Redemption of Deke Summers by Gayle Wilson

Author:Gayle Wilson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780373360048
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1997-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

EXCITED OR NOT, none of those men had thoughtfully left his keys. The three cars that lined the road in front of the motel were all locked. There was another parked by the office, but the exposed position made it impossible to check. She and Deke had edged carefully along the highway, hidden by the thickness of the woods. When they got to the parked vehicles, he had eased down into the ditch, crouching low, hidden by the cars themselves, until he'd checked all three.

Watching him from the relative safety of the undergrowth, she could read the expletive he mouthed in frustration when he'd reached the last. She was almost too bruised by what had happened in the woods to worry about what came next. She had made her attempt to have some direction over events and had been quickly reminded that she was not in control. This was not her game. She was only along for the ride. An unwanted passenger. A burden. No more in control of whatever was happening than Josh. Wherever he was.

God, she prayed, closing her eyes tight to prevent the sudden weakening rush of tears. Please dear God, keep him safe. He's just a baby. Only a baby. There was nothing she could do. Nothing to protect him. Except hope that Deke Summers knew what he was doing.

When she opened her eyes, Deke was almost beside her again, still moving in a deep crouch until his body was swallowed up by the thick brush in which she was hiding. "Nothing," he said. "Locked up tight."

He had somehow found the calmness once more during the return journey, and if she hadn't been watching his reaction to the frustration of this denied avenue of escape, she would have thought the setback no more than he had expected.

"Now what?" she asked, the first words she'd spoken to him since her invitation. Too embarrassed to speak. Shamed by the realization of what she had done. And by his response.

"There's a café a little way down the road. It's where I bought breakfast. We check out the cars parked there."

She nodded, aware that he was again examining her features. She forced her eyes up and hoped that the humiliation she was feeling wasn't reflected there.

"I'm going to get you out of this," he promised. "And Josh. Just hang on, Becki. Just trust me."

She held his eyes a moment, reading in them, she knew, only what he intended her to read. Confidence. That damned calm surety that he had control.

"Since you got us into it, that seems fair," she said, fighting for her own control.

The corner of his lips began to tilt and then he Stopped the movement. "That's what I thought," he said, agreeing with her accusation.

Except she had admitted now, to herself at least, that she'd been as responsible for what had happened that Sunday morning as he. Inviting what had happened. Welcoming his kiss. Because, she had been forced to acknowledge as they had lain together in the dirt today, she wanted him to make love to her.

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