Home to the Harbor by Lee Tobin McClain

Author:Lee Tobin McClain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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BISKY WALKED TOWARD the museum beside Sunny, barely listening to her daughter’s indignant rant. “What was he doing with that woman? I thought he and you liked each other! Man, if he’s treated you badly...”

“It’s his ex-wife,” she interrupted.

Her own voice sounded dull, as dull as the day. Low clouds hung over the Chesapeake, blocking the sun and seeming to muffle the town’s bright colors.

“Oh.” Sunny sounded surprised and went quiet for a minute, then started up again. “If she’s his ex, then he shouldn’t have been holding her hands like some loverboy. What a jerk! I thought he was one of the good ones.”

“He has every right to do whatever he wants,” Bisky forced herself to say. “He and I aren’t seeing each other.”

“You’ve been talking,” Sunny said, and Bisky knew that was teenage parlance for some kind of romantic connection, or the start of it.

“Besides,” Sunny continued indignantly, “he’s late! What a jerk.”

Despite herself, Bisky smiled at her daughter’s loyalty. “He’ll probably be here in a few,” she said. “If not, we can get started without him.”

“He’s not who I thought he was,” Sunny said.

Me, either. And Bisky had known him since childhood.

That was the huge mistake of getting involved with an old friend. When the inevitable breakup happened, you didn’t just lose the romance; you lost the friendship. That thought made her throat tighten up.

Ahead, six or seven teens milled around outside the museum. Even on a day that had gone cool and gloomy, most of them would rather be outside after a day at school.

Food for thought. She’d see if Drew had any outdoor projects to complete around the museum. She found that she didn’t want to be inside, either, especially if William was going to be working there.

She cleared her throat and forced a smile. “Hi, everybody, glad you could come.” She was, too. This was what was important. Not some man. “If you want to work with Mr. Martin inside the museum, come with me and I’ll get you set up.”

“I’ll work with Mr. Martin anytime.” Serena, new to the group, waggled her pierced eyebrow up and down.

“Ewww, he’s Kaitlyn’s dad,” said blonde Olivia, lightly slapping Serena’s arm.

Serena and a couple of the boys headed inside with Bisky, and she spoke with Drew about finding them some work while they waited for William to come take over.

“No problem,” he said immediately. “You okay?”

“Yeah, thanks, I’m fine.” She went back outside, just in time to see Kayla approach with a line of six preschoolers, walking two by two, each pair holding hands. Bisky smiled at the little ones, noticing their cuteness with some outer part of her brain that wasn’t hurting. “I think we’re going to have a craft in the museum basement. Elijah, you said you wanted to help with the children, right?”

Truthfully, she didn’t know what was supposed to happen between the teenagers and children; that was William’s part of the plan. “William isn’t here yet,” she said to Kayla. “Any

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