five-year-old beauty and who shows up but the younger brother who is all of thirty-two. The hotshot spy-plane pilot. Younger, better-looking, plenty of money, exciting life. An officer. The general would no doubt prefer that. He looked Sean up and down--he was tan, had dark blond hair, a dimpled bad-boy smile and no shortage of lines for picking .. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 6e08fe2 | If you get a whiff of anything in there that has my scent on it, back away. If you touch it, you're a dead man." Sean grinned. "Okay, now I'm catching on. Oh man, this is going to be fun." He jumped out of the truck and bounded up the stairs, clearly dying of curiosity. Luke was right behind him, but almost plowed into him. Sean stopped short right inside the door. Walt and Shelby were sitting up at the bar and both turned at the sound of s.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| a4985cc | Goddamn it," he muttered. She smiled at him. "Nice language for someone on his way to church." *" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 7b92cf8 | It was a long time before Mike was able to sleep, even though he hadn't slept much the previous two nights. He kept wishing Jack and Mel had stayed away a little longer. He'd lain beside her for two wonderful nights. She'd slept right up against him. Platonically, but it had been luxurious. In her sleep she would move closer, snuggle up against him, let him cradle her in the safety of his arms. Trusting him. Believing in him. Her scent stil.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 339c071 | I don't come here every night, so I thought maybe we just missed each other. But I asked Jack--you haven't been around for a beer at all. A couple of weeks, I think...." Eleven days, he thought miserably. "And you were going to make a break for it once I showed up. I hadn't even considered you were avoiding me. Do I make you nervous or something?" she asked. "Whew," he answered, shaking his head. "I haven't been out of the army long enough .. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 411987b | The war is lost! | Adolf Hitler | ||
| aa40ff2 | It is untrue that I or anybody else in Germany wanted war in 1939. | Adolf Hitler | ||
| 34e11c3 | Well, there's one thing I remember from growing up. My gram was so great to me--I couldn't ask for more. I never knew my grandpa, but my gram took good care of me. And I had Jack. Then Preacher. But there was one thing... I always wished I could have had a mom and a dad, like other kids. You know--a regular family. But, hey, accidents happen to families. I had the next best thing. I have to say, there wasn't anything about my growing up I'd.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 931dce4 | Tell you what I'll do for you," she said, looking up at him. "When Mattie's a little older, I'll have this IUD removed. We'll get you started on your own small herd." That made him smile. "That would be nice, Vanni." "Will" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 9ffb776 | What are you doing?" Jack asked as he wandered into the kitchen. "I'm cleaning out the refrigerator," she answered. "I'm going to stop bringing food into this house--we let too much go to waste." She heard David start to stir and lifted her head like a doe smelling a hunter. "I'll get him," Jack said. "He's heavy." "Okay. I'll get his breakfast ready. Would you like me to make you an omelet or something?" "How old are the eggs?" he asked. ".. | Robyn Carr | ||
| fc5de79 | Sean searched his memory for how he'd convinced her to take a chance on him in the first place and his mind was a blur. He'd probably been relentless in his pursuit because he did remember how he had felt when he first saw her. He'd taken one look at her and thought, Oh, Mary, Jesus and Joseph! She just did something to him. He had a lot of experience with attraction, but this was animal attraction. Primal and raw. He'd wanted her immediate.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| b9ad370 | On some bizarre instinct, he peeked into the master bedroom. He saw a couple of suitcases on the bed. And he thought, This isn't happening to me. He went to the kitchen. "Hi, honey," he said tentatively. "Oh, Paul, you're home!" she said. She didn't look as though she was leaving him. "Have you been cleaning out closets or something?" "No. Will you turn on the oven, please? Three-fifty. I've got a frozen lasagna to put in there. I hope you'.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 95fb145 | Let's have that talk. It would be nice to have someone to talk to about this. About where it's going, which I think I'm pretty clear about. Can you do that without telling Paul all my personal business?" "Sure," Vanni said with a smile. "Men don't care about these things anyway. Where should we start?" "Why don't we start with you telling me about your first experiences with this," Shelby suggested. "Well," Vanni said, looking into her lap .. