The Comfort of Favorite Things (A Hope Springs Novel Book 5) by Kent Alison
Author:Kent, Alison [Kent, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-09-14T16:00:00+00:00
Checking the directions on her Mini Cooper’s dashboard GPS, Lena made the turn onto Grath Avenue and headed for the barn at the end of the road. Since it was the only building around, she assumed it housed Keller Construction. The company website hadn’t said anything about the hours they were open. She didn’t even know if they had a regular office; Grath Avenue was pretty much out in the sticks.
Probably stupid to come all this way when she could’ve talked to the dude working at Bread and Bean. She just didn’t want anyone there to hear what she had to say. Since Bliss hadn’t been busy this afternoon, Callum hadn’t minded her cutting out an hour early. Especially since she’d finished her end-of-the-day cleanup before the day had come to an end. He’d do the mopping once the doors were locked. He always did.
She was probably making a fool of herself, but there was something about seeing how Ellie and the others lived in that house on Dragon Fire Hill that Lena couldn’t get over. It was a big house. There was plenty of room. The women weren’t tripping over each other to get around. But they were tripping over the flooring, and the flashing, and dodging potholes on the way to pee. And they were locking themselves inside that disaster because it was where they were safe.
Ellie covered her scars with her sleeves and her hair. Becca covered hers with bravado. Frannie hadn’t yet found anything to hide behind but her boys, and that wasn’t going to work. She needed to find her own strength or she’d be putting them in danger. Lena could tell her. Lena knew.
Thea was a different story. And harder to figure out. She was the pro at camouflaging her emotions. Maybe she’d been out of her personal hell longer than the others. One dinner and a couple of hellos outside their respective shops wasn’t enough time for Lena to get a read, though it was obvious there was something between her and Dakota Keller.
It wasn’t right that they were living in such crap conditions when Lena could so easily do something about it. So they’d hit bad patches in their lives. Lena and her mother could compare stories until the cows came home. Honestly, it was a wonder the two of them were still alive. She thanked her lucky stars every day that her father wasn’t. Cruel? Not a bit. Heartless? Not in her world. Did she miss him? That question was tougher, because it had more than one answer.
Yes, she missed the man who’d sat with her on her bedroom floor and taught her how to play chess, who’d decided she was plenty old enough to choose her own bedtime stories, and had read her Stephen King’s The Stand at a time when she’d been too young to understand much of the plot. But that was okay. He’d read to her. She’d heard the words in his voice. She’d cuddled close to his side.
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