5 - Mystery at Rescue Ridge: Rescue Ridge by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han [Han, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rescue Ridge#5
Publisher: TorJake Publishing, T.O.
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Evie cut across the room, careful not to distract the kids from their show. There were a few moments of peace throughout the day. Morning cartoons for forty-five minutes gave her enough of a break to clean up after breakfast and figure out what to do next. Most of her days involved a whole lot of wiping dishes, hands, and backsides. “I see the way Luca looks at you, and now Travis. Do you think he misses having a male figure in his life?”

Owen nodded. “What do you think about playing videos of him with his dad? There must be some that we can plug into the TV while the kids play in the living room.”

“That’s a great idea, actually.” She smiled, impressed by his thoughtfulness. She should have expected it coming from Owen. He’d always put others’ needs first. The problem was that she’d spent too much time with people who were nothing like him. What could she say? The man broke the mold.

The world would be a lot better place if there were more people like him.

“It would have helped me a lot to see my mom’s face,” he said. “It would’ve helped me feel like I still had a connection with her while growing up.”

“Beaumont would never have allowed that,” she said, reaching out to touch his arm in a show of empathy. He knew what it was like to grow up without one of your parents. Owen never talked about his mother, and the fact had never crossed her mind until now.

Physical contact was a bad idea. Sparks flew. Her fingertips burned from the desire to roam over his muscled chest, abs, and other places she probably shouldn’t think about with babies in the room, considering the heat warming her in places that had been long dormant.

Evie wasn’t a prude by any stretch of the imagination. Dating hadn’t been a priority.

“No, he pretty much erased our mother’s entire existence when she left,” he said, pouring another cup of coffee. “Which is why I know how important it is to leave all the family pictures up.”

“I wondered about taking them down.” She had thought they might be painful reminders of losing those closest to the children. “I decided to keep them up.”

“You can always add to them over the years. In a way, it can make them feel like the family changed and expanded while keeping memories alive.”

“She won’t have many of either of her parents.” Evie motioned toward Olivia.

“No, but she’ll have you.”

“Looking at her mother’s face in the pictures might be making her sad,” she said. “Olivia doesn’t have words, crying might be her only release.”

“Makes sense to me.” He joined her at the table as she retrieved her sister’s laptop. “Being able to talk to express feelings is something a whole mess of adults haven’t quite learned to do.”

For that, she laughed.

“Truer words have never been spoken.” She sat at the head of the table so she wouldn’t be sitting directly next to him.

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