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 5c16477 | I haven't seen you in a couple of days. Are you avoiding me again?" "I should, but I haven't been. I've had stuff going on. Does the general know you're doing this?" he asked. "Of course. They're his horses." "Aw, Shelby," he said, sounding a little miserable. He took off the tool belt and buttoned up his shirt. "What did he say?" "He said, 'You be careful of that Black Hawk pilot. They have a reputation for abusing women.'" He shoved his s.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| c1f6d6f | She reached out a hand and touched the hair at his temple. "You're getting a little gray here." "Big surprise. I really didn't know you'd be such a handful." "I'm the best thing that ever happened to you." "Yeah," he said in a breath. He leaned down and kissed her brow. "Yeah, baby. You sure are. And you're a reproductive genius." John" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 055866f | Hey, Jack," John said. "Why don't you go ahead. I'm right here. Go ahead, bring her out." "No way, man," he said, backing away. "Come on--you know you want to. Might as well. You did the hard part. You put up with this for nine months." "Hey!" Mel objected. "Excuse me?" But Jack got a funny, dreamy look on his face and said, "Yeah. Let me bring her out. Let me. Since you're right here..." All these months of insisting this wasn't what he wa.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 90e9930 | He pulled off the gloves and ran a couple of fingers along Mel's cheek, then over the baby's head. She turned her watering eyes up to his face. "You're getting pretty good at this," she said in a weak whisper. "I am, huh. So are you. Mel, she's gorgeous. Positively gorgeous. She's going to look like you." He leaned over the baby to put his lips against hers. He moved over her mouth lightly. "God, I love you." "She's smaller than David," Mel.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 4c6c3d5 | You gonna wake up?" She lazily opened her eyes and jolted awake, scooting up on her elbows. "What? What?" "Easy. It's okay. Sort of." She blinked a few times and then her eyes were wide. "Where am I?" "I brought you inside. I had to. You were on your way to freezing to death. You must not have a brain in your head." She squinted at him, pursing her lips. "Oh--I have a brain. I'm just not real experienced in mountain life." She struggled to .. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 7a546bd | Huh?" she said. "What's this?" "I think you have a fever. Might be from damn near freezing to death, might be from something else. First we try aspirin." "Yeah," she said, taking them in her small hand. "Thanks." While Marcie took the aspirin with water, he fixed up the tea. They traded, water cup for mug of tea. He stayed across the room at his table while she sipped the tea. When she was almost done, he said, "Okay, here's the deal. I hav.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| f6fc0b4 | Well, you don't follow instructions very well, do you?" she asked. "I don't know what came over me," he lied." | Robyn Carr | ||
| 491efc0 | He chuckled and, leaning over to pull off his boots, said, "You'll get a good night's sleep now. I'm staying the night." "Oh," she said nervously. "I don't think that's such a good idea...." "Relax, mija. Don't I know everything you're going through trying to get your life back? You can't honestly think I'd do one thing to make you feel threatened." "Well..." "Don't insult me," he said. "I've done a lot of unforgivable things, it's true, bu.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 4af667c | I was looking forward to coming back here for some fun. Before this happened to me, I'd been planning all the many ways I could break your heart." He cocked his head and smiled at her. "Had you, now? That sounds interesting. Now I have something to look forward to." "I was thinking you'd be devastated. Wiped out," she told him. "Ah. Are you willing to share any details?" "Not a chance." "I'm already devastated." | Robyn Carr | ||
| d2eb601 | He hoped it didn't show on his face that just looking at her in the dim firelight was a treat, a delight. Her hair all mussed from bed, her feet bare, her cheeks pinked up from anxiety, she almost took his breath away. He knew she was skittish around men to the point that she couldn't even go to a coed gym to work out, and he didn't delude himself that he was exempt from that category, not even after all the time they'd had together. Oh, pe.