Dancing in the Dark by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis
Format: mobi
Publisher: IVY BOOKS

“Are you sure you're feeling okay?” Sara chewed the side of her lip, earnestly studying his face, no doubt looking for signs of imminent collapse. She'd been fussing over him for the last hour, arranging and rearranging his pillows as if their proper positioning had the singular power to heal him. If she hadn't looked so worried, he'd have laughed. Instead, he reached for her hand, pulling her down to sit on the bed beside him.

“I'm a little sore, but other than that, I'm fine.”

She scrunched up her nose, eyes narrowing as if she didn't believe him. “The doctor said you had a concussion.”

“It's only a mild one, so stop worrying. Everything's going to be okay.”

She nodded once, as if convincing herself, her hand tightening on his. “So do you want to tell me what happened?”

It was his turn to frown. “I'm not certain, actually. I was heading to your house and a car in front of me slammed on its brakes, and when I followed suit, my foot hit the floor. I guess I shouldn't have put off that tune-up.” His effort to make light of the situation sailed right over her head.

“It might not have mattered.” She shook her head, still holding on to his hand. “Tom was obsessive about that sort of thing. He had the Mercedes checked and rechecked constantly. Most people aren't as well taken care of as that car was.”

“I think most men feel that way about their automobiles.”

“I suppose so, but with Tom it wasn't just one. He was also rebuilding a 1961 Jaguar with Ryan. The two of them worked on it every spare minute.” She looked out the window, her thoughts obviously in the past. “Anyway,” she said, turning back to him, “the car was in pristine condition. I even had Jack check it over after the accident.”

“He told me. And that the consensus was that the accident was driver error. Which on a rainy night is always a possibility.”

“I know, but I didn't want to believe it. I needed for it to have been something else's fault. Something that didn't have to do with Tom.” She met his gaze, begging him to understand.

“You didn't want to blame him for Charlie's death.”

She nodded. “It sounds awful, I know. But I needed for him to be innocent. For him—and for me. So I asked Jack to look at the car. The police didn't find anything. But Jack worked on the car regularly, so I thought maybe he'd find something they missed.” She sighed, staring down at her hands. “Whatever happened that night, it wasn't about the car.”

“I'm sorry.”

“Because the car wasn't at fault?” She lifted her head to look at him. “It wouldn't have mattered if it was. I thought it would, but I was wrong. Either way, they were still dead.”

“And today you thought it was happening again. With me?” The last was a question, one he suddenly needed to hear an answer to.

“Yes.” Her smile was muted. “But it didn't. And that's what we're going to concentrate on.

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