A Lost Love's Legacy (Sons Of A Gun Book 5) by Brenda Sinclair

A Lost Love's Legacy (Sons Of A Gun Book 5) by Brenda Sinclair

Author:Brenda Sinclair [Sinclair, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: frontier small town, generations old family secret, rancher and ranch life, vengeful relative, solving paternity mystery, overcoming family feud, old diary secrets
Publisher: Brenda Mae Sinclair
Published: 2020-05-09T23:00:00+00:00


Chapter 18

That night, Rosie sat opposite AJ in the study wondering why she’d ever traveled to Milestone. What had begun as a wonderful adventure in search of the grandfather she’d never known, had turned into a peck of trouble for this remarkable family who’d welcomed her into their fold and treated her so well.

This was definitely all her fault.

AJ met her eyes. “Rosie, no one blames you for your mother’s actions. We’re all going to let your mother be. Given time, she might see reason. Anna lost her husband not long ago and a devastating loss like that sets a person back on their heels for a long time. No one knows this better than me.”

Rosie shrugged. She’d heard about the wonderful marriage he’d shared with his wife until she passed several years ago.

“I cannot tell you the emotional mess I found myself in after Edna passed.” AJ shook his head. “Heck, I couldn’t have even admitted such a thing for years afterward. But I know now how devastated I was, losing that woman.”

“But you didn’t turn to stealing from folks when you had no right to anything of theirs.”

“No, I didn’t. But grief affects folks in different ways. I turned inward on myself. I wouldn’t talk to my family or my friends. Reverend Fitzpatrick tried his best to reach me, but I shut everyone out of my life. And it lasted for months and months until one day I turned a corner in my grief and everything became a little brighter, a little more hopeful. Day after day, things slowly improved in my mind until I joined the human race again.” AJ smiled at Rosie. “Could be your ma experienced a bad day. Maybe several of them. What happened hadn’t been real to her until something someone said or something she did brought everything a little clearer. Then everything came crashing down around her ears. She finally realized her husband is gone and he’s not coming back.”

“Perhaps,” Rosie conceded. “But their marriage wasn’t much of a… a partnership. They barely tolerated each other. I doubt she’s terribly heartbroken that he’s passed.”

“Still, the man had been there if she needed him. I figure he provided a comfortable living for his family, and she wanted for nothing. Now, perhaps to her way of thinking, she’s all alone in the world. Her parents are gone. Her husband, too. You’ve come here, leaving her completely on her own.”

“She hasn’t been much of a parent either.”

“I believe you. But Anna might be acting in a way she wouldn’t otherwise… if her world hadn’t been turned upside down.”

“You’re giving her too much credit.” Rosie shook her head. “She’s consumed with money. She’s lived a privileged life since birth. I believe pure greed is responsible for what she’s doing.”

“Maybe you’re right. You know your mother much better than I do.” AJ held up his hands in surrender. “But consider the possibility there’s more than just greed driving this obsession to lay claim to what she believes her father would have wanted her to inherit.



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