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 9f2ae73 | I'm being too pushy, aren't I?" Ellie shook her head. "I don't deserve you," she said in a whisper. "I think you're the best friend I've ever had. At least since my gramma..." Jo shrugged. "Honey, you're my only shot at something that resembles a daughter and grandchildren. And I intend to nurture the opportunity. I'm just saying--this is your home for as long as you want it." *" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 9157891 | There was a soft knock at the door and she glanced at the time on the bedside clock radio; it was after ten. She opened the door and smiled at Noah. "Never do that again," he said sternly. "We don't really know how far we can trust Arnold." And then he brushed past her to enter. "I knew it was you, Noah," she said, closing the door. "I could hear Lucy panting." "You thought you knew it was me. It could have been Arnold panting. I don't thin.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 6fe2a1e | What did you say?" he asked. "To who?" "Whom," he said, and then he almost kicked himself. "To Miss MacIntyre, for example." She studied his face for a second and then, with a hand on her hip, she said, "I said, 'You're damn skippy he'll do a wedding--he needs the work!' What do you think I said? I took her number and told her I'd have you call her back. The same to all of them. Except the nurse--I told her she was scraping the bottom of th.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 8b18051 | Aw, Noah. That's nice." "I've been trying to tell you, I am nice." She dried her hands on a towel. "Yeah. Watch out for Gloria, toots. I think she's looking for more than nice." *" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 9606b10 | When do you suppose you're due?" "How did you guess?" "I've never seen Luke act like this--hovering, protective, sweet." "Annoying, cloying and paternal. I don't have a date--I haven't been to the doctor yet. But I suspect it happened on the wedding night, just as Luke planned." Aiden laughed. "You're going to want to watch that. Unless you want six of them." "Oh, I might have two, but not six." She grinned. "Snip, snip." "Have to admire a .. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 89ef136 | troubles aren't worth the paper they're written on, but that doesn't mean writing them down won't help you get a fix on 'em. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 79addda | God respects you when you work, but he loves you when you dance. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 7805140 | Thinking about Noah made it difficult to remember that there would never again be a man in her life. Ever, ever, ever. She'd been hurt by men too often. Okay, there hadn't been many, but the three major contenders had been totally horrible. Death, prison and weirdness. If there'd been even one lucky break where love was concerned, she might consider another stab at it down the line a bit, but not likely. She had already proven she didn't kn.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 072c6ad | So, what brings you to town?" Sean took a sip of his beer. "Burning off some leave. Visiting my brother. I have a little over six weeks of leave left. I used to hit the bars with my brother, but his running days are over." "War injury?" the bartender asked. "Battle of the sexes. He just got married." The bartender whistled. "My condolences." Tonight" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 4baf18a | As Sean watched the proceedings he missed her so bad he ached with it. Letting her get away was one of the great tactical errors of his adult life. He should have found a way to convince her they'd be fine together without marriage, without a bunch of ankle-biters. But at twenty-eight, pumped up on his fighter-pilot prowess, he'd been overconfident. He had especially not been ready for some woman to be calling the shots. Now, at thirty-two,.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| 70e22f4 | If she looked his way, even once, he'd have to think of something clever to say. He'd have to smile, walk confidently across the room to their table, say hello and get friendly. He'd have to make them laugh and like him, because he couldn't let her get out of here without finding out where she lived. She might be visiting one of those women, which meant that after she left, she'd be totally gone again. He couldn't let that happen. He needed.. | Robyn Carr | ||
| a42f9ef | Why don't you go over there? Say hello?" the bartender asked. He looked up at his new friend. "Yeah...well... The last time we talked, I wasn't her favorite person." The bartender laughed. "Hard to imagine," he said. Sean" | Robyn Carr | ||
| 68c463a | He made up his mind and it took him less than fifteen seconds to decide--he really needed to see if he could get things straightened out with Franci. They should be together. He just hoped she would see it that way. He actually said a prayer. There had to be a patron saint to ignorant, immature playboys, right? Saint Hugh? Saint Don Juan? Whomever...give me a break here and I'll change my ways. I swear. I won't be overconfident; I'll be sen.. | Robyn Carr |