“We’re all damn sorry, Blythe,” said River.“You can count on us to avenge your sister’s death.”
“But it won’t bring her back.Nothing will bring her back.”
They weren’t even at cruising altitude and Blythe was already sound asleep.They’d cleared her apartment of her personal effects, leaving behind the furniture.Logan stared at her beautiful face as she slept in the seat across from him.
“You gonna be able to keep a clear head around her?” asked Conor.
“Yes.”Conor stared at him, waiting.“Yes.I will.She’s just so beautiful and innocent in all this.And to lose her sister like that fucking sucks.”
“Just keep her safe, Logan.Take it from me, once Sydney and I connected, it was all she wrote.”
“You married a CIA operative,” smirked Logan.“This woman has no idea who and what we are.She knows I’m military, but that’s all.”
“Well, if she’s important, explain it to her.If she’s going to be one of our doctors, she’ll find out anyway.”Conor stood and headed back to his own seat but Logan couldn’t force himself to move even if he wanted to.And he definitely didn’t want to.Something about the woman was drawing him near and it was making him nervous.
“Staring isn’t polite,” she whispered softly.Logan chuckled, shaking his head.
“I’m sorry.You’re very beautiful.”
“Well, that makes up for the staring.You’re all very handsome as well,” she said sitting up.“You’re all so big it’s scary.”
“I don’t mean to scare you,” he said trying to appear smaller.It wasn’t working but he was giving it his best effort.He felt like a rhino attempting to hide behind small sapling.It just wasn’t working for him.
“It’s not that kind of scared.Men in general tend to scare me.I’ve heard the stories of what happened to my relatives in Afghanistan.Especially the women.No women with education.No women with their faces showing.No opinions, no voice, nothing.I was terrified to think of going to get my sister but I was willing to do it for her.”
“That would have been very dangerous for you,” said Logan.“Our team will bring her home.”
“Home,” she whispered staring out the window.She turned back to Logan.“I don’t know where home is any longer.Home was always where my parents and sister were.”
“I hope you’ll feel at home where we’re taking you.As they said, we need a good doctor and nurses.We always need them.”
“Will you tell me anything about this place?” she asked.
“It’s my home,” he smiled.“My parents, grandparents, friends, aunts, uncles, all of them, live there.It’s beautiful and quiet, peaceful and chaotic.And the food alone is worth staying for.”
“You make it sound like paradise,” she said with a smile.
“I guess in many ways, it is.”
CHAPTER SEVEN
“You poor darlin’,” cooed Tru.“You come with me.We’ll get you settled into a nice cottage.”
Blythe turned to look at Logan and he smiled, nodding.
“Go on.My mom and nanny will take care of you.I’ll see you at dinner.It’s all going to be okay.We’ll introduce you to the other doctors here.”
She turned and walked away with his mother and grandmother and Logan felt a sudden tug at his heart, as if someone were draining the blood from it.He rubbed his chest and then heard chuckling behind him.
“What?What’s so funny?” he asked.
“That,” smirked Rush pointing to his son’s hand rubbing his chest.“It’s happened to all of us.”
“Well, not me with my first or second wife,” frowned Moose.“Dumb ass that I am, I should have known they weren’t good matches.But Erica?Lord, I thought I was dying of a heart attack.”
“You guys are like the women around here,” laughed Logan.“It’s nothing like that.”
“Isn’t it?” smirked Noah.“Trust me, my grandson.This place forces you tofeellove long before you see it clearly.There were other options for that young woman but you chose the one that could create the most problems.”
