Falling for Jack by Joanne Hill

Author:Joanne Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, new zealand, contemporary romance, sweet romance, oceania

The flight was ghastly, and Ruby threw up.

Jack smiled at Robyn. An evil smile. He said, “This was your idea, you know.”

“My idea,” she retorted through gritted teeth, “was for you to drive up with Eric and admire scenery, not take me along with you.”

Eric was in the front with the pilot and he seemed to be enjoying the flight which was, she thought, something to be grateful for.

They landed at the local airstrip where the rental car was waiting, and when they were on their way to town he asked, “You said the twins had been here a few years back. Have you been back much yourself?”

“Yes.” She studied a new subdivision of ten acre blocks that had sprung up since she was last here. They were out of town enough to be rural, but close enough to enjoy town life, even if it was only small town life. “It was Miranda Feeney’s wedding. I came on my own and Sage looked after Ruby and James. It was only for one night. Miranda moved up to Kaitaia last year, so there isn't really anyone I keep in contact with.”

She glanced across at Jack as he indicated to leave the main highway and take the road that led straight to Kopane.

The hire car they were in was small, and he looked big and muscled in the front seat. Her breath caught a moment. “What about you?” The children were suddenly quiet and she glanced back to check on them. Eric was gazing out the window, Ruby and James had dozed off. She turned back. “What happened last time you saw your parents?”

He looked straight ahead. “They told me to go to hell.”

She jerked back a little, stared at him, stunned. “What?”

He shrugged, didn’t elaborate but from the taut line of his jaw, she knew what he told her was the truth.

She swallowed on a dry throat. “How long ago was that?”

“Five years ago.”

Hope lifted a little in her heart. “But that was such a long time ago. They may have changed.”

“I very much doubt it.”

“You don’t know if you don’t talk to them.”

“I talk to them every birthday.”

He’d never mentioned this before.

“It used to be every Christmas but they seemed to think I was ringing to gloat about the fact I was having a good time over Christmas, even though I don't actually have a good time every Christmas. So I changed it to their birthdays. It now means I have to annoy them by ringing twice a year but it seems the safest way.”

Her eyes narrowed in accusation. “You said you hadn’t seen them in years.”

“That’s true.”

She stared incredulously at him. “You never said anything about talking to them on the phone.”

“You never asked.”

So all this time he had maintained communication with them. But what sort of communication was it?

They sped past bush and fields and the sense of familiarity grew in Robyn. She rarely saw any countryside now she was without a car, and neither did the children.

Next to her, Jack readjusted his grip on the steering wheel.

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