Find My Way Home (Harmony Homecomings) by Michele Summers

Author:Michele Summers [Summers, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Liza deposited Scott safely home in his mother’s caring arms. Shirley Douglas cradled Scott’s snoring head on her shoulder. Shirley’s mouth said thank you, but her eyes clearly said she thought Liza was the devil incarnate and had lured her precious son over to the dark side of hell.

Earlier, Liza had been prepared to dump Scott on Bertie’s doorstep. In fact, she’d been gleefully looking forward to it until she laid eyes on Bertie’s disheveled clothes and swollen lips and recognized what Bertie had been up to and with whom. Liza had witnessed the obvious attraction between Bertie and Keith back when they’d argued over the ladder and wallpaper. She’d suspected then that Keith wanted to fondle more than luxurious velvets and nubby chenilles. He had looked at Bertie like he’d just been released from months of solitary confinement and she was his salvation. Liza chuckled as her Beemer zipped down the empty street. She might stick around a little longer to see how all this played out. Bertie provided more entertainment for the people of Harmony than the State Fair. Bertie was the glue that kept this town vibrant and moving forward. And the beauty of it all was that Bertie had no clue. Liza would enjoy watching her fight her attraction to the bad boy of tennis. Much better than sitting home and watching Housewives of New Jersey or licking her own wounds.

Liza’s cell buzzed, and she grappled for it on the passenger seat. She blew out a calming breath as she recognized the number that should be making her turn her car toward the interstate instead of parking it in her driveway. She almost let the call go to voice mail…almost.

“Hey,” Liza said.

“Where are you?” he asked. Liza melted a little every time she heard that deep, comforting voice.

“I dumped Scott at his mom’s and was heading home.” She kept her voice steady.

“Don’t.”

Liza gripped the blue rubber cover to her phone. His sigh sounded a lot like frustration and desire mixed together.

“Come over. I need to see you.” He tempted her with his honesty and his need. She kept quiet. “Don’t you think we should see where this goes instead of avoiding each other?”

“I’d gotten pretty good at avoiding you,” she finally answered.

“Yeah? And how’s that working out for you?”

Like crap. Terrible. More miserable now than fourteen years ago. “We decided a long time ago that this was never going to happen. What happened to that?” she asked.

“We were young and immature.” He hesitated and Liza held her breath. “Come on. We owe it to ourselves. Haven’t you always wondered?”

Yeah, that was what got her into trouble the first time. Heart racing, she increased her speed. This could be the biggest mistake of her life. Or…this could be what she’d been searching for. “See you in fifteen.”

There was a beat of silence. “You won’t regret it.” He sounded relieved, and her heart kicked into high gear. “I’ll be waiting.” And then Cal Anderson ended the call.

***

Keith paced over the subfloor in his gutted kitchen and checked his watch for the fifth time.

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