diverted her attention； Georgie would forget all about the pills。 ？What？s that？？
？A hoof pick；？ she answered quickly； holding out the pills。 ？The groom uses it to clean out the
horses？ hooves。 e on； take one。？
Nate shook his head； his mind fumbling for a way to get both of them out of the realm of horse
pills and into safer territory。
？Georgie；？ he said looking into her dark brown eyes with his sparkling emerald green ones and
grabbing her wrist hard so that the horse pills scattered on the floor。 He swept her up in his arms
and kissed her dark red lips。 ？Let？s go back downstairs； okay？？
Georgie let her head fall heavily against his chest。 ？Okay；？ she demurred。 Her dark； silky hair
trailed almost to the floor as Nate carried her down the long hall from the attic stairs to her
bedroom。 He pulled back the plush white duvet and set her down on the bed； but she clung to him。
？Don？t leave me alone。？
Nate wasn？t planning to。 Who knew what she？d do if he did。
？I？ll be back in a sec；？ he said； extracting himself。 He walked across the room and into the
bathroom； leaving the door ajar so he could catch Georgie before she did anything dumb。 Lined up
on the counter next to the bathroom sink were three little bottles of prescription pills。 Nate
recognized the name Percoset because he？d taken the painkiller when he？d had his wisdom teeth
removed； but he didn？t recognize the names of the other two。 None of the three prescriptions were
made out to Georgina Spark。
He washed his hands and then went back into the bedroom。 Georgie lay flat on her stomach in
her white cotton underwear； snoring softly and looking much more innocent than she deserved to