Snowbound - Harlequin.com

JANICE KAY JOHNSON
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the world beyond was completely white. What if they
had slid into a ditch last night, instead of making it
safely here?
She shivered and turned quickly back to the bathroom.
Fiona brushed her tangled hair and went out, stopping
once again in the door to the girls’ bedroom. This time she
saw that Hopper sat on the floor with his legs outstretched
and Amy, Tabitha and Kelli lounged on the beds.
“Where’s everyone else?”
Kelli shrugged. “Still asleep, I guess.”
“I see it’s still snowing.”
“It’s really pretty outside.”
“Have you had breakfast?”
“Uh-huh. There’s a toaster, and this really great bread,
and muffins, and when he saw we were up, Mr. Fallon
scrambled some eggs. And then he gave us the laundry.”
“I couldn’t believe it when I saw he’d washed our
clothes. It’s like…”
“The shoemaker and the elves.” Tabitha nodded.
“The bread tasted like it was right out of the oven. Do
you think he slept at all?”
“I don’t know.” Fiona scrutinized them. “He loaned
you some more clothes.”
“They are so too big.” Amy gazed down at herself
with comical dismay. Actually the flannel shirt she wore
draped becomingly, giving her a waifish look but for the
swell of breasts.
“I’m going to go borrow something, too,” Fiona
declared. “And then take a bath. Don’t let Willow or
Erin beat me to it if they appear.”
“We won’t.”