Page 44 of All In Good Time

Logan checkedto see Sara’s reaction. As he’d expected, she wasn’t going to let go of this.

“As I’m sure you are aware, it is no short journey from Breaghacraig to Dunaill. He must see us. It’s very important.” He could see the determination in Sara’s eyes as she spoke.

“I’m sorry. I’ve never been to Breaghacraig, so I have no idea how far it is. If you’ve been on the road for days to get here, then ye shall stay tonight. Mayhap tomorrow Rory will be able to see ye.”

Sara narrowed her eyes and Logan could see she was ready to argue with Katriona. “That would be fine,” he said.

“I’ll have Ina show ye to yer rooms. Once ye’ve rested, please join us in the great hall for our evening meal.” She looked very pointedly at Sara and then turned and left.

“That was weird,” Sara said.

By now both men were used to her odd sayings and didn’t seem at all surprised by anything she said.

A few moments passed before Ina came to show them to their chambers. “If ye’ll follow me,” she said as she led them down the passageway and upstairs.

They stopped in front of a door at the end of the hall and Ina opened it. “Lady Katriona would like the lass to stay in this room.”

Sara entered the room and Ina told her if she needed anything she’d be back to help her. Sara glanced at Logan and Hamish before heading into the room.

Next Ina brought the men to another chamber a few doors down. She opened it and led the way in. There was one bed. Hamish rolled his eyes and laughed.

“Is there a problem, sir?” Ina asked.

“Nae. This will be fine, Ina,” Logan answered.

“I’ll leave ye then. Rest well.”

Logan took one look at Hamish and walked out of the room and back to Sara’s where he knocked. He waited and was about to give up when she opened the door. Seeing him, she tried to shut the door in his face, but he was quicker than she and put all his weight into the door, keeping it open.

“What do you want?” she asked, a note of anger in her voice.

“I must speak with ye,” he said.

“I’m too tired to talk right now. Go back to your room and I’ll see you at dinner.” She again attempted to close the door, but Logan wasn’t budging. An exasperated sigh escaped her lips as she walked away from the door allowing him to enter. She sat on the edge of the bed and waited for him to speak.

“May I?” he asked, indicating that he’d like to sit with her.

She gazed up at him, unsmiling and apparently skeptical of his motives.

He stayed where he was. “Sara, I don’t know where to begin. I know yer angry with me and I fear ye may hate me now.”

Sara put her head in her hands. “I don’t hate you. I just don’t understand what you’re doing.”

Logan squatted down in front of her. “I came after you to make sure you were alright.”

“And to make sure I never made it to Rory.” She looked up at him, sadness in her eyes.

“I admit that is true,” his voice softened, “but I was worried about ye. Ye needed me to protect ye.” He could see by her reaction that he’d said the wrong thing.

“I beg your pardon!” Sara raised her voice. “Who crossed a continent, an ocean and five hundred years all alone? Who found Rory? And, yeah, I might have needed Hamish to find this castle, but I did get here and all without your protection.”

“Sara, ye must understand, I love ye, ‘tis only natural for me to want to protect ye.” He lifted her chin to look into her eyes and was pleased she let him. “If things turn out the way I believe they will, I’ll be marrying Aisla. I’ve made me promise and I willnae change me mind. She needs me.”

“I know she does. But Rory has no idea she’s having a baby. He has to know and if he’s any sort of decent human being he’ll do the right thing. We have to give him that chance. I know Aisla thinks he doesn’t want to be with her because she’s not a noble lady, but she doesn’t know that for certain.” She stood and moved further away from him. “The thing that really bugs me is that you didn’t even fight for us. You were willing to go along with her wishes without question. I understand how she feels, but with very little trouble I was able to figure out who Rory was. You could have done exactly what I did without her knowing it. Don’t you think she’d rather be with the man she loves?”

“I dinnae ken what to say, love. Yer right and ye have been all along. I have failed you and Aisla. I thought I was doing the right thing by her and now I know I wasnae. I’ve only made matters worse.” Her half smile gave him hope. “So, we’ll do this together. We’ll see it through to the end and hope fer the best. We’ll see Rory tomorrow and get the answers to all of our questions and if I dinnae like his answers, I hope ye willnae think less of me if I pummel him.”

Sara giggled at this. “Thank you. I appreciate you seeing things from my perspective and I like that you can admit when you’ve been wrong.”