Close to Home by Jenna Bennett

Author:Jenna Bennett
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bente Gallagher
Published: 2011-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Rafe was leaning on the hood of my car: legs crossed at the ankles, arms crossed over his chest, and eyes hidden behind dark glasses. Except for the leather jacket, which he hadn’t needed the first weekend in August, he looked very much like he had that morning outside Mrs. Jenkins’s house four months ago, when I saw him for the first time after twelve years. Just like then, that aura of danger, of him being someone you wouldn’t want to tangle with, was very much in evidence, and David’s steps faltered for a second as he rounded the corner. Mine had done the same back in August, I remembered.

“Is that him?” His voice was hushed.

I nodded. “That’s Rafe.”

David swallowed audibly before squaring his shoulders and starting forward. I watched Rafe unconsciously do the same: straighten up and take a steadying breath before removing the sunglasses.

David stopped a few feet in front of him. “I’m David Flannery. Are you my dad?”

Rafe shot me a look over David’s head. I nodded. “Yeah,” Rafe said, his voice husky and a little unsure, like I’d never heard it before, “I guess I am.”

I turned away, and if I had to sniff back tears while I reached for my cell phone, I don’t think that’s anyone’s business but my own.

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