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him.”
Amelia stepped from Robbie’s grasp and drew Kelsey into the living room, placing her in front of a couch and motioning for her to sit. Taking the seat, Kelsey tucked her foot behind her knee and waited for the quizzing to begin.
“What happened?” Amelia started. She’d never had patience and always had to know the dirt first.
Robbie and Slate watched, eyebrows drawn down and lips pressed tight. Their gazes never strayed from Kelsey’s face as if she might break out in tears any moment.
Robbie broke in before Kelsey could answer. “Does this have anything to do with that deal I offered him?”
Spinning to him, Amelia gaped. “What deal? And what would it have to do with Kelsey?”
He shrugged, glancing at Kelsey from the corner of his eyes as if to say, help?
“You both need to start explaining.” Amelia volleyed her gaze between the two of them. “If it has to do with Ronan, we need all the information we can get.”
~~~
“Have another cup, Kelsey.” Slate leaned over the back of the couch and poured dark, shimmery, almost-magical liquid into her mug.
She wrapped her fingers around the reheating glass. “Thanks, you guys have delicious coffee. I could drink this all day.” But she couldn’t stay. Shouldn’t stay. “Tell me about your girlfriend, Slate. What’s she like? Where’s her family?”
He settled into his s eat and set the coffee pot on an intricately worked wrought iron trivet. Clutching his cup in both hands, he smiled into the depths of his drink. “Well, she’s definitely not from around here. She’s a doctor and she and her dad live in town.” Slate shifted in his seat as he sipped, then continued. “In fact, I just found out when I spoke to her on the phone last, that her dad and Nurse Shelley are planning on a date this weekend. Her dad is managing the clinic since Becky bought it out from the Roylances when ole Doc Roylance died a little while ago.”
“Wow, he’d been around forever.” Kelsey used to run by his office on her way to school from the bus stop and he’d hand her a sucker. Nice old guy.
“Yeah, he had.” Slate looked toward the kitchen where Amelia and Robbie had disappeared. “Just between you and me, I think I’m going to marry this one. We haven’t been dating long, but there’s something about her.” He shrugged. “When you know, you know.”
Robbie laughed, coming from the kitchen. “I heard that, brother. If you don’t snapped up that doctor, she won’t have any trouble replacing you. I’m glad you’re back, Kelsey. I hope you take Ronan up on his offer. We need him to calm down a little bit. He’s wound so damn tight, it’s annoying.”
“We’ll see. You guys have definitely made it easier to think about.” Having discussed the details with the MacAllisters and Amelia, Kelsey had been able to lay out the offer from Ronan in a less biased manner. Telling others helped her separate her concerns from the pros and cons. She needed that more than the coffee – but she was grateful for both.
W ith little jabs from Robbie toward Ronan and how quick he’d come to find Kelsey throughout the telling had prickled her nerves. She waited for the last boot to drop and push her toward pissed off at Ronan and the circumstances he’d brought her into. True, he’d saved her from a homeless moment on the reservation, but at what cost? He seemed to be forthright with his wants and expectations, hell, even his desires, but what about his motivations? Did she even know the man he’d become?
Giggling from the kitchen caught her attention. She shifted on the plump couch cushion again, lift ing her ankle to rest on her knee and then dropping it to the floor to cross with the other. Amelia had disappeared to take care of her son. Kelsey wanted to yell out so she could see him, maybe even meet him.
“You’ve been watching the kitchen for a little while. Do you want to meet him?” Robbie’s observation brought heat to Kelsey’s
Amelia stepped from Robbie’s grasp and drew Kelsey into the living room, placing her in front of a couch and motioning for her to sit. Taking the seat, Kelsey tucked her foot behind her knee and waited for the quizzing to begin.
“What happened?” Amelia started. She’d never had patience and always had to know the dirt first.
Robbie and Slate watched, eyebrows drawn down and lips pressed tight. Their gazes never strayed from Kelsey’s face as if she might break out in tears any moment.
Robbie broke in before Kelsey could answer. “Does this have anything to do with that deal I offered him?”
Spinning to him, Amelia gaped. “What deal? And what would it have to do with Kelsey?”
He shrugged, glancing at Kelsey from the corner of his eyes as if to say, help?
“You both need to start explaining.” Amelia volleyed her gaze between the two of them. “If it has to do with Ronan, we need all the information we can get.”
~~~
“Have another cup, Kelsey.” Slate leaned over the back of the couch and poured dark, shimmery, almost-magical liquid into her mug.
She wrapped her fingers around the reheating glass. “Thanks, you guys have delicious coffee. I could drink this all day.” But she couldn’t stay. Shouldn’t stay. “Tell me about your girlfriend, Slate. What’s she like? Where’s her family?”
He settled into his s eat and set the coffee pot on an intricately worked wrought iron trivet. Clutching his cup in both hands, he smiled into the depths of his drink. “Well, she’s definitely not from around here. She’s a doctor and she and her dad live in town.” Slate shifted in his seat as he sipped, then continued. “In fact, I just found out when I spoke to her on the phone last, that her dad and Nurse Shelley are planning on a date this weekend. Her dad is managing the clinic since Becky bought it out from the Roylances when ole Doc Roylance died a little while ago.”
“Wow, he’d been around forever.” Kelsey used to run by his office on her way to school from the bus stop and he’d hand her a sucker. Nice old guy.
“Yeah, he had.” Slate looked toward the kitchen where Amelia and Robbie had disappeared. “Just between you and me, I think I’m going to marry this one. We haven’t been dating long, but there’s something about her.” He shrugged. “When you know, you know.”
Robbie laughed, coming from the kitchen. “I heard that, brother. If you don’t snapped up that doctor, she won’t have any trouble replacing you. I’m glad you’re back, Kelsey. I hope you take Ronan up on his offer. We need him to calm down a little bit. He’s wound so damn tight, it’s annoying.”
“We’ll see. You guys have definitely made it easier to think about.” Having discussed the details with the MacAllisters and Amelia, Kelsey had been able to lay out the offer from Ronan in a less biased manner. Telling others helped her separate her concerns from the pros and cons. She needed that more than the coffee – but she was grateful for both.
W ith little jabs from Robbie toward Ronan and how quick he’d come to find Kelsey throughout the telling had prickled her nerves. She waited for the last boot to drop and push her toward pissed off at Ronan and the circumstances he’d brought her into. True, he’d saved her from a homeless moment on the reservation, but at what cost? He seemed to be forthright with his wants and expectations, hell, even his desires, but what about his motivations? Did she even know the man he’d become?
Giggling from the kitchen caught her attention. She shifted on the plump couch cushion again, lift ing her ankle to rest on her knee and then dropping it to the floor to cross with the other. Amelia had disappeared to take care of her son. Kelsey wanted to yell out so she could see him, maybe even meet him.
“You’ve been watching the kitchen for a little while. Do you want to meet him?” Robbie’s observation brought heat to Kelsey’s
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