Say No To Joe by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Luna dropped her fork. "But ... I don't know him."

"Jamie knows everyone." Austin nodded hard when both Joe and Luna stared at him in disbelief. "He does. And everyone around here knows Jamie. Some of the people are afraid of him cuz he's so quiet and he doesn't act like everyone else."

"But most like him." Willow grinned toward Joe. "The guys are sometimes jealous because the women all get moony-eyed over him. I've heard Patricia say that he's so mysterious and quiet he gives her chills."

Joe scowled at Luna as if he'd just caught her being moony-eyed.

"He's an interesting man," Luna said with as much detachment as she could muster, given the fact she found Jamie more than merely interesting.

"He came here one day when Patricia was talking to Mr. Owen. Patricia sent us out to the lake so we wouldn't bother her, she said. We'd taken the canoe

and were just rowing around, looking for turtles and stuff, and then suddenly Jamie was there, standing on the shore. When we came in, he crouched down on the dock to talk real quietlike to us. He told me that Patricia would leave soon, but I shouldn't worry. I should just call my mother's cousin. I didn't know who he meant, but he told me that if I started calling relatives, someone would remember a name."

Austin nodded. "And sure 'nuff, Patricia told us she was leavin'. She said we'd have to move away, to a foster home or something because she couldn't stay here anymore."

"She said it'd be best for us, because the town doesn't like us." Willow looked down at her hands. "It wasn't easy to not be upset. Especially since Austin was really scared."

"Was not!"

"But I did what Jamie told me to do. I called everyone I could think of to ask them if they'd want to come here and live. No one did." She drew a deep breath and looked back up at Luna. Her eyes were big and sad and far too serious, making Luna's throat tight with emotion. "They kept giving me numbers of other family members, and finally someone mentioned you and . . . Here you are, just as Jamie said."

Luna wasn't a weepy woman. She was strong and decisive, and she prided herself on living life to her own specifications. Much like Tamara's relatives, she considered herself a free spirit. She liked to tease and laugh, and she didn't believe in wasting time on things she couldn't change.

Despite all that, she had a hell of a time swallowing down her tears. If only she had come to Austin and Willow sooner. If only they'd been spared .. .

She jumped when Joe laced his fingers through hers and held her hand tight. He teased her about being a psychic, yet at that moment, he was the one reading minds to know that she needed his touch so much.

Luna drew strength from his touch, enough to keep her voice steady. "You don't know for sure that Jamie meant me.

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