Cookies with a Side of Danger by Meredith Potts

Author:Meredith Potts [Potts, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

My jaw came dangerously close to hitting the ground. But even though my mouth hung open, I didn’t say a word. In fact, I couldn’t seem to put together a sentence. I was just in too much shock to speak.

There was a good reason for that. I hadn’t seen my birth father, Walter Cobb, in over forty years. As a matter of fact, I was right around my daughter’s age when he left Treasure Cove. It was a crazy time in my life. One that I would never forget. My mother had grown tired of my dad’s drinking so she separated from him. Then, once the divorce papers were finalized, my dad took off, never to be heard from again. At least, not until now.

If this truly was my father standing in front of me, time had not been good to him. His face was puffy. He looked tired. And there was a world-weary look in his eyes.

While I remained silent, Deputy Horton took a few steps back. He wanted us to have our space.

Walter was certainly relieved to see the deputy move away from him. At the same time, Walter also became a little impatient waiting for a response from me.

He looked deep into my eyes. “Sabrina, say something.”

“Dad, is it really you?” I asked.

“I know it’s hard to believe—”

I interrupted him. “Try impossible.”

Walter reached into his pocket, pulled out his wallet, and grabbed his driver’s license. As he showed me the license, I saw the name written at the top—Walter Cobb.

That wasn’t all. Walter also pulled out a small photograph from one of the clear compartments of his wallet. The picture was really old and the edges were frayed.

Despite the fact that the image was a little faded, the subject matter was the most important part of the image. In the photo, I was sitting on a sofa beside my older sister. I was probably three-years-old when that picture was taken. And I was smiling wide. As was my sister. Talk about a blast from the past.

Despite the sudden flash of nostalgia, I tried not to get too caught up looking at the photograph. There were big issues to deal with right then. And I planned on tackling them head-on.

“I wasn’t asking for you to show me identification,” I said. “What I meant was that you’ve been gone so long.”

Walter took a deep breath. “I know. And I’m sorry about that.”

“Yeah? Well, I’m really confused. Why were you following me? You really scared me.”

“I didn’t mean to.”

“You could have fooled me.”

“Look. I didn’t mean to follow you around. Or scare you. Or just turn up on your doorstep like this.”

I put my hands on my hips. “Then why did you?”

“My original plan was to just walk up to you in the coffee shop a few days ago. But when I saw you, I chickened out. As a matter of fact, it has taken me a couple of days to work up the courage to talk to you.”

“That’s so strange.

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