Barbara Dunlop - From Temptation To Twins

The fastest way to the Crab Shack was along the footpath. Caleb broke into a run. He knew every inch of the pathway, and it took him less than five minutes to get to the peninsula, his mind going over all the possible scenarios where Jules might have been hurt. Had she fallen off the ladder? Had she burned herself with the paint stripper?

Matt stuck with him, with TJ falling a bit behind. Caleb had no idea whether or not Bernard had even bothered to come along. As he ran up the gravel driveway, he could see the paramedics moving a stretcher. He put on a burst of speed.

Then he saw Jules under the lights. She wasn’t the one on the stretcher. He felt an immense surge of relief. But then his fear was back. If it wasn’t Jules, it must be Melissa.

He finally got close enough to call out.

“What happened?” he asked.

Jules looked over at him in surprise. “What are you doing here?”

“We saw the ambulance lights,” he said through the gasps of his breath. “What happened?”

“Nail gun,” Melissa said from the stretcher, her voice sounding strained.

Caleb was relieved to hear her speak. But then her words registered.

“You were using a nail gun?” He moved his attention to Jules. “You have a nail gun?”

“I don’t have a nail gun. Noah has a nail gun.”

“Where’s Noah?” Caleb wanted to have a word with the man. What was he thinking letting Jules and Melissa use a nail gun? Was he crazy?

“It was my fault,” Melissa called from inside the ambulance.

“Are you coming with us?” the paramedic asked Jules.

“Yes.” She moved for the door.

“I’ll meet you there,” Caleb said.

“Why?” she asked as she stepped up to climb inside.

“Just go.”

“Melissa seemed pretty good,” Matt said.

TJ arrived, panting.

“You need to hit the gym,” Matt told him.

“No kidding,” TJ said. “Who got hurt?”

“Melissa,” Caleb said. “Something about a nail gun.”

TJ gave him an incredulous look. “Is it bad?”

“She was talking from the stretcher. But I’m going to head down to Memorial and find out what happened.”

“You are?” TJ seemed surprised.

Caleb thought it was a perfectly reasonable course of action. The women were their neighbors, and Jules might need something. At the very least, she’d need a ride back home.

“White knight syndrome,” Matt said.

“Who’s he rescuing?” TJ asked.

“Good question.” TJ raised a brow at Caleb. “The rational one or the difficult one?”

The difficult one. “Neither.”

Caleb was simply being neighborly...and practical. He was being neighborly and practical. There was nothing remotely unusual about that.

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