John? came a small voice. There, standing in the doorway from the kitchen, was Chris with his favorite snuggly toy, the one with the blue-and-gray plaid flannel leg. What’cha doing, John? Preacher’s f...
Let’s get this over with, Walt blustered to Noah. They’re setting up some mighty fine-looking food back at the house and those Riordans are circling like starving dogs. I’d like to get back there whil...
Let’s have that talk. It would be nice to have someone to talk to about this. About where it’s going, which I think I’m pretty clear about. Can you do that without telling Paul all my personal busines...
Love someone else? Joe repeated. I’m such a screwup… You love someone? It’s wrong, that’s all. I had no business… Paul. You love someone? Yeah. I was a real horseshit best friend for years. Vanni. I j...
Jack was back to his old self. It was either the Scotch or the fact that he woke up to a pretty blonde in his bed. He bet on the blonde. He never did ask Preacher precisely what he had told Mel. And h...
Luke frowned. This was not great timing. He was getting close to closing the deal with a twenty-five-year-old beauty and who shows up but the younger brother who is all of thirty-two. The hotshot spy-...
Jack sat in the big chair in his room and said, Come here, to Mel. She went to him and he pulled her down onto his lap. I have something for you. He pulled a small box out of his pocket, shocking her...
Luke, thank you. You’ve made it all so wonderful, so good. Hold me, she said. Let me fall asleep against you, in your arms. He held her there, like that, stretched over his body, her head resting agai...
Jack had no idea what she might be thinking, but he thought, Don’t turn and run just because you got kissed. Things could be worse. After
I’ve never felt more at home. She touched his handsome face. If last night made a baby, it will be a beautiful baby. I don’t want Mel’s help to make sure it doesn’t stick. If it’s there, it’s yours—an...
Mel arrived, carrying Emma and holding David’s pudgy little hand as he toddled in the door. He spied Jack and said, Da! When Jack saw her, his eyes grew warm. It hadn’t changed for him since the first...
Mel walked right into his open arms. You’re late, she said, looking up at him. He lowered his lips to softly kiss her forehead. Sorry. I was held up. Goddamn truck left without me. He smiled down at h...
Mel? Are you nervous about—you know—giving birth? Not at all. You know why, big fella? Because I’m meeting John Stone at Valley Hospital, and if everything goes to hell, I’m having a big fat epidural....
Mel? he called. Sit with me a minute. I should go to Joey. She came all this way… Maybe we should talk. About what’s been going on with you. She had been on this precipice for days, teetering on the f...
I’ll do everything I can for her, but we’re not going to be a couple. Send him away, Vanni. Send the doctor away. What if I’m involved with him? This isn’t Matt we’re talking about, Paul said. I’m not...
Nikki, I’m sorry. That was bad, what he did. He should’ve been honest. Yeah. And then there was you. In five minutes I knew you were more honest and straightforward than he was, but I doubted the sign...
If there’s a break in the filming, I’ll be up for a visit. And I’ll call you when I get there. Muriel, stop being reluctant and sad. You want this and I want it for you. You’re good, that’s why you’re...
We should at least stay for the sunset, Mike suggested. There’s nothing like a Pacific sunset. Would you like that? I would. Do you think I should call Jack? Let him know? Mike shrugged. I don’t know...
Well, hello, Cameron. Vanni, how are you? Very well, thanks. And you? She chewed her lip a little bit. Why couldn’t this just be Paul? I’m good. Listen, I know Virgin River is perfection, but I was wo...
She was wearing an old sweatshirt and pair of jeans, big fluffy slippers and had some kind of feathery dusting thing on a long handle in her hand. And she looked delicious. He wanted to tackle her on...
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