For one thing, she wanted to tell him about her stepbrother, get his advice.David Rhodes…that…that—she couldn’t think of a word that adequately described how loathsome he was. She wanted him exposed. Humiliated, embarrassed, punished. Only the fact that Ben would be humiliated and embarrassed, too, gave her pause.When Olivia pulled into her driveway on Lighthouse Road she was delighted to see that Jack was already home from the newspaper office. Impatiently, she grabbed the grocery bag of last-minute items and made her way into the house, using the entrance off the kitchen.“Jack!” she called out as soon as she was inside.“What’s wrong?” Her husband met her in the kitchen and stopped short. “Someone’s made you mad.”Olivia finished unwinding the muffler from around her neck. “Why do you say that?” she asked, not realizing she’d been so obvious.“Your eyes are shooting sparks. So, what’d I do this time?”“It’s not you, silly.” She hung her coat on the hook along with the bright red scarf her mother had knit for her.
