Don t Look Back by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley [Margaret Daley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

“It felt so strange driving Scott’s car back to Magnolia Falls.” Cassie took the last box out of the back and stacked it against the garage wall where the other ones were. Later they could move them to the attic.

“It’s a beauty.” Jameson placed his armload down next to Cassie’s, then stood back to admire the 1966 Mustang. “I remember my dad had one of these for a few years. He loved that car. Someone hit him and totaled it. He suffered a broken arm and leg, but at least he survived the wreck.”

Cassie lounged against the red fender. “Did he get another one?”

“Nope. After that he always bought clunkers. He told me he never wanted to be beholden to a possession like that again. They weren’t what was important.” Jameson circled around to the trunk and closed it.

“What was important to your father?”

He didn’t say anything for a long moment, and then he finally muttered in a tight voice, “God and family, in that order.”

“I wish I had known mine. He left my mother when she became pregnant with Scott. I was five. I hardly remember him.”

“He didn’t keep in touch?”

“He didn’t want to have anything to do with a family, especially children. For years I thought I was the reason he walked out on Mom.”

“But you don’t now?” His gaze linked with hers.

She released a long breath, pushing off from the fender. “Most of the time I don’t, but I supposed there’s still a little part of me that wonders if I was the cause of him not wanting children in his life.”

Jameson rounded the car and stopped in front of her. “I’m sorry. Thankfully my sister and I always knew we were loved. Life wasn’t easy. We grew up in a pretty rough part of Chicago. But we knew where we stood with our parents.”

“Scott and I never lacked love. Our mother made sure of that, but that doesn’t stop a kid from wondering what life would be like with two parents. She is someone I can look up to with her quiet strength.”

“Even when my dad finally got a good job, he stayed in the old neighborhood partially because he was so involved in the church there and partially because he wanted to give back to the community. He was the reason I wanted to change the world. I wanted to root out the bad guys who preyed on the weak.”

“Why an investigative reporter and not a police officer or a prosecutor?”

He chuckled. “Believe it or not, I wasn’t very good on the debate team in high school, so I couldn’t see myself as a lawyer. And I don’t like guns, so being a cop was out of the question. But I did like a good puzzle.”

She didn’t want the evening to end even though she was exhausted emotionally and physically from the long day. “How about something to drink, and if I know my mother, there are some brownies left for us.”

“How can I refuse—good company and chocolate?”

She whirled around and tossed a smile over her shoulder.

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