Love Finds You in Sunflower, Kansas by Pamela Tracy

Author:Pamela Tracy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Finds You in Sunflower, Kansas
ISBN: 9781609365943
Publisher: Guideposts
Published: 2012-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Annie didn’t want to touch that comment. Just the thought of him bowing to her mother, making her mother feel the way Joe had made Annie feel when he bowed, told Annie she no longer knew where things belonged. It more than told Annie that home didn’t always mean the four-bedroom structure of childhood memories, but that home could be anywhere. Home wasn’t always literal. Home could change, from just a look in a man’s eye and the touch of his hand.

Suddenly, Annie missed the home of her childhood, having her sisters near and always knowing that Mom and Dad were nearby. She wanted that home back.

She headed for the kitchen and retrieved Boots. When she returned to the living room, Max hadn’t moved, except to lean back in the chair and close his eyes halfway. She pushed the TV tray closer to him, put the fork in his hand, and made herself comfortable on the couch—comfortable meaning she took Boots out of the box and set him on her lap. Maybe if she stayed in the living room, Max would eat.

For a full minute, silence reigned and the fork didn’t move. Could the man fall asleep holding the fork? Annie wasn’t sure. Nervously, she looked around the room, noting the portraits on the wall. Joe had certainly inherited his father’s build—although right now Max looked thin and tired—but his mother’s dark coloring. Max was light-skinned, his hair mostly gray with just a bit of brown showing.

The largest family portrait in the room showed a tall, lanky, much younger Max. Joe and his mother had a little more padding. Joe, in all the right places.

“Black Irish,” Max said, sitting up, eyes no longer half-closed, and scooting forward. “Joe’s mom came with both excitement and temper. Joe, now, he likes adventure, but he didn’t get the temper.”

“That’s good,” Annie said.

“I always wondered,” Max said, “what would have happened if Elizabeth hadn’t gotten so angry when the coins went missing.”

“Elizabeth was your wife?”

“Yes. She was in Nebraska visiting a friend. She got back the next day.”

“She thought Kyle took the coins.”

“Actually, no. She thought Missy Hicks took them. Missy was a wee bit wild and had already gotten into some trouble. She tended to follow Kyle around and try to get his attention.”

No wonder the coins had never been found. There were too many suspects to narrow down.

“Where did you get the coins in the first place?” Annie asked.

“My father died in World War II. When they shipped his belongings home, the coins arrived. We were all surprised when we found out how much they were worth.”

“If we find them, what will you do with them?”

He looked a little dazed at her question and pointed at her with the fork. “They’ll be handed down to Joe. He can do with them what he wants. They’re worth about fourteen thousand each.”

“I’m sure Joe will appreciate them.”

Max nodded and slowly picked up his fork. “I want to thank you for all you did this morning, helping Joe to get me out of the car and to the hospital.

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