Callahan’s office!” Jenna opened the door for the older couple to come inside. They’d been standing on the stoop, refusing to enter, for a good two minutes, and it appeared they were arguing about something. So she’d decided to expedite the matter, whatever it was. “Would you like to come in?” Ne...
Which was hard to do, considering how they lived on the same plot of land, separated by only a few palm trees and some sand. But she was keeping to her side of the imaginary line and he to his. He’d taken down the ropes, even though that line between them was still implied. At least, it was to hi...
“Look, Neil, I think he was coming from the river and got turned around. It’s easy to do up here, since this is close to where the river cuts in. What I’m not seeing though is any sign that three people came through here together recently. So I think Troy taking this trail was an accident. I don’...
Her sister, so pregnant she could hardly move, with an ex-husband now flaunting his new relationship wherever he could, was still optimistic about love. That was the optimism Dinah wanted, the positive outlook that had eluded her for so long. Honestly, she envied her sister that. Wished she could...
Amanda asked, waylaying her brother in the hospital hall and practically shoving him into a supply closet. “And why is she staying in your cottage?” “Technically, the cottages are meant to be shared by two. So she’s not really staying in my cottage so much as she’s occupyi...
You’re supposed to trust the adults in your life, and while they might mean well, when your kindly grandfather tells you it’s OK to have that little piece of cake, that it will be their secret, it needs to be the child who takes the upper hand and educates the grandfather. And I’m not saying that...
Two of the horses still needed their morning workout, and there was a fence section out on the back forty he hadn’t gotten to and probably wouldn’t for a day or two. There was too much to do to kill time the way he’d been doing this morning. Sure, it was all hands-on work ...
So he let Fallon know where to find him and hurried down the hall to his room. “Tyler,” James said, entering the ward. “Are you feeling better?” The boy was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the bed with a game controller in his hand. His attention was totally fixed on a game…something with c...
Gabby bristled at Neil’s words. “My patient load is fine,” she snapped. “I’m managing.” “And that’s why you’re holding your back, leaning to the side? Because you consider the back spasm you’re having right now as managing?” He reached out to steady her as she leaned against the corridor wall, bu...