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“You’ve come back. It’s about time, don’t you think?”
Оглавление“About time?” Dr. Brett Elliot hadn’t expected his hometown to stage a welcome parade to celebrate his return. But he also hadn’t expected to be accosted by a beautiful woman he’d never met. “Ms.—”
“You don’t know who I am?”
“You’re not…?”
Something about her amber eyes triggered recognition. He brushed back her auburn curls, exposing a thin scar. She’d fallen from a tree when she was five, and he’d been convinced at ten he was grown up enough to take care of her. That was when he’d decided to become a doctor.
“Rebecca. Little Rebecca, all grown up.”
“People do, you know. Did you think nothing in Bedford Creek would change while you were gone, that we were all just waiting for your return?”
Rebecca had been a quiet little tomboy, all skinny legs and sharp elbows. The woman who stood in front of him now was beautiful.
“I guess things have changed,” Brett said, lifting an eyebrow.
