Keegan's Lady by Catherine Anderson

Author:Catherine Anderson [Anderson, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2012-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Ace tightened his grip on the fence rail. Slap wasn't the word to describe the blow Patrick had dealt her, but he guessed now wasn't a good time to split hairs. "Are you angry because he slapped you?"

She looked at him as if he were an imbecile. "Of course I'm angry. If I liked being slapped, Mr.

Keegan, I would have found myself a husband years ago to do the honors."

She started to push down from the fence. Ace snaked out a hand and grabbed her arm. "Oh, no, you don't. Rule number one in this marriage, no storming off in the middle of an argument. We're going to settle this."

She clenched her teeth and tried to wrench free of his grasp. "Settle it, finish it! How can you possibly believe either is possible? As for your rule, I'm not storming off. I'm simply ending a conversation that's going nowhere."

Taking care not to bruise her, Ace maintained his grip on her arm. "If you dislike being hit," he asked in a low voice, "why have you stayed there and taken it?"

Her eyes went wide and filled with sparkling tears. She tried to jerk her arm free again. Ace could see he'd touched a real sore spot. Her indignation was almost palpable as she twisted to escape him.

Though she'd said nothing, his question had been answered with far more eloquence than she probably realized. "So you did try to leave?"

One of her feet slipped off the fence rung. She scrambled for purchase, then threw him a hate-filled glance. Her mouth thinned into an uncompromising line.

"What happened?" he asked gently. "Tell me, Caitlin."

"The same thing that would happen if I tried to leave here. People fetched me home, or he came

after me. The end was always the same."

"People took you home to your brother?"

There was that look again, as if he didn't have brains enough to fill a thimble. "Not to my brother! To my father. Patrick was always with me."

"With you? Trying to run away, you mean?"

The fight went out of her, and her expression became closed again. Ace had an unholy urge to shake her. Secrets. Her eyes were dark with them. Secrets he sensed she would never willingly divulge. He would have to pry them out of her, one by one, like rusty nails out of seasoned oak.

"Caitlin, how can I help you if you won't talk to me?"

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