Harlequin Love Inspired August 2017 Box Set 2 of 2 by Brenda Minton Jean C. Gordon & Mindy Obenhaus

Author:Brenda Minton, Jean C. Gordon & Mindy Obenhaus
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488018640
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

A week later Rhys leaned against the side of his truck in the Tops parking lot waiting for Renee. He touched the back pocket of his jeans and fingered the edge of the letter from Family Court folded inside. The letter had thrown him like a sucker punch to his solar plexus. His initial plan after reading it had been to crack open his Bible for some guidance on anger control—done—and to give himself some time to cool down—hence the grocery trip—and then to show the letter to the Hills this afternoon for his scheduled visit with Owen and Dylan. That was before he’d seen Renee’s car in the parking lot when he’d come out with his groceries.

Within a couple of minutes, Renee exited the store and stopped out front beside the row of returned carts. She eyed her bags. Rhys pushed away from his truck and closed the distance between them in several long strides.

“Need some help?” he asked as he came up behind her and reached for the bag she’d lifted out of the cart.

“Eek!” The bag slipped from her hand before she could add it to the one she gripped in her other hand. It hit the asphalt, sending a head of cabbage and several nectarines careening toward the cars.

Rhys dashed out into the parking lot and retrieved the last of the nectarines just before it rolled under a van. “I didn’t mean to scare you.” He held out the produce, feeling himself shrink before her eyes when he took in the dirt and gravel on the cabbage leaves, and the split and bruised fruit. “I’ll replace them.”

“No, it’s fine.” She opened the bag and waited for him to drop the vegetables in.

He pulled out his wallet, a conciliatory, “I insist,” on the tip of his tongue.

Before he could get the words out, her eyes grew wide. Her gaze had darted from his face to the parking lot beside him. His letter lay on the asphalt, the Family Court insignia clearly visible. He scooped it up and ordered his thoughts.

Rhys Maddox didn’t grovel. Ask anyone who knew him at Dannemora or anywhere else. But this was his kids. And he needed someone with authority on his side. He didn’t know who to turn to except Renee. She knew him and his sons as well as anyone here—anyone anywhere—and had experience with the workings of CPS. Rhys stared at the court insignia and his heart slammed against his chest. He was about to grovel as he’d never groveled before.

“Want to go someplace to talk?” Renee nodded at a woman with two kids walking past them.

He breathed in and completely filled his lungs for the first time since he’d opened his mailbox this morning. “Yes. Where?” He’d suggest the coffee shop, but he didn’t think his nerves needed any more caffeine.

“At the park. The bench by the waterfall. Give me a few minutes to pick up a prescription for my grandmother at the drugstore. I’ll meet you after that.

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