Sheriff's Runaway Witness by Kathleen Creighton

Author:Kathleen Creighton [Creighton, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 9780373277261
Google: gxzkCI5XhVwC
Amazon: 0517117215
Barnesnoble: 0517117215
Goodreads: 10943730
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

From a window high in the bell tower above the hacienda’s tiny chapel, keen blue eyes followed the white pickup truck’s progress as it slipped in and out of view behind copses of trees and sunny beds of roses. Avidly, they watched as the truck drew to a stop next to the curving flagstone steps. The door on the driver’s side opened and a tall man got out, crossed to the passenger side and opened the door.

The watcher’s head dipped in approval.

He leaned forward, gripping the window ledge with both hands as the woman emerged, stepping carefully, gingerly, the man helping her. While the man turned to open the back door, the woman stood looking around her, then lifted her eyes to the bell tower. For a moment it seemed as if she was looking directly into the watcher’s eyes, but he didn’t draw back; he knew the tower’s thick adobe walls and the angle of the sun would make him invisible to her. He gave a cackle of laughter.

“Well, Elizabeth, should a’ known your granddaughter would be the first. Have to say, though—she sure don’t look like her daddy, does she? Our Sean…” He gave a sigh. “I know…I know, I got no right to call him mine, after I gave him up—and you, too. But…we both know what a damn fool I was, and that’s water under the bridge.”

Turning his attention once again to the tableau far below, he watched avidly as the man lifted the carrier holding his first great-grandchild from the pickup truck’s backseat. The kid was sure kicking up a rumpus—he could hear it all the way up here. He had to smile at that—fine strong set of lungs, it sounded like.

Then he grew still, and his old heart sped up a notch or two as he watched the girl bend over the carrier, then straighten up with the baby in her arms. He felt a softness in his chest that hadn’t been there for a long, long time.

“There’s something about her, Elizabeth. Something that reminds me of you.” The way she moves…I remember the way you used to look, holding our baby boy in your arms.

A whisper stirred through the quiet, so soft it might have been the breeze blowing in the open window.

Are you goin’ out to greet them? She’s your granddaughter, after all.

Sam Malone shifted his shoulders impatiently. “In good time…in my own good time.”

He heard a familiar cackle of laughter. You always were a coward, Sam Malone. At least when it comes to emotions.

Mildly stung, he turned to reply, and was surprised to find the room behind him empty.

But not too surprised—it wasn’t the first time.

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