Page 87 of Taming Irish

“What’swrong?”

“Did you authorize a nurse to take Axel?” I keep my voice low, not wanting to wake Delaney up in case I’m justoverreacting.

“What?” He’s suddenly wide awake. “No.”

“Call Security. I’m sorry, I thought she was anurse-”

“Who?”

“I don’t know. A redhead. Wearing pink scrubs. Just call. Have them lock the exits.” I rush out of the room. I hear Delaney’s cry just as I turn the same corner the womanwent.

This can’t behappening.

There are three doors in the direction she took. One is a restroom that’s unoccupied, one’s a locked custodial room, and the other leads to thestairwell.

I burst through them, glancing down. Nothing. Until I hear the squeak of shoes somewhere below me, followed by a newborn’scry.

She’s inhere.

I take the stairs as quickly as my feet will allow, adrenaline racing through me so that I barely feel the pain that slices through my knee when I turn a corner tooquickly.

An alarm sounds over the intercom issuing a CodePink.

Good.

There will be security at every exit. I just hope to God that she doesn’t do anything to harm thechild.

One floor below me, I hear a door open, and as I turn the corner, I see a blur of red hair before it shutsagain.

I push through, not knowing what I’m going to do if I catch up with her, but knowing I can’t let her out of mysight.

Who the hell isshe?

When the woman comes to a sudden halt at the end of hall, I freeze when I see what caused herreaction.

Shane. Carrying two coffee cups, a small plastic bag, and an insanely large stuffed panda bear under one arm. The vision would normally have a smile itching at my lips. But my first reaction is to yell at him to stop thewoman.

I don’t have time to, because his gaze drifts to the redhead and his eyes widen in recognition. Her name is on his lips instantly. “Emily?”

Even with the distance between us, I see the crazed lovestruck look that makes her eyes widen and her face turn a shade of pink. It’s a look that’s more than just a celebrity crush. And I have an aching suspicion she’s someone to him, and that I’ve just placed myself in a bigger mess than I could ever haveimagined.

---