My Hero by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber [Macomber, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-21T04:00:00+00:00

Max was curled up on Bailey’s printer later that same evening. She’d worked for an hour on the rewrite and wasn’t entirely pleased with the results. Her lack of satisfaction could be linked, however, to the number of times she’d inadvertently typed Parker’s name instead of Michael’s.

That mistake was simple enough to understand. She was tired. Parker had been in her thoughts most of the day. Good grief, when wasn’t he in her thoughts?

Then, when she decided to take a break and scan the evening paper, Parker’s name seemed to leap right off the page. For a couple of seconds, Bailey was convinced the typesetter had made a mistake, just as she herself had a few minutes earlier. Peering at the local-affairs page, she realized that yes, indeed, Parker was in the news.

She sat down on the kitchen stool and carefully read the brief article. Construction crews were breaking ground for a high-rise bank in the financial district. Parker Davidson was the project’s architect.

Bailey read the item twice and experienced a swelling sense of pride and accomplishment.

She had to phone Parker. She owed him an explanation, an apology; she owed him her gratitude. She’d known it the moment she’d abruptly ended their conversation the night before. She’d known it that morning when she spoke with Jo Ann. She’d known it the first time she’d substituted Parker’s name for Michael’s. Even the afternoon paper was telling her what she already knew.

Something so necessary shouldn’t be so difficult, Bailey told herself, standing in front of her telephone. Her hand still on the receiver, she hesitated. What could she possibly say to him? Other than to apologize for her behavior and congratulate him on the project she’d read about, which amounted to about thirty seconds of conversation.

Max sauntered into the kitchen, no doubt expecting to be fed again.

“You know better,” she muttered, glaring down at him.

Pacing the kitchen didn’t lend her courage. Nor did examining the contents of her refrigerator. The only thing that did was excite Max, who seemed to think she’d changed her mind, after all.

“Oh, for heaven’s sake,” she muttered, furious with herself. She picked up the phone, punched out Parker’s home number—and waited. The phone rang once, twice, three times.

Parker was apparently out for the evening. Probably with some tall blond bombshell, celebrating his success. Every woman’s basic nightmare. Four rings. Well, what did she expect? He was handsome, appealing, generous, kind—

“Hello?”

He caught her completely off guard. “Parker?”

“Bailey?”

“Yes, it’s me,” she said brightly. “Hello.” The things she’d intended to say had unexpectedly disintegrated.

“Hello.” His voice softened a little.

“Am I calling at a bad time?” she asked, wrapping the telephone cord around her index finger, then her wrist and finally her elbow. “I could call back later if that’s more convenient.”

“Now is fine.”

“I saw your name in the paper and wanted to congratulate you. This project sounds impressive.”

He shrugged it off, as she knew he would. Silence fell between them, the kind of silence that needed to be filled or explained or quickly extinguished.

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