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Just tell Bo I am here. He will remember me.”
“I told you, there’s—”
“Please. Just tell him Annika is here. He will tell you all about me.”
That gave me pause. And made me a little nauseous.
“Annika?”
“Yes,” she replied, smiling more widely. “Has he mentioned me?”
It was at that precise moment, when my heart was finally making its way back up from the toes of my shoes, that Bo returned. If there was any question about her identity, he immediately put it to rest.
“Annika?” he said as he rounded the corner of the garage to the front steps.
I’d been so distracted with Annika that I had neither seen nor heard Bo’s arrival. I watched him approach the front steps, a look of confused amazement on his face.
“Bo!” she squealed, charging down the steps and launching herself at him. Bo reluctantly raised his arms, patting her back awkwardly as she hung from around his neck. “Oh thank God! I have looked everywhere for you.”
When she finally released him and stepped back, Bo began to smile a little, which only made me feel worse about the whole thing. He was glad to see her. Surprised, but glad.
“Annika, what are you doing here?”
“I have been trying to catch up to you for…a while,” she explained hesitantly. Annika slid a quick glance over her shoulder at me before she leaned in toward Bo and whispered, “Is she one of us?”
Bo’s eyes darted from Annika to me and back again. A frown flitted across his brow before he nodded.
“Yes.”
“Good,” she said hurriedly. “I have been looking for you since you disappeared from Lindersberg in 1916.”
“What?” Bo and I exclaimed simultaneously.
Annika laughed.
“Why don’t we go inside and talk? It has been a long journey.”
As she and Bo made their way up the steps toward the door, I was jarred from my shock, remembering the tall, dark stranger that had accompanied the beautiful Annika. He’d stood quietly by as the reunion transpired, but now I wondered about him.
As if reading my mind, Annika introduced him as she reached the top of the steps.
“This is Cade by the way. Cade this is Bo and…”
She trailed off, looking meaningfully over her shoulder at Bo. He moved past her and came to stand by my side, sliding an arm possessively around my waist.
“This is Ridley,” he supplied.
Annika’s startlingly blue eyes darted from Bo to me and back again before she smiled tightly and offered her hand.
“Ridley, it is nice to meet you.”
Politely, I took her proffered hand and pumped it once, cordially, and then released it. Whether it was rooted in jealousy or something else, I didn’t like the fair Annika and I suspected that the feeling was mutual.
For the first time since their arrival, Cade spoke.
“Bo,” he said, nodding once in Bo’s direction before his obsidian eyes made their way to me. “Ridley, it’s a pleasure.”
His voice was a deep delight with a thick Texan drawl. His lips curved into a smile and, despite Bo’s presence at my side, Cade made no effort to conceal the blatant appreciation in his eyes.
“And how do you two know each other, Annika?” Bo said, referring to Cade.
“We met a few states ago and discovered that we had much in common. We have been traveling together since. We have a common goal.”
Bo nodded slowly, his eyes never leaving Cade. Cade just stared back.
Annika slapped the back of her hand against Cade’s chest.
“Stop that! Brothers are not supposed to compete.”
After a moment’s delay, Bo and I both gaped first at each other and then we turned our rounded, incredulous eyes on Annika. When we finally found our tongues, we both had one question. It came in the form of a word, a single word.
“Brothers?”
CHAPTER SEVEN
“I don’t have a brother,” Bo declared, turning a scowl on Annika.
“Yes you do.”
Truthfully, Bo didn’t have enough memory of his life to
“I told you, there’s—”
“Please. Just tell him Annika is here. He will tell you all about me.”
That gave me pause. And made me a little nauseous.
“Annika?”
“Yes,” she replied, smiling more widely. “Has he mentioned me?”
It was at that precise moment, when my heart was finally making its way back up from the toes of my shoes, that Bo returned. If there was any question about her identity, he immediately put it to rest.
“Annika?” he said as he rounded the corner of the garage to the front steps.
I’d been so distracted with Annika that I had neither seen nor heard Bo’s arrival. I watched him approach the front steps, a look of confused amazement on his face.
“Bo!” she squealed, charging down the steps and launching herself at him. Bo reluctantly raised his arms, patting her back awkwardly as she hung from around his neck. “Oh thank God! I have looked everywhere for you.”
When she finally released him and stepped back, Bo began to smile a little, which only made me feel worse about the whole thing. He was glad to see her. Surprised, but glad.
“Annika, what are you doing here?”
“I have been trying to catch up to you for…a while,” she explained hesitantly. Annika slid a quick glance over her shoulder at me before she leaned in toward Bo and whispered, “Is she one of us?”
Bo’s eyes darted from Annika to me and back again. A frown flitted across his brow before he nodded.
“Yes.”
“Good,” she said hurriedly. “I have been looking for you since you disappeared from Lindersberg in 1916.”
“What?” Bo and I exclaimed simultaneously.
Annika laughed.
“Why don’t we go inside and talk? It has been a long journey.”
As she and Bo made their way up the steps toward the door, I was jarred from my shock, remembering the tall, dark stranger that had accompanied the beautiful Annika. He’d stood quietly by as the reunion transpired, but now I wondered about him.
As if reading my mind, Annika introduced him as she reached the top of the steps.
“This is Cade by the way. Cade this is Bo and…”
She trailed off, looking meaningfully over her shoulder at Bo. He moved past her and came to stand by my side, sliding an arm possessively around my waist.
“This is Ridley,” he supplied.
Annika’s startlingly blue eyes darted from Bo to me and back again before she smiled tightly and offered her hand.
“Ridley, it is nice to meet you.”
Politely, I took her proffered hand and pumped it once, cordially, and then released it. Whether it was rooted in jealousy or something else, I didn’t like the fair Annika and I suspected that the feeling was mutual.
For the first time since their arrival, Cade spoke.
“Bo,” he said, nodding once in Bo’s direction before his obsidian eyes made their way to me. “Ridley, it’s a pleasure.”
His voice was a deep delight with a thick Texan drawl. His lips curved into a smile and, despite Bo’s presence at my side, Cade made no effort to conceal the blatant appreciation in his eyes.
“And how do you two know each other, Annika?” Bo said, referring to Cade.
“We met a few states ago and discovered that we had much in common. We have been traveling together since. We have a common goal.”
Bo nodded slowly, his eyes never leaving Cade. Cade just stared back.
Annika slapped the back of her hand against Cade’s chest.
“Stop that! Brothers are not supposed to compete.”
After a moment’s delay, Bo and I both gaped first at each other and then we turned our rounded, incredulous eyes on Annika. When we finally found our tongues, we both had one question. It came in the form of a word, a single word.
“Brothers?”
CHAPTER SEVEN
“I don’t have a brother,” Bo declared, turning a scowl on Annika.
“Yes you do.”
Truthfully, Bo didn’t have enough memory of his life to
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