it?
She didn’t want it to make sense.
There had to be obvious massive holes in that speculation. Because Mia didn’t want to think that someone could have intentionally done something like this.
Logan stood and it took a moment to figure out why he’d done that. Mia soon spotted the doctor coming their way.
“Mr. McGrath?" the doctor asked.
Logan nodded. "How’s Collena?"
“She came through surgery just fine. The bullet broke her collarbone, then exited through her back. It did some damage to her shoulder. With some physical therapy, she should be close to perfect in a few months."
Logan shook the doctor’s hand."Thank you," The breath he released was one of relief."I’ll be back to check on her, but in the meantime, if she needs anything, my number is at the nurses’ station"
Mia waited until the doctor had walked away before she spoke. She was relieved that Collena was going to be okay, but they had a new issue on their hands."I don’t think your ex-girlfriend would have paid Brighton to make me a surrogate. That’s insane and criminal."
“Genevieve is capable of doing insane, criminal things. She’s desperate and desperate people do terrible things—including using you. I figure she planned to kidnap Tanner when he was born and then try to pass him off as the son that she herself had delivered"
“Oh, mercy." Mia pressed her fingertips to her mouth. Her doubts about the theory were starting to melt away.
“Yeah." Logan took a deep breath."The sickening thing is her plan might have worked, too, if you hadn’t come to see my brother and delivered Tanner on the porch, if I hadn’t been suspicious and if you hadn’t gone into hiding, I believe Genevieve would have kidnapped Tanner and brought him to me, telling me he was our baby."
Mia couldn’t speak and she felt herself start to tremble again.
“Once she’d done that." Logan continued."I would have had Tanner’s DNA tested, of course, to prove he was my son. And the DNA would have proven just that. What I probably wouldn’t have done was requested a maternity test. Because it wouldn’t have crossed my mind that Genevieve could have done something this heinous."
“But you really think she did?" Mia asked, her voice nearly soundless.
He didn’t answer her, “You can’t check into a hotel," Logan insisted."I know it’s hard, but you have to trust me to keep you and Tanner safe."
“Wait a minute." And because she needed time to compose herself, Mia repeated it."Genevieve must have known a plan like this wouldn’t work. After all, I wouldn’t have gone to Brighton if I hadn’t desperately wanted a baby. I wouldn’t have just stood still and allowed her to kidnap Tanner. I would have fought—"
Her gaze flew to Logan’s. She could see the confirmation in his eyes. A confirmation of what she’d just realized.
He reached out, slowly, and slid his arm around her. He pulled her to him. Mia didn’t resist.
She was too numb and sick to resist.
“Genevieve would have killed you and taken Tanner," Logan supplied."And I think that’s what she still plans to do."
Chapter Five
Logan unlocked the door to his north-side San Antonio home and disengaged the security system so that Mia, Tanner and he could go inside.
He’d won the first battle with hen Thank God. He’d convinced Mia to go with him to his house, but it was obvious she wasn’t happy with the decision. She had a white-knuckle grip on Tanner’s carrier seat, and she eyed the place as if it were the enemy’s camp.
Which was no doubt the way she felt about it.
To her, he was the enemy. He was the last man on earth she would have chosen to father her baby. Plus, in the hours since their second meeting at the pediatric clinic, she’d been followed, shot at and forced out of her own home.
And also during that time, Mia had learned the reason that someone likely wanted her dead.
That was a lot for anyone to deal with, especially since the threat wasn’t
She didn’t want it to make sense.
There had to be obvious massive holes in that speculation. Because Mia didn’t want to think that someone could have intentionally done something like this.
Logan stood and it took a moment to figure out why he’d done that. Mia soon spotted the doctor coming their way.
“Mr. McGrath?" the doctor asked.
Logan nodded. "How’s Collena?"
“She came through surgery just fine. The bullet broke her collarbone, then exited through her back. It did some damage to her shoulder. With some physical therapy, she should be close to perfect in a few months."
Logan shook the doctor’s hand."Thank you," The breath he released was one of relief."I’ll be back to check on her, but in the meantime, if she needs anything, my number is at the nurses’ station"
Mia waited until the doctor had walked away before she spoke. She was relieved that Collena was going to be okay, but they had a new issue on their hands."I don’t think your ex-girlfriend would have paid Brighton to make me a surrogate. That’s insane and criminal."
“Genevieve is capable of doing insane, criminal things. She’s desperate and desperate people do terrible things—including using you. I figure she planned to kidnap Tanner when he was born and then try to pass him off as the son that she herself had delivered"
“Oh, mercy." Mia pressed her fingertips to her mouth. Her doubts about the theory were starting to melt away.
“Yeah." Logan took a deep breath."The sickening thing is her plan might have worked, too, if you hadn’t come to see my brother and delivered Tanner on the porch, if I hadn’t been suspicious and if you hadn’t gone into hiding, I believe Genevieve would have kidnapped Tanner and brought him to me, telling me he was our baby."
Mia couldn’t speak and she felt herself start to tremble again.
“Once she’d done that." Logan continued."I would have had Tanner’s DNA tested, of course, to prove he was my son. And the DNA would have proven just that. What I probably wouldn’t have done was requested a maternity test. Because it wouldn’t have crossed my mind that Genevieve could have done something this heinous."
“But you really think she did?" Mia asked, her voice nearly soundless.
He didn’t answer her, “You can’t check into a hotel," Logan insisted."I know it’s hard, but you have to trust me to keep you and Tanner safe."
“Wait a minute." And because she needed time to compose herself, Mia repeated it."Genevieve must have known a plan like this wouldn’t work. After all, I wouldn’t have gone to Brighton if I hadn’t desperately wanted a baby. I wouldn’t have just stood still and allowed her to kidnap Tanner. I would have fought—"
Her gaze flew to Logan’s. She could see the confirmation in his eyes. A confirmation of what she’d just realized.
He reached out, slowly, and slid his arm around her. He pulled her to him. Mia didn’t resist.
She was too numb and sick to resist.
“Genevieve would have killed you and taken Tanner," Logan supplied."And I think that’s what she still plans to do."
Chapter Five
Logan unlocked the door to his north-side San Antonio home and disengaged the security system so that Mia, Tanner and he could go inside.
He’d won the first battle with hen Thank God. He’d convinced Mia to go with him to his house, but it was obvious she wasn’t happy with the decision. She had a white-knuckle grip on Tanner’s carrier seat, and she eyed the place as if it were the enemy’s camp.
Which was no doubt the way she felt about it.
To her, he was the enemy. He was the last man on earth she would have chosen to father her baby. Plus, in the hours since their second meeting at the pediatric clinic, she’d been followed, shot at and forced out of her own home.
And also during that time, Mia had learned the reason that someone likely wanted her dead.
That was a lot for anyone to deal with, especially since the threat wasn’t
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