Father And Child Reunion Part 2 (36 Hours Serieal Book 6.2) by Christine Flynn

Author:Christine Flynn [Flynn, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Native American Heritage, Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, 36 Hours Serial, Novella Short Story, Reconcile The Past, Grand Springs Colorado, Devastating Summer Storm, Teenage Sweethearts, Secret Pregnancy, Biological Father
Publisher: Harlequin E
Published: 2014-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The potential buyer of Olivia’s two-year-old sedan arrived right on time. Rio did not. Eve told herself she wasn’t worried, though. She could handle this. She just wished the wiry, middle-aged man who’d introduced himself as a mechanic wouldn’t wink at her every time he caught her eye.

Standing in the driveway, she watched him hitch up his jeans as he walked around the car. After poking his head under the hood, he got in and started it up. A moment later, he got out, opened the hood again, winked once more and started frowning and humming to himself.

Her confidence faltered. He was going to want to take the car for a drive. She didn’t know why she hadn’t considered that before, but she did know she didn’t want to give a virtual stranger the keys and let him go off alone. There was no way, however, that she would put herself and Molly in the car with that man, either.

That bit of certainty was met with undeniable relief when she saw Rio’s black Durango round the corner and pull to a stop at the curb.

The mechanic must have thought he had competition for the car. Rio had no sooner come up beside Eve than the man at the hood motioned her over and told her what he’d give her for it. The offer wasn’t for very much, but he said he couldn’t do any better than that because the car needed extensive work on its turbo.

The make of car in question didn’t have a turbo, something Eve wouldn’t have known had Rio not quietly pointed it out when the self-proclaimed mechanic got back inside the car to rev the engine again. She wouldn’t have cared about the lack, either, had the guy not been trying to do exactly what Rio had suspected he might.

The man had already known that the vehicle was being sold by a young woman, but he’d taken one look at Eve and assumed she’d be a pushover. Eve realized that the moment he called out, “So what’ll it be, little lady?” About the time he added that he’d be happy to take this burden off of her hands, she also realized that there was more to selling a car than getting the value of the vehicle from a book at the bank and expecting people to be fair with their offers.

She understood negotiating. She did it all the time with furniture and fabric buyers. She was even getting pretty good at it. But when it came to her mother’s possessions, she just couldn’t stomach the haggling.

The fact that Rio suspected as much was obvious when he bent his head to hers.

“Do you want me to handle this?” he asked, his voice little more than a whisper of air near her ear.

She pulled back, aware of the smaller man watching them, though he couldn’t hear anything Rio had said.

“It’s Mom’s car,” she returned, just as quietly. “I should do it.”

Should, she’d said, which Rio knew explained

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