The Tycoon's Proposition. Rebecca Winters

hours and that’s longer than we’ve all been corralled together at one time in I don’t know how many years.”

      In spite of her misgivings, she laughed.

      His gray-blue eyes twinkled. “Knowing my brother, he was ready to throw us out ten minutes after we got here. It’ll be doing the whole family a real favor if you’d be willing to baby-sit for a while.

      “You see,” he said in a confiding voice, “the hospital staff’s been singing your praises. With you here, Mom will feel like we can leave for an hour to grab a bite to eat.”

      After having to fly down here at a moment’s notice, Terri could well imagine how tired and hungry they were. It would be churlish to refuse when she’d come here with every intention of trying to get more information out of Mr. Herrick about Richard.

      “All right. I’ll go back with you, but I can’t stay long.”