Finding Peace (Love's Compass #1) Read Online Free Page A

His eyes were brown.”
    She closed her own eyes then and he noticed that her eyelashes were the same shade as her curls.
    “He was bigger than I am, but not nearly as tall as you are.” With those words, her eyes flew open and her cheeks flushed. “He was big, though. I don’t know if he was especially muscular or heavy.” Her eyes dropped to her hands.
    Tuck’s heart beat faster at her comment. He found he really wanted to know what her opinion was about his height. To cover up his thoughts, he wrote several things down. “Good! Every little detail helps and you never know when one might make the difference between identifying the guy or not. Did he say anything?”
    “Not a word. Not even a grunt when he shoved me down.” She pulled the blanket closer in the front, drawing her right knee up under it.
    Tuck surveyed her for a moment and was going to ask another question when the curtain parted. A doctor walked in. The nurse who followed him brought a grin to his face.
    Lexi smiled back at him. “Causing trouble, Tuck?”
    “Aren’t I always?” He winked. “I didn’t realize you were on rotation tonight.”
    “I’m covering for someone else.”
    “There must be something in the air. Well, this is your lucky night.” He motioned to Laurie. “Meet Laurie Blake. She ran into a burglar at her photography studio and was shoved out of the way before the guy ran off.” He rested a hand on the nurse’s shoulder. “And this is my big sister, Alexis Chandler, R.N.”
    Lexi smiled at Laurie. “It’s nice to meet you. This is Doctor Reynolds.”
    The doctor nodded at her with a kind smile. “Let’s see what we’ve got here.”
     
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    Doctor Reynolds helped Laurie move back and lay on the bed. She dug the heel of her right foot into the thin mattress while he poked and prodded her other ankle.
    “It doesn’t appear to be broken, but with this kind of swelling, you’re going to need an x-ray to tell for sure,” he said as he released her foot.
    She let out the breath she had been holding during his examination.
    The doctor took a look at both of her palms. He made a few notes in a chart and turned to Lexi. “Take her down to x-ray and then clean out those wounds on her hands.” He patted his patient gently on the shoulder. “I’ll see you when we get the results back, young lady.”
    Lexi wheeled Laurie down two floors to x-ray. She was relieved when the whole experience was over. She was sure the tech had been as gentle as possible, but every movement of her ankle caused pain to shoot up the side of her leg. By the time she was back in the room, her foot was throbbing, and she was determined to sucker punch the next person who touched it. 
    She thought Tuck was going to say something. Instead, he leaned against a wall, hands in his pockets, and his eyes on her.
    Lexi pulled a small table closer and sat down on a stool. “Let me take a look at your hands and get them cleaned up.”
    Laurie hesitated, really not looking forward to being prodded any further. “They’re only scrapes.”
    “Well, we’re sitting around waiting for the doctor. You may as well let me clean and bandage them up.” Lexi winked at her and she couldn’t help but acquiesce. She extended her hands, palms up.
    She could see the similarities between the siblings in the room. Both had hair that was nearly black. Laurie sought Tuck’s eyes and noted that they were a lot darker than his sister’s. She hadn’t expected him to still be watching her. Her pulse quickened. Her attention swung back to the nurse so quickly, Lexi stopped cleaning her hands and looked at her in concern.
    “I’m sorry. There are some glass shards that I need to remove. These scrapes are going to be annoying for a few days. Make sure you put some antibiotic cream and wrap them as best you can. They’ll heal pretty quickly.” She finished cleaning them. After drying the damaged skin, she wrapped them lightly with gauze that she expertly weaved