Part 46 (1/2)

”Is nice. But the real value is in the land I own. Ten acres is a lot for this part of the country.”

She nodded, but he suspected she really wasn't following him.

Before he could elaborate, she asked another question. ”You said to the policeman that I could be expecting. Expecting what?”

”A baby.”

She gasped.

”It's okay.” He laughed. ”We can probably arrange for it to be true.”

She let her head drop to his shoulder, and he stroked his hands up and down her arms, thinking of how he'd like to distract her now.

But apparently her mind wasn't exactly running along the same track.

”You said you'd show me how to use the gun. Maybe you'd better do it.”

”If you promise not to shoot any cops.”

”I promise,” she whispered, her tone very serious.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.

”YOU WANT A gun lesson right now?” Logan asked in a husky voice, since his thoughts had been moving in an entirely different direction.

”Yes,” Rinna answered, and he caught the edge of desperation in her voice.

He knew she was feeling like her life was spinning out of control, and she wanted to know she had mastered a skill that seemed important in this universe.

So he swallowed a sigh. ”There's a place down the hill where it's safe to practice,” he said.

”Thank you.”

”But first I want to talk to my cousin Ross.”

”About what?” she said, the anxiety back in her voice.

”About getting an ID for you. Is that okay?”

”You said I need it.”

”But I'll have to explain a little about you.”

She kept her gaze fixed on his face. ”You trust him?”

”Yes. But I can't say too much over the phone.”

”That thing like the other night. When Terry called Bart and Helen about the game of... bridge?”

”Yes.”