Whatever happened, the doctor had filled the boy's ears with cholesterol mumbo jumbo and high blood pressure crap. He figured he had nothing to lose. If he went, he'd see his Ethel sooner, and if it didn't kill him, oh well. Now though, he had something to live for. He wanted to see his grandson married and settled down. That was part of his reason for being here after missing how ever many mornings. He and Lucille had talked long into the night about what to do next to get the word out. The boy had gone and looked at the house and even made an offer. But these young people nowadays waffled back and forth on what color shirt they should wear. He wasn't about to leave something this important up to them. "So I guess y'all seen my grandson tearing through town on that bike of his." The other three exchanged looks, but Clancy didn't miss it. He knew damn well that these men and their wives were the local media. He was one of them, wasn't he? They'd solved many a town problem right h

Kyle knew who the woman was before she was on them. Kerry had gone stone cold. "It's okay, sweetie." He whispered to her just as the other woman stopped in front of them with the stroller. He debated for all of two seconds before pulling her away and around the woman and heading for his bike. She was damn near catatonic when he put the helmet on her. "Look at me. Don't do this, don't let her see you like this." She nodded her head, but he knew she was too far gone inside her head for his words to mean much. Dammit, just when the day had been going so well. Her arms squeezed around him even tighter than usual, and he closed his eyes in silent prayer for a second. It fucked with him that she was hurt. It fucked with him even more that there was nothing he could do about it now. If the baby wasn't there, things would've gone differently, but what he had to say to that bitch would keep for another time. She'd done him a favor anyway, taking out the asshole before he came along. Bu

The way he handled her, even the way he made her feel, was totally different from anything she had known before. Paul had been controlling yes, and though she sensed the same in Kyle, his was not of the selfish kind. In fact, he seemed more and more interested in her well-being than anything else. Paul had always looked out for himself first and foremost. Even going so far as to make her feel guilty if she took even a little time for herself. He was the one who got the best of everything even when she was the one working, leaving only the dregs for her. She hadn't minded back then, had felt a certain sense of pride that she could do things for him-the big shot doctor in the making. Kyle, on the other hand, didn't seem the type to let anyone else take care of him. He was in complete control of who he was and didn't need to make her feel less than, the way Paul so often did. It made her wonder why she'd fought so hard to hold on and why, even now, she was still having such a ha

She wasn't stupid. She'd been studying him as much as he was her. She knew he wasn't spending all that time with her for nothing, but before she gave into her body's needs, she needed to be sure that she wouldn't be crushed when it was all said and done. She was close to making up her mind to just go to bed with him if he ever got around to asking. But she wanted to be sure that she would be able to pick up the pieces once he left. "Say hi for me too." She had no idea he'd told his parents about her, he tended to be very tight-lipped about such things, but that was another little morsel to tuck away in her keepsake box - the one she was building in her heart. He hated that for even one second; she'd felt what she just had. It was his aim never to give her a moment's pain; that's why he'd been taking it slow. He had no idea when she was going to be ready, but he knew he wasn't going to be able to hold himself in check for much longer. Not if she kept lighting up like that each tim

The plane had landed less than twenty minutes ago. As soon as his feet hit the tarmac, his hunger to lay eyes on her had hit hard. He knew where they were when he didn't find them at any of their homes, but by the time he pulled into the parking lot, he was going nuts. Meanwhile, Kerry was getting her first look at him in something other than his usual uniform of jeans and tee and have mercy. If she thought he was hot before, words could not describe what the man did to a well-cut suit. She'd heard women tease about drooling over a man before, but this was the first time she'd had the real experience herself. "You're staring." He had that slight smirk slash grin thing going, and she could see just the tip of his tongue hidden behind his lips, and every thought went right out of her head. "Sorry, I don't mean to." Get a grip, Kerryanne, geez. She was having very unwholesome thoughts. Like maybe slipping that tie from around his neck and pushing his shirt off his nicely muscled sh