Free Unlikely Love: A Hot, Romantic Suspense Series: Book 1 (The Carlisle Sisters) by Kay Brody

said.
    “Like kill someone?”  Jen suggested soberly.
    Everyone was silent.  No one wanted to verbally confirm what they were thinking.  It was too horrific to entertain.
    “We have to tell Beth,” Tracy said.
    “Oh my God!  Beth said she was going to go lie out and get some sun,” Jen cried.
    “She could have gone in the pool,” Tracy said in alarm.
    Grey was seemingly out of the door before anyone else had taken one step.  He ran across the resort to The Blue Lagoon pool and scanned the area.  He didn’t see Beth.  Jen and Tracy caught up to him.
    “Do you see her?”  Tracy asked anxiously.
    “No.  Maybe she’s at the smaller pool,” Grey said.
    “The River Water pool is more secluded.  She could have gone there to have a little more peace,” Jen said.
    “Let’s go,” he said curtly.
    Grey didn’t mean to be abrupt but he was concerned about Beth. They walked briskly to The River Water pool and immediately saw Beth resting in a cabana, reading a book.  They ran to her.
    “Beth!”  Grey yelled.
    Beth looked up and saw Grey and her two sisters running toward her.  Concern was etched on their faces.  She wondered what was wrong.
    “What is it,” Beth asked as they arrived at her cabana.
    “Have you been in the pool?  Did you swim?”  Grey asked urgently.
    “Yes.  I swam a few laps a little while ago.  Why?  What’s going on?”  Beth answered.
    Tracy explained what had happened with the resorts guests.
    “My God!  Was anyone seriously hurt?”  Beth asked.
    “No.  But they all have bacterial infections.  The infirmary is swamped with patients,” Grey said.
    “We have to close all of the pools,” Beth said in alarm.
    “That’s already underway.  I had Cissy notify Jake,” Grey said.  “We need to get you to the infirmary to be checked out.”
    Beth looked at her bare arms and legs and they were clear of a rash.
    “I think I’m fine.  I haven’t broken out,” Beth said.
    “You need to be checked anyway.  It may take a while to appear and we need to be safe,” Tracy said in concern.
    “Okay,” Beth replied.
    Grey helped her off of the lounge chair just as Jake came into the pool area.  He raised a blow horn to his mouth and told the two people that were swimming to exit the pool.  Then his maintenance team put orange cones around the perimeter of the pool.
    “I need to help Jake,” Grey told the sisters.
    “We will take Beth to the infirmary while you handle things here.  We’ll meet you back at the office,” Tracy said.
    “Alright.  See you then,” he said.
    Grey moved to speak with Jake and the ladies looked at each other uneasily.
    “Someone is trying to ruin us.  Who could it be?”  Beth asked fretfully.
    “I don’t know.  But first things first.  Let’s get you checked out by Dr. Burriss; then we can try to make sense of it all later,” Tracy said.
    They hurried to the infirmary.
     
    *****
     
    Beth rolled her suitcase into the cabin and set the bags she had draped over her shoulders onto the glass top dining table. Then she collapsed onto the sofa and took a deep breath. It had been a long, tiring day.
    When she’d arrived at the infirmary it was busting at the seams with guests who were in line to see the doctor ahead of her. She waited as patiently as she could with such a crisis going on, not wanting to throw her status as new owner of The Sea View around.  For one, it wouldn’t look good if she were to demand attention before her ailing guests.  Plus, she wasn’t even sure if she needed to be there. Her skin was as normal as ever, if a bit more red from her brief stint in the sun.
    When she finally did see the doctor, he’d been short and clipped. He’d told her that she most likely hadn’t been infected because she didn’t have any signs and she hadn’t swum in the Blue Lagoon pool. Obviously, she was to return if a rash appeared and, otherwise, she was free to go about her business.
    And what a business it was.