Making It Right by Kathy Altman

Author:Kathy Altman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?” Eugenia asked.

“Yes.” Kerry didn’t seem to know what to do with her hands. “I wanted to discuss something with you, but I can see this is a bad time.”

Harris thudded down the steps behind them. He and Gil reached the women at the same time but Harris didn’t so much as look at his daughter. “Gil Cooper,” he blustered. “Why are you here?”

“I’m playing taxi,” Gil responded easily.

“Well, I’m playing hooky.” Eugenia tugged at Harris’s shirt with a wordless appeal to back off. “We’re about to go on a picnic, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have time for you two. Would you like to come up and sit on the porch? I have some lovely raspberry tea in the refrigerator.”

“Thanks, Eugenia, but we can’t stay long.” Kerry cast a nervous glance at Gil. “I’m glad you’re both here. I have something to tell you.”

Gil stepped forward and cupped Kerry’s elbow. “We have something to tell you.”

It was all Eugenia could do not to squeal with glee and launch into a celebratory dance. But one glance at Harris’s face and she settled for a mental yee-haw and a couple of toe bounces. Maybe it wouldn’t be so hard to keep Kerry in Castle Creek, after all.

“You’re dating? You haven’t been in town for what, a month, and you’re dating? Him?” Harris glared at Gil. “The man can’t win a poker hand to save his life. And he’s going bald, did you see that? You really want to date a bald man?”

“It’s one spot.” Gil spoke through clenched teeth. “It’ll grow back.”

“Oh, yeah?” Harris bent at the waist and slapped at the naked top of his head. “That’s what I used to think.”

“Oh, for Pete’s sake.” Eugenia fisted the pearls around her neck. “Harris Briggs, stop acting like an ass.”

Harris shot upright, revealing a beet-red complexion, whether from embarrassment or hanging upside down, Eugenia had no idea.

He jabbed a finger at Kerry. “You said you were goin’ to prove you weren’t the same person. You said you were goin’ to focus on correcting your mistakes. How can you focus if you have a boyfriend?” He gave Gil an unfriendly side-eye. “Or whatever you want to call him.”

“I call him my employer,” Kerry said in a not-quite-steady voice. “I work for Gil. Part-time, at the hardware store.”

“Oh.” Harris passed around a scowl.

Eugenia sighed. She was disappointed, yes, but Kerry had trusted Gil to bring her here, and Gil was having a hard time keeping his eyes off her. Hope springs eternal, and all that. She glanced at Harris and sighed again. Even when spring had long given way to winter.

Then she shifted her gaze back to Kerry and went still. Uh-oh. There was more to this. The apprehension on Kerry’s face gave it plain away.

Harris pushed back his shoulders, looking as contrite as Eugenia had ever seen him. “Sounds like you’re workin’ hard to keep your word,” he said to Kerry. “I’m sorry I accused you of letting yourself get distracted.

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