From This Moment - By Alison Chaffin Higson Page 0,81
my life complete love.”
“You complete me Cade, you and our boys.”
THE END
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When We Meet is a short novella, written to run alongside From This Moment, the first book in the series.
It starts when Grace Langdon is in the hospital, recovering from being attacked by Nick Lucas. In the hospital she meets Josh Mitchell.
This is the start of their story which will conclude in New Beginning, a full length novel due out September 2013.
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When We Meet
WHEN WE MEET
Jackson Hole 1.5
Chapter 1
~~ Grace ~~
Lying in this hospital bed with one hell of a headache makes me want to scream. How could I have been so stupid as to believe my brother, Tom. Everything out of his mouth for the past twelve months has probably been a lie. He’d told me he’d met a woman and that was his explanation for his regular trips out of town, and now he’s dead – shot while trying to kidnap Rona.
Wiping the tears from my cheeks, I try to control my emotions. No matter what he’s done, I can’t help being upset at his death. He was my brother first.
My head has started to throb again. Nick, a so called friend of Tom’s had pushed me down while I was trying to run out of the house. I’d fallen and banged my head on the fire place; waking in the hospital.
My life couldn’t have got any worse. I’m a twenty-five year old relief school teacher at the elementary school close to my home. I’m temporarily out of work, I have no boyfriend and now I have no family. Reaching for a tissue from the table to the side of my bed, I wipe my eyes again and blow my nose just as the door opens.
Oh my, I really think I’ve hit my head a lot hard than anyone thinks. Walking into my room is a god! He’s tall, with broad shoulders, blonde hair, blue eyes and a smile which puts erotic thoughts into my head.
“Grace Landon?” the god asks.
Coughing to try and hide my embarrassment, I croak, “Yes.”
Hell, his smile should be illegal. “I’m Josh Mitchell from the Drug Enforcement Agency. Is it okay for us to have a chat?”
Stay forever.
“Yes, that’s fine. I’m not exactly going anywhere.”
He takes a seat to the side of the bed and just looks at me. Not saying anything he continues to watch me, making me want to squirm.
Pulling himself together he sits up in his chair and takes out a small notebook. “Grace, I need to ask you about the attack.”
Reaching for my cup of water, I take a sip before making eye contact with him. “What do you want to know?”
“I want to know what Nick Lucas was looking for.”
“He kept asking me about a notebook of Tom’s. I have no idea where it is or what it contains. I just know he seemed desperate to find it. I had no idea what Tom was up to until Daniel told me last night. How could I be so blind?” I wipe my eyes again. I’m finding it difficult to accept that my brother is no longer here and that he died a criminal. It breaks my heart really.
“Grace, I believe you. We need to try and find what it is Nick was looking for; that is providing he didn’t find it after he attacked you.”
“He didn’t really attack me.” Josh frowns. “I went to run out of the house, he tried to stop me by grabbing my arm. He didn’t have a proper hold, I lost my balance and fell, hitting my head on the fireplace. Then I woke up here.”
“When Nick first arrived did he mention any names, places, anything that might help us to locate him?”
“No. He didn’t talk to me, just demanded to know where the notebook was. I had no idea what he was talking about.” I feel completely drained now, after talking briefly about the frightening experience in my home.
“I can see you’re tired Grace, so one last question for now, okay?” I look at him, “Did Tom ever mention where he was going when he left town?”
Sighing, “No. He just said he’d met someone and was going spending time with her. I asked him on a couple of occasions where he was going, but he avoided the question. I gave up eventually.”
Josh stands and walk’s closer to the bed, “So soft,” he states, wrapping a lock of my hair around his finger.