Dangerous Inheritance by Barbara Warren

Author:Barbara Warren [Barbara Warren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

A chill swept over her. He could see her? “Why are you doing this?”

“I told you why. You’re not wanted here. Pack it up and get out of town, or stay here and take what you get. It’s up to you.”

The line went dead, and Macy sank down on the bed, fighting for control. He was watching her. Even knew she was upstairs. Of course, the downstairs lights were off, except the one in the foyer, but he would have to be standing outside to know that.

She slowly pushed herself off the bed and crept down the hall to her room. Between the memory of seeing her mother’s body and the emotions aroused by the phone call, she probably wouldn’t close her eyes all night.

After she’d tossed for the better part of an hour, she finally drifted into a troubled slumber, dreaming someone was chasing her down a darkened street, while a harsh voice loaded with hatred echoed through her head. “Run, you brat! Run.”

She woke the next morning feeling groggy, but managed to choke down a few bites of toast and strawberry jelly before Neva arrived. After getting her started cleaning upstairs, Macy decided to continue searching the lower rooms, hoping to stumble across something that would jump-start her memory. She started with the corner cabinet in the formal dining room, the room she never used, preferring the homier atmosphere of the kitchen. The top drawer held a collection of odds and ends, none of which seemed important. In the second drawer she found an envelope full of pictures that appeared to have been taken at a Christmas party.

There was her mother and her father. That child in the charming, long-skirted blue dress was her. Most of the people in the group picture were casually seated or standing, but one young blonde woman posed for the camera, chin lowered, lips pouting, and a sly glance slanted upward with an inviting expression.

She looked familiar, but Macy couldn’t come up with a name for her. Somehow she didn’t seem to fit in with the others. The longer she stared at the picture, the more uncomfortable she felt. As if she had known the blonde woman and hadn’t liked her. She pawed through the rest of the drawers, finding nothing else. On an impulse she spread the pictures out on the kitchen table, planning to look closer at them later, maybe ask Hilda Yates about them. Since Macy had called to apologize, her grandmother’s friend had made an effort to stay in touch, calling and dropping by occasionally. Hilda was easy to talk to, friendly and helpful. Not like Neva.

Today Macy had asked Neva what her mother had been like, thinking if she had worked for Megan Douglas she should have intimate knowledge. Neva had stared past Macy for a minute before speaking. “She looked a lot like you. People called her beautiful. She lived in this big house. She had everything she wanted.”

Macy had watched her, waiting for something more personal, but Neva had gazed into her coffee cup, not meeting Macy’s eyes.

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