BIG SKY SECRETS 01: Final Exposure by Roxanne Rustand

Author:Roxanne Rustand [Rustand, Roxanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian romantic suspense
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2009-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

Ollie appeared at the back door of the store the next morning at six o’clock, just as Erin was putting the first batch of caramel rolls into the oven.

Fat, lazy flakes of snow swirled about him like confetti, adding to the blanket of white on his hat and shoulders. “I can shovel,” he said. “Okay?”

“Do you need to come in and warm up first? That coat doesn’t look very warm.”

He cast a longing look toward the warm, brightly lit kitchen, but shook his head and stepped back out into the dusky morning, a rusted shovel in his hand.

“I’m just open from eight until three on Sundays,” she called out the door. “But I’ll be closed for about an hour, so I can go to church. Want to come with me?”

He shook his head so vigorously that she wondered what might have happened to him over the years. He’d apparently never gone to school, so he probably couldn’t read. He was definitely shy. And he’d fled the moment he saw the deputy sheriff’s cruiser pull up yesterday.

Had the locals taunted him through the years for being different? She didn’t doubt it for a moment, and the thought of his lonely existence touched her heart.

By the time he came back in for his coffee and rolls, she was putting a second batch of rolls in the oven, and there were already eight customers huddled over their breakfasts in the café.

The bell over the front door jingled, and Jack walked in with Max. “Looks like we made it just in time for the last open table.”

“There’ll be a few people leaving before long.” She bent down to smile at Max. “How do you like the snow?”

The little boy beamed. “A lot. We made snowballs!”

“Snowmen,” Jack corrected. “Two, in the front yard. Though I hear the weather will be warming back up into Indian summer, so they’ll soon be gone.”

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