Rescue Me (Hayes Brothers Book 4) by Karen Kelley

Author:Karen Kelley [Kelley, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Fiera

We left the prison. My brain felt as if it had turned to mush. I wasn’t sure how far we’d traveled, but I felt as if I was in a daze.

I glanced around when Layne pulled off at a roadside park and turned the ignition off. He got out and walked to my side of the pickup, opening the door. I hesitated, then got out.

The roadside park was up on a hill looking down on thick cedar and mesquite trees. The awnings over the concrete tables were in the shape of oil derricks. We were the only ones there. It was peaceful and quiet. The opposite of what I was feeling. I walked over to one of the tables, then sat on top of it before looking at Layne. He still hadn’t said anything. I was pretty sure he was waiting for me to speak.

“Why would my mother lie to me?” I asked, even knowing Layne wouldn’t have the answers any more than I did.

He came over, hands resting on either side of my legs. “Maybe she was jealous. You said the relationship between them wasn’t good, but you said your father doted on you.”

“Still, why would she tell me he was in prison and that he’d died there? She could’ve just said he’d been killed.”

He shook his head. “I don’t know. Did she tell anyone else that he went to prison?”

“Of course she did.”

“Are you sure? Or did she just tell you?”

I closed my eyes, trying to think back. I’d only been ten years old. It was difficult to recall everything she’d said. The one thing I did remember was that she hadn’t been sad.

“After she told me he died in prison, we moved to a different city. I heard her tell people she was a widow, but never how my father had died. When I was a little older, I just figured she was ashamed.” Pain ripped through me, tearing at my insides. “I was ashamed, too. We didn’t talk about him.”

“If he’d been killed any other way, you would have put him on a pedestal. From what you’ve told me about your mother, I don’t think she would’ve wanted you to do that. Is it possible that she wanted you to hate him as much as she’d hated him?”

“That all sounds plausible, but it still doesn’t solve the question of where he is.” I could think of only one reason he wouldn’t want to be in contact with me. “Maybe he found another family and decided he didn’t want the one he already had. To my mother, that would’ve made him dead.”

He shook his head. “I don’t think that’s it. You said he loved you very much. He would’ve at least stayed in contact with you.”

I pushed off the table, Layne stepped back as I came to my feet. I hugged my middle as I walked to the edge of the awning. “I thought he loved me. Maybe I was wrong.”

I stiffened when Layne walked up behind me, wrapping his arms around me, pulling me against him.

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