Always in Her Heart by Marta Perry

Author:Marta Perry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2003-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Link felt like a husband and father coming home to the family he loved. Alarms went off in his mind, and he braked so abruptly that the truck shimmied as it came to a stop in the driveway.

Unfortunately, being together every evening in the week since Annie had offered to help him with the company books had put too many thoughts in his mind that didn’t belong there.

His fingers tightened on the steering wheel, and he made no effort to get out of the truck. He’d better get this straight in his mind. This wasn’t real. The warm, cozy, welcoming home wasn’t his—not for keeps.

Ironic, that he of all people should be put in the position of having what amounted to a counterfeit family. Maybe God was trying to tell him something.

Whatever the lesson might be, he could only assume he wasn’t learning it very well. But one thing he’d better get right, and quickly. He couldn’t let Annie and Marcy grow to depend on him, any more than he could depend on them. This situation was dangerous enough without that.

He slid out of the truck and walked quickly to the house, knowing how much he wanted to see them even while he was telling himself to be careful.

They were both in the family room, looking just like the cozy picture he’d been imagining. Marcy ran to him, carrying a block in each hand, and threw herself into his arms. The feel of her soft cheek against his nearly undid all his careful resolutions.

He put her down, and she held out the blocks. “Bock,” she announced, then ran to put them in her bright red plastic wagon. “Bock.” She ran to the far corner of the family room, where it looked as if a wagonload of blocks had been dumped, to pick up two more.

“She’s been doing that for the last hour,” Annie said. She was curled up in the corner of the couch, wearing jeans and that soft yellow sweater that made you want to touch it. Touch her.

Concentrate, he told himself. “Doing what?” He sat down next to her, drawn by the smile that curved her mouth as she watched Marcy.

“She carries the blocks over two at a time and puts them in the wagon. Then when all the blocks are in, she pulls the wagon to the corner, dumps it and starts all over again.”

“Maybe she’s getting ready for her partnership in Conrad and Morgan,” he said.

Annie transferred her smile to him. “It’s more likely the fact that toddlers are into sorting things and putting them into containers.”

“You’ve been reading that toddler book again, haven’t you?” He reached for the volume she held in her lap. “Is that what this is?” But he realized immediately that it wasn’t.

“There’s no harm in reading up on the subject.” She sounded a little defensive. “But no, this is one of our old family albums. I knew Becca had it somewhere. I told you we’re all bringing pictures of mommy and daddy to play group tomorrow.

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