He straightened and confronted Eachann. “What are you going to do about Kirsty and Graham?”
“What do you mean what am I going to do about them?”
“Think. They’re children. Do you want Kirsty to know what happened?”
“No. I guess not. I’ll call Fergus. He can take them to the cottage at Eagle Point for a few days.”
Georgina looked up. “Where’s that?”
“On the other side of the island,” Calum answered distractedly.
Eachann looked relieved. He nodded at Amy. “They can stay there at least until she’s better.”
Calum pinned him with a long serious stare. “Those children shouldn’t know about any of this. When the fog lifts, Eachann, you have to take the women back.”
“I don’t have to do anything.” Eachann was scowling.
Calum didn’t say anything, but the tension in the room grew thicker and heavier.
Finally Eachann broke eye contact and turned to leave. “I’ll call Fergus.” He started to close the door, then he paused and looked at his brother. “I don’t want to be chasing after her again. Lock them inside.”
Georgina gave him her coldest look. “Do you think I would just leave her like this?”
“Yes,” he said without hesitation, and he closed the door.
Georgina sat there quietly, then looked up at Calum. “Will you really take us back home?”
“I can’t do anything until the weather clears.”
Georgina breathed a relieved sigh. She believed this MacLachlan. He was honest. “Thank God. It should clear in another day or so.”
“I wouldn’t count on it. There have been times when the fog has lasted for a month.”
“A month? I can’t be gone a month!”
Calum opened the door. “I can’t change the weather. We’ll just have to wait.” When he left, he locked the door.
A month? She couldn’t be gone a whole month. There was no excuse for her disappearing for a month. A week would be a difficult enough lie.
How could this have happened? How?
The deep blare of a horn came from outside; it sounded like a moose call. She crossed over to the window and opened it.
Eachann stood on the grounds below, blowing some kind of huge animal horn with tassels hanging off of it. While he blew it three more times, she heard the front door close and Calum walked over and stood directly behind his brother.
Eachann dropped the horn from his mouth and Calum tapped him on the shoulder.
Eachann turned around.
His brother punched him so hard he knocked him flat on his back.
Georgina’s mouth fell open. She hadn’t seen that coming.
One look at Eachann lying there with a stunned look on his face said he hadn’t seen it coming either.
She felt the sudden urge to applaud.
He rubbed his jaw. “What the hell did you do that for?”
