Bodyguard's Baby Surprise. Lisa Childs
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new driver’s license and the phone call she had received from her youngest and her only daughter shortly after Nikki had left. “Mom, I’m fine but...”
Then she’d dissolved into tears over the deer she’d struck and killed. That was partially why Logan had kept his sister behind a desk instead of assigning her fieldwork. She wasn’t as tough as she acted. If she had to hurt anyone...
“But?” Penny asked. Nikki hadn’t said the word this time, but she’d heard it in her voice.
“Mom...” And just as when she’d inadvertently killed the deer, Nikki broke into tears. Her sobs rattled the phone.
“You’re fine,” Penny reminded Nikki and herself. Her daughter wasn’t hurt. But what about her sons?
Nikki drew in a deep breath. “Yeah, I’m fine. I’m fine.” And now it sounded as if she was trying to convince herself.
“Who’s not fine?” Penny asked.
Nikki’s breath escaped in a ragged sigh. “Nick.”
The panic already clenching her heart squeezed tighter. Nikki had never referred to her half brother by his first name. She usually never referred to him at all if she could help it. The fact that she was saying his name now—and with so much emotion...
Nicholas Rus wasn’t one of Penny’s children. She hadn’t given birth to him like her sons and daughter. But she had that same connection with him that she had with every one of her biological children. Sometimes it felt even stronger than that connection—because of all her children, Nick was the most like her. Somehow they both instinctively knew what other people needed.
But about their own needs, they were clueless. Nick had no idea what he wanted or needed. And now he might never have the chance to figure it out.
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