Losing Who
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(Book Three in the Loving Who series)
Cici
Connors is losing her mind—or is she? She has vague memories of living another
life where she time traveled and explored the universe accompanied by an alien
with psychic abilities, but these memories can't be real, can they? Losing her
job doesn't make her life any easier, so Cici decides it's time to grow up and give
up Doctor Who fandom once and for
all.
Alien time
traveler John Smith had to leave Cici on Earth for the sake of clearing up
Earth's muddy timeline. Now he vows to return to his adopted world--and return
Cici's memories as well. But nothing is ever easy or simple where John is
concerned. With the aid of his alien partners-in-crime, Captain Mac and
Babbling Brook, John devises a clever plan to gain Cici's attention. Will hiring
Cici to run John's sci-fi convention attract another invasion of Earth by
artificially intelligent life forms?
Excerpt--Cici and John Smith meet again, but she doesn't recognize him...
Cici blinked twice and took a long, shaky breath. Out of
nowhere a rescuer had rushed to her side and helped her to her feet. The
gentleman stood tall and thin with bright blue-gray eyes and a distinguished
touch of silver in his graying blond hair. If she wasn’t mistaken, he had the
most charming Scots accent. She gazed up into his questioning face and felt a
connection. Had they met somewhere before? Odd, but she somehow thought they
had. For the life of her, she couldn’t remember where or when.
“Y-yes, I’m fine,” she sputtered. “Just a bit breathless.
Thank you.”
He nodded. “You’re welcome.”
She took a step forward and felt a sharp stab of pain in her
right ankle. “Ow!”
“You’re injured. Here.” He took her hand and placed it on
his forearm. “Lean on me.”
“You're so very kind.”
“Really?” His silver eyebrows arched, and his eyes widened.
“There’s a first time for everything.”
Cici did her best not to grimace as they hobbled together
toward one of the few benches located along the trail. Her rescuer helped her
to sit and then knelt in front of her foot to check for damage.
“You’re not a doctor, are you?” she asked, trying to make
light conversation as the stranger gently manipulated her injured ankle.
“A doctor?” He smiled.
“Funny you should say that, but some people do think I resemble one. Does this
hurt?” He pressed along the side of her arch.
“Ow!” She winced. “Not too much. After the shock wears off
in a few minutes I’ll probably be fine.”
“That’s a good sign when you can handle shock well. How
about this?” He pushed her foot upward, her toes pointing toward her body.
Cici bit her lip hard to hold back a scream. She saw stars
and almost passed out from the pain. “Yep. It hurts. Lots.”
“I thought it might. It’s more than likely a sprain, but you
might want to get it x-rayed to check for broken bones.”
“I can’t afford the x-ray, so we’ll go with the sprain,
shall we?” Her new companion didn’t seem to get her dark sense of humor. His
eyes bulged in his long face as he considered her reaction. “What’s wrong? Have
I grown a horn in the middle of my forehead, or am I turning a particularly
sickening shade of green?”
He smiled. He got it. “More pale than green, and the horn
quite suits you. I like horns.”
“That’s good. I wouldn’t want to scare you off so easily.” Did I say that out loud? Get a grip!
Flirting when you’re unemployed isn’t a good thing. You can’t afford new
clothes and make-up to keep him interested.
“Don’t worry. I don’t scare easily.” Her savior stood and looked
at her, thoughtfully rubbing the lapels of his navy jacket. “We just passed an
access parking lot, but unfortunately I don’t have a car to take you home in to
recuperate. What could we use to get you home without causing further pain?”
“Too bad we don’t have a little red wagon or a rickshaw
handy,” she suggested.
“That’s a good idea. Very good indeed.” He spun on his heels
and disappeared into thin air as quickly as he had appeared originally.
Cici blinked twice. Her tall and handsome Scotsman, in a
rather dashing red-lined navy blue suit with a buttoned-up white shirt, had
simply vanished. Just my luck. She
waved at where he’d once stood. “Uh, thanks again for your help.”
What to do now? She took several deep breaths and tried to
prepare herself for the hobble home up the trail. Perhaps she could find a tree
branch strong enough to hold her wait while she limped? Unfortunately for her,
it appeared the county parks’ groundskeepers had recently been in the area to
mow and pick up fallen branches along the trail. Her luck this week had gone
from bad to worse to dismal. Go figure.
“There’s nothing for it. Cowboy up, Connors.” With a groan
of determination, Cici rose to her feet. “Ye-ow! Right foot, left foot, right
foot, left foot…”
She had barely made it a yard before the distinguished
Scotsman reappeared behind her.
“Hold it right there,” he commanded. “We’ve got to fit you
into this contraption.”
Cici stared until she thought her eyes would pop out of her
head. Was it really a rickshaw? “W-where on Earth did you get that?”
He frowned and scratched his head. “On Earth? Well, you
could say a friend in China owed me a favor, so he let me borrow it.”
“A friend from
China, you mean?”
“Yes, of course. That’s what I meant. From China. It is, in fact, an antique Chinese rickshaw.” He lay
the cross piece down and stepped over it to help her. “All aboard.”
Losing Who is now available from Devine Destinies Books, Amazon (in print and Kindle format) and wherever fine books are sold online. And don't forget to check out books 1 and 2, Loving Who and Leaving Who, while you're at it.
