Earning Her Love Read Free

then called Grant’s Garage. Grant had a tow truck, and she asked him to come and get her. Grant was a friend of her parents, or he used to be. He didn’t agree with how her family treated her when she fell pregnant with Zane, and he helped her out from time to time.
    Gazing around at the cars speeding by, Mia thought it best she and Zane get out of the car. Turning, she smiled at Zane. “Mummy’s car is broken. I’m getting out, then I’ll get you.”
    Zane nodded. “Okays, Mummy.”
    She undid her seat belt and turned and smiled at her son just as a car sped toward them.
    Mia heard the brakes screeching, and she prayed they would be okay. That was the last thing she thought before she felt herself fly through the air.
    * * * *
    Alex had ten minutes left and he was done with his shift. He’d worked thirteen hours and was exhausted. He couldn’t wait to get home and go to bed. Tomorrow was swimming, and he intended to ask Mia out.
    A call came over his radio, and he knew he should ignore it, but he was just two streets away. Alex answered the call, telling them he’d deal with it. As he came around the corner he saw a poo-colored bomb sitting in the overtaking lane. He furrowed his brows, the car was familiar. It looked just liked Mia’s wreck of a car. He put his lights on just as a red car came flying around the corner and right into the bomb of a car. The windscreen shattered as a female body flew from it and landed on the ground.
    Calling dispatch, he told them as quickly as he could what had happened, so he could get more help and they could send an ambulance. A sickening feeling settled into his bones as he parked and set up a perimeter, making sure it was safe before he went over to the woman. He tried to think positive thoughts and deny his edgy feeling. Blood gushed from her head, and her body was covered in deep cuts that oozed more blood. She was damn lucky to be alive.
    She groaned and her eyes fluttered. “Zane. My baby. Please make sure he’s okay.”
    As the beautiful dark brown eyes opened Alex’s heart sank. Mia, his Mia, was hurt. Glancing over at the car, he debated whether he should leave her and go check on Zane or stay with her. He heard sirens in the distance.
    “Please,” she begged.
    Alex was surprised that Mia was even alive, let alone conscious enough to talk. He wanted to touch her, but he was scared, terrified that he could hurt her further. All he could do was nod and do what she wanted. “Okay. I’ll be right back.”
    He walked to the car to see a screaming Zane. The back of the car was crumpled, but Alex could see the other car was in worse condition. It was a cheap plastic one. Thanks to Mia’s car being really old it was metal. The passenger door wouldn’t open so he tried the front and it clicked open.
    Zane instantly stopped crying when he saw him. “I knows yous. You’re Olivia’s uncles.”
    Alex tried to slow his speeding heart. Zane seemed fine. Kids were resilient. He gazed back in Mia’s direction, and for the first time in many years, he prayed. He was grateful she was young, because hopefully it would help her recover. He worried though. She wasn’t tall, he would guess her lucky to be five-two. He hoped her shapely body with its cushioning helped her fall.
    Alex regretted not asking her out sooner. Not spending time to get to know her. He’d been a fool. He’d been attracted to her and was going to ask her out, so he looked into her. When he found out her age he stayed away. He was a just over a month from his fortieth birthday, and Mia was all of twenty-one...barely. Alex thought she looked young, but she had a four year old, so he thought she must be older. Once he found out her age he knew she was way too young and he needed to stay away.
    The problem was he couldn’t stop thinking about the strawberry blonde haired beauty. His dad, and even his younger brother Chad, said over and over that when you found the one you just knew. She was the person you