Secretive in Sacramento by Marie Higgins

Author:Marie Higgins [Higgins, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marie Higgins
Published: 2020-05-12T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Gavin hadn’t been able to focus since he left Justina’s house. Watching her play that beautiful song that touched his heart had been his downfall. She’d been so lovely sitting by the window as the sun shone through it and highlighted her glorious brown hair. Heavens, but she looked like an angel at that moment. Now, an hour later, he still hadn’t gotten that image from his mind.

Another downfall he’d had, was hurrying into town right after leaving her house just to buy the newspaper. He wanted to know why she was so eager to read the paper. After studying the paper for a good twenty minutes, he realized there was only one thing she could have been looking for.

The Lovelorn’s response to Secretive in Sacramento. He had a feeling that Justina had written the first letter. The writer of the column had posted both the first letter and then the response. Gavin felt deep in his heart that Justina had been waiting for that response.

His gut twisted with indecision as he pondered The Lovelorn’s response. Could he possibly have those feelings for Justina again after all that had happened between them? The Lovelorn mentioned searching her heart to see if he had changed or if she had changed. Gavin knew he was a changed man, but only because he didn’t trust women so easily any longer. And yet, since their talk, and the several times this week when he’d seen Justina, the ice wall he’d built around his heart was slowly thawing.

It surprised him how much he looked forward to seeing her pretty face or hearing her sweet voice now. Their talk about the past had somehow healed him. But had it done the same thing to Justina? She had looked at him differently these past few days. And this morning, her eyes were so mesmerizing, he didn’t want to stop gazing into them. She smiled at him differently, too... almost in a flirtatious manner. He liked it. But he shouldn’t like it at all.

After running a few errands, he swung back by Robert Palmer’s shack, hoping that the man was still passed out cold. But as Gavin dismounted from his horse and crept closer to the window, he noticed movement inside.

Taking careful steps, he crept closer until he flattened himself against the outer wall. Slowly, he moved his head and peeked inside. Robert took slow steps as he moved from his bed toward the wood stove in the other corner of the shack. The man held a red cloth to the back of his head.

Something didn’t look right, and Gavin narrowed his gaze, looking closer at the cloth. It was bloody! Even the man’s face looked scratched up and bloody.

Frowning, confusion filled Gavin. When he’d left from watching the man this morning, he didn’t look this way at all. Robert must have had a visitor while Gavin was with Justina.

Although he didn’t have any real proof that Robert had attempted to kidnap Justina, Gavin’s gut told him to go inside and ask the man some questions.

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