In Plain View by Olivia Newport

Author:Olivia Newport [Newport, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781616267131
Publisher: Barbour
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Tom Reynolds was cranky.

His mood rarely faltered this much, but Annie almost wished she were riding in the open bed of his truck instead of wedged between him and Rufus. Before they left Westcliffe, Annie toyed with seeking counsel from both men while the three of them were captive to the road. What if something were going on with the boys? Tom and Rufus could sort it out. In only minutes, though, Tom’s disposition clamped her mouth shut.

Tom twisted the steering wheel in a sharp turn. “Carter has too much unsupervised time. When summer vacation comes, he’ll have way too much free time.”

“He’s a good boy, Tom,” Rufus said.

“When he was little, Trish and I could not leave him alone for a minute or he’d get into trouble.” Tom accelerated. “Can’t you keep him occupied on your crew, Rufus? You wouldn’t even have to pay him.”

Annie blocked out most of Tom’s tirade, unwilling to offer Carter up for sacrifice at the moment. She gripped the seat when he took turns a little too fast. She glanced at Rufus every few minutes, admiring his calm responses.

But, no, this did not seem like the time to mention to Tom that his son might be building a bomb and that his Amish friends— including Rufus’s brother—might be helping him. She could not be sure, and maybe she was wrong, and she did not want to make false accusations, so never mind. How do you know? he would ask. Because I’m nosy and jump to conclusions and I have no proof, she would have to say. She did not want the Amish to dub her Nosy Annalise.

They pulled up—finally—in front of Annie’s parents’ home. With Mrs. Weichert’s permission, Annie had used the phone in the shop to alert her mother that she was coming and to make sure she would be home. When Annie got out of the truck, Myra Friesen was already standing in the front door frame.

“I’m not so sure about this,” Annie muttered in that moment when she was wedged between the truck and Rufus standing at the open door.

“It’s the right thing.”

Visions of the red dress flashed through Annie’s mind. She would only be home a few hours this time. Surely she could not get into trouble in one afternoon.

No. She wouldn’t. She just wouldn’t. In fact, she would put that dress in the trash herself.

Her arm brushed Rufus’s as she moved past him, and his fingers fluttered for hers.

A rare gesture. He knew how much she needed it.

“When I come back, I will come in and say hello to your mother.” As he spoke, Rufus waved at Myra, who returned the gesture with the delay of reluctance.

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