Desperately Seeking Daddy by Arlene James

Author:Arlene James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Jack held the image of a hot, bedraggled Heller in his mind for several moments before finding the resolve to push it away. He’d be a fool to play knight-errant again, knowing how she felt about him, not that seeing her again would make any difference to him at this point, but a man had his pride, didn’t he? Why allow himself to be used? Besides, it was not as if she was in any real distress. She had surely lived in Texas long enough to become accustomed to its murderous summers. What business of his was it if she decided to take a stroll in the middle of the day? Some demon hidden deep within the recesses of his troubled mind cackled at that and pointed out what he had stubbornly refused to admit. She wasn’t out for a little jaunt, with that familiar pale green uniform wadded up in her arms.

He had to tighten his hands on the steering wheel to keep from reaching out with needless guilt to shut off the air conditioner blowing cold into his face. What was this perversion that made him want to suffer just because she did? God knew she felt no compulsion to do the same for him. He passed her dinosaur of a car on the side of the road, its hood raised so that wafts of steam escaped into the already overheated air. He shook his head and stroked his mustache. That woman had the worst luck in the world. Car trouble was the last thing she needed. But that, he reminded himself sternly, was not his problem. Never mind that he’d have stopped if it had been any other female. Heller Moore was off-limits to him. She had as much as said it herself. He was going to use his head for once and keep his distance, no matter what his silly conscience said.

He switched on the radio, hoping to distract himself, and heard an announcer reminding the general populace that it was necessary to keep animals confined in shady areas with plenty of water handy in order to help pets and livestock avoid heatstroke. Pets and livestock, natural creatures that spent their entire existences out in the weather, this heat was dangerous even for them. And he had let Heller walk on, her delicate face flushed and clammy, her long, thick hair wet with perspiration.

When a ramshackle old truck passed him, he pulled to the side of the street and bowed his head against the steering wheel, yielding to the inevitable. After a moment he lifted his head, filled the chilled interior of his car with a long, audible sigh and started the car moving again. It would be easier to circle the block and pick her up than to turn around on this narrow street. He’d think about the problem with her car later.

He made two quick left turns and came to a stop at the very corner from which he had first spotted her. The old truck had stopped, and its driver had leaned over to open the passenger door and speak to her.

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