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naked body, she padded through into the kitchen.
    She lifted the receiver. "Kate Martin."
    " Hello, Kate? It's Spencer."
    " Spencer..." Kate gasped, nearly dropping
the receiver. Her brows drew together. "Ah hello, Dr. Stelanos.
I...is it Ryan? Has something happened? Is he worse?"
    " No, Ryan's fine. I saw him earlier and
he's looking more comfortable. I'm actually phoning because I was
hoping you weren't doing anything this evening." His tone sounded
impatient. "You don't have any plans?"
    Kate wondered what he was asking. "No, no
plans. Just a bath and an early night. It's been a long
day."
    " Fine. I know this is rather short notice,
but I was hoping you could come over."
    " Come over?" Kate stalled for time. She
knew he could hear the consternation in her voice.
    As invitations went, it was decidedly
abrupt. She was at a loss to know what he could want with her
at—she cast a swift glance at the kitchen clock—eight thirty on a
Monday night.
    " Sorry, I'm not explaining myself very
well," Spencer muttered roughly. "Look, I'd just got back from
checking on Ryan and found my elderly aunt has taken a fall in the
kitchen. She's been trying to convince me she's fine. But I want to
admit her to hospital for some tests and overnight observation as
she did lose consciousness briefly after hitting her head when she
fell."
    He paused then said, "I need someone to
look after Jamie until I get back. Alexia is very stubborn and
she's point blank refused to go anywhere in an ambulance. I'll have
to drive her, but I shouldn't be more than a couple of hours.
Jake's out on a call and Edith and Kevin have both switched off
their mobiles." She heard his sharply indrawn breath. "Look, I
hoped you could see your way clear to helping me out. I'm well
aware that—"
    " Of course I will," Kate interjected
quickly. "I'll be over right away. I just need to throw some
clothes on. Can you manage? Right now I'm standing here in just my
bath towel, dripping all over the floor."
    She caught her breath, listening for an
answer. Her exposed skin dimpled suddenly with the chill of
gooseflesh. "Dr. Stelanos? Did you hear what I said?"
    The silence lengthened. Kate's heart began
to hammer in her chest. "Hello?" she questioned the silence
again.
    " Sorry, no problem," he replied at last.
"I'll see you soon. Take the same path over the hill Jamie and I
used the other day. You can't miss the house." He paused. "And
Kate..."
    " Yes?" Kate's mind roiled with many
medically related questions she should be asking, but they refused
to reach her tongue. She pulled her towel closer around her against
the chill feathering across her bare skin.
    " Thank you. I'll owe you one for tonight. I
won't forget this."
    " Please, you don't owe me anything," she
replied quickly. "It's the least I can do in the circumstances. I
promise I won't be long."
    Mumbling a quick goodbye, she hung up
before Spencer could say anything more. She would help out, even if
it drew her closer to the man and his son; closer than she ever
wanted to contemplate. "I guess I can't do anything about that
now."
    The thought gave her only a tiny measure of
comfort. In her bedroom she pulled black jeans and a white cotton
sweatshirt over a lacy peach bra and matching panties. Ruffling her
fingers through her damp curls, she grabbed her house keys and let
herself out into the warm scented twilight.
    Kate found the path to Spencer's house
easily enough, a well-worn trail that snaked up the hill through
the stands of moon shadowed trees. A cheeky pair of tiny birds with
beautifully fanned tail feathers flew down to accompany her,
chattering and darting overhead as she hurried along.
    The path finally ended in extensively fenced
paddocks. In the moonlit darkness she could see horses inside the
enclosures. A few whickered softly as she hurried along the path
that skirted the paddocks.
    The house itself looked to be quite old.
It stood on an up-land of flat ground. Built of mellow, honey
colored stone, single