Reckless Rogue by Davis Mary

Author:Davis, Mary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

Pete sat across from Agatha and Ruth on the train with two of the officers close at hand. He didn’t know which bothered him more: returning to Spokane with Agatha or that cocky police officer flying his Jenny. He would be glad to have it in Spokane, but why couldn’t he have flown it there? He’d offered to have one of the officers fly with him.

Agatha whispered in Ruth’s ear, and the child left her seat and climbed up onto his lap, wrapped her little arms around his neck, and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Just like her mother, throwing around her love to the wrong man. Ruth deserved to know who her real father was even if he didn’t deserve her. He lifted the girl to the floor. “Go sit by your mommy.” He didn’t want this little one any more confused than she already was.

He was grateful for one thing: Agatha had flirted with the two officers until they agreed to unbind his wrists. She didn’t want her daughter to see her “daddy” shackled. He’d promised not to try to escape. He actually wanted to go back if it meant he could clear his name and have a chance with Lizzie.

It was strange how quickly his feelings for Lizzie had rooted deep and strong after being arrested and sitting in jail. He’d had time to think about life without Lizzie. He actually never thought about the future. He took life one day at a time. There was no past and no future. Just right now. Then he met Lizzie, who cared more about his Jenny than about him. His put-on charm didn’t work on her. She was different and exciting. She charged something deep inside him with her enthusiasm for flying. She’d taken hold of his heart from that first time she sat in his pilot seat. Bold, beautiful Lizzie. Now he could see the future, and it was nothing, empty, without Lizzie.

He gazed at Ruth and imagined she was his own little girl sitting next to her mommy but her mommy was Lizzie. He smiled at that picture. He’d only known Lizzie for a little more than two weeks, but for some strange reason, he was sure about her being the right doll for him. He wondered if she felt the same. She’d said she loved him, but how deep did it go? Would her love for him weather this storm?

“What are you smiling about?”

He focused on Agatha, who was smiling back at him, then turned and looked out the train window. This was going to be a long trip.

❧

Lizzie lay across her bed still crying. She couldn’t stop. She moved her head to find a dry spot on her pillow, but there was none. She didn’t even care anymore if her cheek was on a cold, wet part.

She’d believed in Pete. Had everything he’d told her been a lie, even the “truth” he told her? Did he mean it when he’d said he loved her? Doubtful.

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