Now you see her by Linda Howard

Author:Linda Howard [Howard, Linda]
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Romance, Suspense, Fiction, thriller, Crime & Thriller, Fiction - Psychological Suspense, Psychological, Adventure, New York (N.Y.), Contemporary, Romance - Contemporary, Romantic suspense fiction, Women artists, Women artists - New York (State) - New York
ISBN: 9780671034054
Publisher: New York : Pocket Books, 1999, c1998.
Published: 1999-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

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Richard ushered Sweeney out onto the sidewalk, leaving Candra weeping in the lobby. He had driven himself, she saw as he led her down the street to where he had parked the Mercedes. The neighborhood wasn't the best, sort of residential going-to-seed, but neither was it the sort where such a car left parked on the street would be stripped bare within ten minutes.

They were both silent as he unlocked the car and opened the passenger door for her. She got in, trying to think what she could say. She had just learned more about Candra, and the reasons for their divorce, than she had ever wanted to know. She was a little shaken, but more for Richard's sake than her own. He pulled the car out into traffic. "I'm sorry," he said gruffly, after another minute of silence. "I know one of the reasons you didn't want to get involved with me was because you wanted to avoid scenes like that."

"It wasn't your fault; it was hers." The traffic light ahead of them turned green. She looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry, too. About—about the abortion. I didn't know."

"She did it over two years ago," His mouth was a grim line. "I didn't find out about it until right after you moved to the city. I put her out of the town house right then, and filed for divorce the next day."

"You wanted children?" Stupid, she berated herself. Of course he had wanted the child, even after the fact, or he wouldn't have been so upset on learning about the abortion.

"Not by then. Not with her. Her pregnancy was an accident. But once she was pregnant—that was different. It existed. It was my child."

Sweeney couldn't imagine being Richard's wife and aborting his child. She had never thought of children in relation to herself, period. She especially couldn't imagine her father caring what happened to any of his offspring, unborn or born. "How did you find out?"

"She told me. We were arguing, she was drinking—she told me."

The second traffic light turned green as they approached. He glanced at her. "I think I need you in the car with me from now on."

Understanding that he needed to change the subject, she relaxed back against the seat. "Where are we going?"

"To a little diner I know, nothing fancy."

"Good. I don't do fancy very well."

The little diner was across the river in New Jersey. They made it to and through the Holland tunnel in record time, which made Sweeney feel a little smug. If he had doubted her about the traffic lights, he couldn't now.

They managed to snag a booth in the diner, which couldn't have changed much since the 1950s. Over eggs and coffee she said, "I thought the gallery was Candra's."

"She ran it. I own it."

"You were going to buy one of my paintings from your own gallery? And pay commission?" He shrugged. "If Candra doesn't sign the papers by the deadline and I keep the gallery, commission doesn't come into it.

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