Trace hadn’t seen her as he pushed himself up from where he’d been sitting on the floor, playing rodeo with the girls. He’d made dinner. Annie didn’t quite know what to make of that. Actually she was too tired and weak to try to make something of it. She headed to the bath...
Grady was a little further along than he’d thought he’d be at this point—primarily because he’d finally gotten the hang of twin-sitting—and he decided that before he left to catch the first stop of the Bull Extravaganza in late August, he’d build Annie a shed for her gardening equipment. He was a...
Dani asked as she plopped down a basket of laundry fresh off the line. “He was too busy causing his own pain,” Jolie said, gathering up a sheet and burying her nose in it. She loved air dried sheets. “How so?” Jolie gave her ...
She was almost to the door when she realized that she didn’t have Matt’s phone number. No problem. She’d go see him in person. Except that she didn’t know where he lived. Damn. She grabbed the phone bo...
Margarite said as Jodie walked into the kitchen, “but I couldn’t get the darned thing to work.” “I’ll see what I can do.” Jodie left the kitchen and headed down the short hallway to the office, ready to do battle. She needed hard copies of accounts and Margarite wanted recipes. Both required a pr...
“What’s wrong?” Eden asked as soon as Patty had gone into the walk-in with a container of leftovers. “I just had the most weird-ass experience.” “How so?” Weird-ass experiences were kind of a way of life with her brother. Justin got off the counter and gestured toward his room with his head. Once...
Maybe it was because he was no longer hung over, or maybe because he’d come to terms with the fact that drinking too much wasn’t going to heal the broken bond with his dad. Whatever the cause, Jason took pains to not alienate the kid. Most of the foundation was in pieces a...
Emma’s question snapped Zach out of deep thought and he flipped the pancake he was cooking. “Just tired,” he said. Tired and worried and wishing he knew whether Tess’s fears were realistic or an aftermath of the assault. Wishing he could head over to her place, make sure s...
She put him to work, and he complied without complaint, taking the prep list and propping it up at his station. All went well, right up until he made Patty cry. Reggie was in the office, taking a call, when she heard the bathroom door next to the office slam shut, followed by the sound of muffled...
It wasn’t as if she didn’t have a lot to choose from, but instead she paced the house—the house now filled with furniture she’d bought while with Gabe the Liar, which was getting in the way of her stalking path. How could she have been so manipulated and not seen what was ...
Two simple sentences. How can I find out if my kid’s all right? It was a closed adoption. It was a huge move on his part and he couldn’t say why, after all these years, he’d finally made it. Maybe the gnawing anxiety had worn him down. When he pushed Send, his throat went dry. His first actual ...
Shae McArthur tipped the dark glasses down and tilted the rearview mirror so she could see her eyes. Dreadful. As if she’d been crying all night. More like crying for a week, to the point that even if she wanted to cry again, she’d have no tears left. The last registry had been canceled, the last...