Harlequin Heartwarming February 2021 Box Set by Carol Ross

Author:Carol Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“THEY DIDN’T TAKE that well,” Wyatt said to Ashley as she drove them back to Second Chance. Mitch and Laurel were going to spend the night in the hospital.

“I don’t blame them,” Ashley said. She was so disappointed in Wyatt. “I haven’t taken it well, either.”

Wyatt made an unintelligible sound. He was angled away from her, staring out the window. “It’s for the best.”

“They’re going to look like you, Wyatt. And at some point, they’re going to put two and two together and realize you aren’t just their uncle Wyatt. And then what?”

“And then they’ll have Mitch and Laurel to explain things to them.”

“That is such a cop-out.” She took her hat and swatted him with it. Not hard enough to hurt, but hard enough to make her feel better. “It’s hard to believe you were encouraging me to get out of my shell and you won’t get out of yours. No sidekick roles. No fatherhood. You can’t make action movies when you’re sixty.”

“I know several sixty-something actors who’d argue that point.” Wyatt sat up and turned his back to the door.

“I don’t plan on being a has-been,” Ashley said staunchly. “I plan to be an actress people still want to see when I’ve aged gracefully.”

“Here we go,” Wyatt said wearily.

“I plan on doing work that is well respected.”

“Multi-award-winning,” they both said at the same time.

Ashley took her hat off again and swatted at him, but he deflected her swing with ease this time. “Are you making fun of me?”

“No.” He looked gaunt and sad, nothing like the vibrant Wyatt Halford who’d sauntered into Second Chance to squelch a rumor.

“We need comfort food.” Ashley pulled into a burger joint, one of those local one-offs that were family owned. She ordered them burgers, fries and shakes, and then pulled forward to pay at the window.

“Hey, aren’t you famous?” The young cashier who took Ashley’s money couldn’t place her. “Oh, but he’s Ian Bradford!”

“Yes,” Ashley said, turning to Wyatt to raise her eyebrows. “She couldn’t even remember my name.”

“And she only knew me by my most famous role.”

Ashley smiled, and it felt like her first real smile in days. “Better than your least famous role. Jeez, we’re almost has-beens.”

He gave her a half smile.

“Can you autograph this bag for me?” The cashier snapped their picture with her phone and handed her a bag and pen.

Fan satisfied, they were given their food and drove off.

“You should be happy,” Wyatt said after he’d devoured his burger and before he swiped hers. “We’ve had our picture taken so many times today. Great PR for your festival and movie.”

Ashley shrugged. “But the most important photo is the one you took of Hazel and Hope. Maybe when we come back tomorrow, you can hold them.”

She drove up the mountain highway, and Wyatt fell silent, finishing her fries and her milkshake.

“I made a mess of things, didn’t I?” Wyatt stared out the window. “That’s what my father would say.”

“I think you should focus on what your mother would say.

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