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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

Tags: #Romance, #Suspense

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So
w
hile
Co
r
d bou
g
ht h
e
r
f
lo
wer
s,
K
e
e
g
a
n dish
e
d
out h
err
i
n
g
a
nd
r
o
c
k
f
ish
to h
e
r
war
d
o
f hun
g
r
y
p
a
ti
e
nts.
T
he
b
r
o
w
n p
e
li
ca
n
w
a
s a
little
c
r
a
n
k
y
but if
h
e
c
ontinu
e
d
to show
no si
g
ns of p
ara
sit
e
s h
e

d be
out of
q
u
ara
ntine
in
a
noth
e
r
w
ee
k.

T
he
p
r
e
g
n
a
nt ott
e
r
she
ca
ll
e
d Minni
e
,
ac
t
e
d
fr
iski
e
r
th
a
n sh
e’
d s
e
e
n h
e
r
b
e
h
a
ve
in a
w
ee
k.
T
he
y
ou
n
g
fe
m
a
l
e
h
a
d b
e
e
n
f
ound st
ar
vi
n
g
to d
ea
t
h
a
nd
X-
r
a
y
s sho
we
d she
su
ffe
r
e
d
fr
om s
c
oliosis, a
fa
i
r
l
y
t
y
pi
c
a
l
a
ilm
e
nt due
to poor
di
e
t.

B
ut tod
a
y
Minnie
s
ee
m
e
d mo
r
e
pl
a
y
f
ul, s
w
imming
a
r
ound in the
wa
t
e
r
like
n
a
tu
r
e int
e
nd
e
d.

Ar
ound t
w
o
-
thi
r
t
y
K
ee
g
a
n

s
ce
ll phone
r
a
n
g
.
H
e
r
displ
a
y
told h
e
r
it
wa
s
B
r
a
n Sulliv
a
n.
“H
o
w’
s the
p
a
ti
e
nt
I
op
e
r
a
t
e
d on l
a
st ni
g
ht
?

“A
l
er
t, b
e
tt
e
r
.”

“G
ood.
D
o
y
ou h
a
v
e
r
o
o
m
f
or
a
noth
e
r
ott
e
r
?
T
his
mo
r
ning
Cl
a
n
c
e
H
opki
n
s’
f
ishing
bo
a
t n
e
tt
e
d one
w
ith a
l
a
ce
r
a
tion to his h
ea
d, looks like
he
m
e
t up
w
ith a
bo
a
t p
r
op
e
ll
er
.
I

v
e
s
e
d
a
t
ed
him, stit
c
h
e
d him up
a
nd h
e’
s
r
e
a
d
y
f
or
t
r
a
nspo
r
t.”

Ke
e
g
a
n
c
hu
c
kl
e
d.

Sin
c
e
y
ou’
v
e
done
the
h
ar
d p
a
r
t
I

ll be
h
a
p
p
y
to t
a
ke
h
i
m o
f
f
y
o
u
r h
a
nds.
W
h
a
t

s his p
r
o
g
n
o
si
s
?

“G
ood. CT
s
ca
n sho
w
s
h
is h
ea
d took a
kno
c
k but
h
e’
ll su
r
vive
w
ith the
p
r
o
p
e
r
T
L
C
a
nd b
e
d
re
st.
H
e
m
i
g
ht h
a
v
e
t
r
ouble
w
ith his vision th
o
u
g
h.”

“H
ow
so
?

“T
he
bl
a
de
ca
u
g
ht him
r
i
g
ht
ar
ou
n
d the
e
y
e
.

“Da
mn.
W
e
ll,
w
e
just h
a
pp
e
n to h
a
ve
a
n
e
x
t
r
a
b
e
d.
W
a
nt me
to
c
ome
g
e
t him no
w
?


I
f
y
ou
w
ouldn

t mind,
I

ve
g
ot
a
wa
iti
n
g
r
oom
f
u
l
l of
r
outine
shots
a
nd
a
b
s
ce
ss
e
s.”


I
t

s h
e
ll b
e
i
n
g
the
on
l
y
v
e
t in to
w
n.”


I
miss
y
our
g
ra
nd
f
a
th
er
,
Ke
e
g
a
n.
I

m
a
n old m
a
n.
D
on

t know
how
mu
c
h
l
on
g
e
r
I
c
a
n k
ee
p this up.”


B
e
li
e
v
e
it or
not
I

m t
r
y
ing
to
f
ind
y
ou some
h
e
l
p.”

“Y
ou n
ee
d to pi
c
k up t
h
e
p
ac
e
th
e
n.
B
e
ca
u
s
e
,
g
i
r
l,
I

ve
b
e
e
n
r
e
a
d
y
to
re
ti
r
e
f
or
t
w
o
y
e
a
r
s no
w
.
Jo
y
k
ee
ps
a
t me
a
b
out it, too. She
wa
nts to
t
a
ke
th
a
t t
r
ip to
I
re
l
a
nd
I
p
r
omis
e
d h
e
r
f
ive
y
e
ar
s
a
g
o.
I
re
l
a
nd,
K
ee
g
a
n.
I
h
a
v
e
n

t h
a
d
a
d
a
mn
e
d
v
a
c
a
tion in th
re
e
y
e
a
r
s
a
nd
I
h
a
v
e
n

t b
e
e
n
f
ishing sin
c
e
Ch
r
istm
a
s.
I
s
we
a
r
Jo
y
w
ould m
a
k
e
the
a
i
r
l
i
ne
re
s
e
r
v
a
tions tomo
rr
ow
if
I
c
ould
f
ind a
v
e
t to t
a
ke
ov
e
r
m
y
p
r
ac
ti
c
e
t
h
a
t qui
c
k.”

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