Secrets in Four Corners by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

AFTER HER STAFF MEETING Bree headed for the parking lot. She called Tabitha as she climbed into the truck to let her know she would be picking up her son from school. Once this investigation heated up, who knew when she’d have the opportunity to pick him up again.

The press was already badgering anyone they discovered was involved with the investigation. Ortiz planned to hold a news conference after the briefing tomorrow to ease the speculation.

The hounding for information would only get worse after that.

“How did your day go, son?” she asked Peter as he climbed in.

He dropped his backpack onto the floorboard and stretched his safety belt into place. “It wasn’t so good.” Those big blue eyes, heavy with frustration, peered up at her. “Robby Benson told me my daddy must be dead since I’ve never seen him. Is that true, Mommy? Is my daddy dead?”

Bree slipped her foot from the brake to the accelerator and rolled out of the pickup lane. Why did kids have to be so cruel?

Why did adults have to lie?

She was no better than Robby Benson. She couldn’t keep avoiding the subject and she refused to outright lie to her son about his father. He’d never asked where he was or who he was. He’d never asked much of anything, until recently. Turning seven a couple of months ago had changed everything. “Your daddy doesn’t live with us” didn’t cut it anymore.

“No, baby, your father is not dead.” Did she say he lived far away…that he was too busy? That had worked in the past.

Peter pondered that answer for a moment. Bree braced for what no doubt came next.

“Then why doesn’t he ever come to see me? Robby’s daddy just bought him the coolest bike ever. Has my daddy ever bought me anything?”

And so it began in earnest.

Just how was she going to do this? She’d already chosen a path…one that was about to bite her in the butt. “Well, sweetie, it’s—”

A dark sedan with equally dark windows made the next turn Bree executed. Her instincts went immediately on point. “Hold on a minute, son.”

Okay, so that was just one turn…that she’d noted, anyway. No need to get paranoid just yet. She made another turn, this one unnecessary, just to see if the sedan would follow.

That was an affirmative. Her pulse rate jumped into overdrive.

She glanced at her son. Couldn’t risk going cowboy and confronting the driver of the vehicle. If she made any overt moves of aggression her son’s life could be put in danger.

The car suddenly lurched forward, got as close to her rear bumper as possible without nudging her.

Her breath caught.

She was barely out of town. She could turn around.

“Lean back hard against your seat, baby.” God, if this guy hit her…

The car jerked left, roared forward. She eased closer to the side of the road, let off the accelerator.

The sedan rocketed past her. She squinted, tried to see the license plate but the car was too fast and she was too rattled.

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