by Alicia Scott
“Jake,” he finally said, “I’m sure it’s all a mix-up, but to be safe, you’d better call your lawyer.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Abruptly, Jake sighed. “Mitch, have I told you yet today how much I hate bureaucrats?”
Mitch smiled, relieved to hear his brother sound a little more like himself. “See you soon, Jake.” Mitch walked out to find eight pairs of eyes fixed upon him. He finally shrugged. “Jake seems to be having a few problems with the FBI.” They all looked startled, and Mitch couldn’t blame them.
“Want me to come with you?” Garret asked immediately.
Mitch shook his head, giving Jessica an apologetic look. “I’m sure I can take care of things in a day or so.” He rested a hand on his wife’s shoulder. “Jake and I’ll be back before you know it.”
Jessica nodded at him, trying to keep the concern out of her eyes. After a moment, Mitch disappeared back into the house, and a minute later, the conversation resumed.
Suzanne looked at Garret with troubled eyes, though. “You sure he’ll be all right?”
Garret grinned at her, his hand stroking her cheek the way it was prone to do. “Jake’s like a cat,” he told her. “He always lands on his feet.” He pulled her onto his lap, kissing her again for everyone to see.
“So, sweetheart,” he whispered in her ear, turning his attention back to more pressing matters, “where should we honeymoon?”
She smiled and rested her head briefly on his chest. “Someplace cold,” she told him. Then whispered in his ear, “I have plans.”
Garret grinned, that wonderful, wicked grin, but his brothers and sister were too busy with their own families to notice. It was just as well, because he had plans of his own.
He held Suzanne closer and slowly began to outline them in her ear while she turned a nice shade of red.
Dotti and Henry Guiness were going to have more grandchildren before they knew it.
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eISBN 978-14592-7938-4
THE ONE WORTH WAITING FOR
Copyright © 1996 by Lisa Baumgartner
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Table of Contents
Excerpt
Dear Reader
Books by Alicia Scott
ALICIA SCOTT
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Epilogue
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