Heartbreaker by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2020-01-24T13:27:56+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

FRANKLIN PACED, TOO worked up to sit. He couldn’t eat, and he couldn’t sleep. He just wanted his granddaughter back.

“You are going to wear a hole in that floor,” Helen said, not unkindly. “Is there anything I can do?”

He stopped pacing to shake his head. “I’m just glad you’re here. Thank you for staying.”

“Of course. I’m here for you, you know that.”

He stopped pacing to place a hand on the back of her chair. “I just want Geneva back. I want a second chance. I’m not sure I deserve one, though.”

She turned to place her hand over his. “You’re going to get the chance. I’m sure the kidnappers just want the money, and then Geneva will be returned to you unharmed.”

“To God’s ear,” he said as he forced himself to take a seat across from her. Helen had been a godsend. She seemed as anxious as he was to have this over. He suspected it had more to do with Willie than worry about Geneva on her part. He’d seen the tension between the two of them. Earlier, she’d seemed relieved when the judge had left to go for a walk.

He studied the woman for a moment. She was staring out the window with such a look of longing on her pretty face that he had to ask her. “This must be hard on you.”

She seemed surprised as she turned to frown at him. “I’m not the one whose granddaughter is missing.”

Geneva wasn’t just missing, but it was kind of her to put it that way. “Seeing Willie again. I couldn’t help but notice there was something between the two of you.”

She chuckled softly and looked away again. “Like I said, we’re old friends.”

Helen settled her gaze on her hands in her lap for a moment. Her hands showed her age more than her face or her figure. Sometimes Franklin forgot how old he was, how old his closest friends and associates were.

Helen had come to him recently, highly recommended, when his personal lawyer had retired. She’d moved to the area and was looking for part-time employment. When he’d hired her, he’d been worried that she was looking for something more than he had to offer. She wouldn’t be the first woman who’d been interested in him since his wife died. Most of them were more interested in his money than him, so he was gun-shy.

Fortunately, Helen had remained professional. Though he thought if he had been interested, she might have shared that interest. Maybe in time, he’d thought, since he did like and admire her. She was smart and a damned good lawyer.

“I’m guessing you and Willie were more than that—at least for one of you,” he said, curious and surprised that Helen might be the woman who’d broken his friend’s heart all those years ago.

“William and I were in love a very long time ago,” she said after a moment. Tears welled in her eyes as she looked over at him. “I took off on a whim with some friends for a wild weekend in Mexico.

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