Page 27 of Give Love a Chance


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“You look pale, Noelle,” Quinn said in a soft voice. “Why don’t you go home and I’ll close the store for you.”

“I like that idea, Noelle,” Chase agreed, giving Quinn an approving look. Quinn blushed, but not before Noelle noticed it.

“I don’t want to be all alone.” Noelle said sadly. She wanted Chance, but she didn’t want to interrupt him while he was concentrating on his job.

“I called him from my car. He is on his way,” Chase said softly. He squeezed her shoulder. He had never spoken much to her and she assumed he just didn’t like her.

“Was he mad?” she asked him.

“Not at you, Noelle. The guy is crazy about you. You know that, right?” he asked.

Noelle sniffed and wrapped her arms around herself. She was having a hard time not sobbing. She nodded silently.

Quinn hugged Noelle. “I hate this, Noelle. This is plain cruel and evil. I say we hunt Carly and give her a good ass kicking.”

Noelle giggled about to agree when Chase spoke up in his harsh voice.

He wagged his finger at Quinn. “You will not hunt anyone down. It is my job to take care of this situation.”

Quinn scoffed and put her hand on her hip. “Well, get to it, Deputy.”

“I don’t like leaving you here alone, Quinn.” His voice lost his anger and he looked worried.

Quinn’s expression softened. “I took plenty of self-defense classes, Chase. I can handle skinny Carly.”

“Unstable people are dangerous, Quinn. Never underestimate her. These pranks are childish, but they could get worse.” He looked at his watch. “Chance should be here in ten minutes. He wasn’t busy. I’ll stick around here with you.”

Noelle felt better that Quinn would not be at the store alone.

* * * *

Chance was pissed after Chase called him. He drove back to Willow Springs trying to calm down. How could Carly be so cruel as to remind Noelle of a painful event?

Having another talk with Carly would do no good. Chase was planning on doing it, hoping to scare her. He doubted it would.

He practically ran to the store after parking a block away. Noelle looked pale and her eyes were red. He groaned and pulled her trembling body as close as possible to his own.

Chase and Quinn moved away giving them space.

“I want to kill Carly,” he swore, kissing her head. He buried his face in her neck.

She looked up and caressed his cheek with her cold hand. He kissed her palm.

“She is not worth breaking the law for,” she whispered, looking sad instead of angry.

“I want to wrap you in cotton and make sure you never feel pain again. This pisses me off.” Chance felt the anger stir up all over again.

“That would be impossible, Chance. I have to be strong here. I can’t let Carly get to me. That is what she wants.” Noelle answered him in a shaky voice. “Thinking of the baby hurts so much. I would have loved him or her.”

Chance wanted to hunt Carly down himself. Everything was a game to her, but his patience was running out. “I feel like I drove her to mess with you. She started calling the house for me, but Mom told her I had no desire to talk to her. Hank banned her from the bar because she was harassing him, too. This could be her revenge. Hurting you guts me. I want to find her.”

“That might not be wise right now,” Chase told him, coming over to where they were. “I just convinced Quinn not to take the law into her own hands. Want to hear my lecture, too, Chance?”

“Say no, Chance,” Quinn warned, rolling her eyes and making Chance smile.

“Oh, I have been hearing them for many years now, Quinn,” Chance assured Quinn with a humorous glance. “Chase has always been the levelheaded one out of the three of us.”

Noelle leaned her head on his shoulder. He felt his heartbeat calm down immediately as he held her tight. He feared Carly would escalate in these childish pranks and Noelle would be hurt more than just emotionally. He wouldn’t allow that to happen. He kissed the top of her head, inhaling the fruity smell of her shampoo. Holding her in his arms felt good, but he needed to get her home.

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