The Lawman's Legacy (Love Inspired Suspense) by McCoy Shirlee

Author:McCoy, Shirlee [McCoy, Shirlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Stay.

Go.

Merry wasn’t sure what was right anymore.

What you need is someone you can trust.

That’s what Douglas had said, and he was right.

She did need someone to trust, but trusting would mean putting Tyler’s life in someone else’s hands, and she couldn’t do that.

She shoved toys into an oversize duffle, tucked the crackers, cookies and cheese on top of them and zipped the bag.

That was it.

They were ready to go.

She carried the duffle to the front door, set it next to the overnight case, her heart heavy with what she was about to do.

An image of Douglas flashed through her mind. Deep black hair and vivid blue eyes. Compassion and strength and something indefinable, but so compelling, she’d almost told him what he wanted to know.

More than once.

And that scared her.

Even if she could make herself believe that staying in Fitzgerald Bay was safe, she knew that staying around Douglas wasn’t.

The wind howled, carrying in another storm. She needed to get out of town before it hit. The station wagon didn’t do well in snow, and if she didn’t leave soon, she wouldn’t be able to leave until the storm blew over.

That wasn’t an option.

No matter how heavyhearted she felt, no matter how much she’d rather stay, leaving was the only choice.

She hurried into her room, pulled the bankbook, the journal and the cash from their hiding place.

Tyler’s inheritance. All of it. One day, she’d have to tell him the truth about his beginnings. She’d have to tell him about Nicole. When she did, she’d pull out the journal and the bankbook. Until then, she kept them hidden safely away. Hidden like so many other things.

Like the truth.

Merry traced the numbers and letters carved into the front of the journal’s cover. Nicole’s doing, but Merry had never figured out what they meant. Maybe they were a secret message for Tyler. If so, she hoped he would have an easier time deciphering them than she had.

She sighed, dropping the journal and bankbook into her purse, then pulling out cash from the stack of bills and shoving the remainder in her bag. Her emergency fund taken from the money she’d received after her parents’ house had gone to escrow. She kept it close rather than in a bank. Cautious. Careful. Prepared.

But that didn’t mean she wanted to leave.

Hot tears clogged her throat as she scribbled a note on a piece of paper, hurried down to the kitchen to leave it and the cash on the table. A few months’ rent for Ida to make up for leaving unexpectedly.

But they’d been friends, and she was leaving without saying goodbye. Leaving forever with no intention of ever contacting Ida again.

Leaving Fitzgerald Bay was almost more difficult than leaving Boston had been. Almost more difficult than leaving her childhood home, her siblings, the person she used to be. Because, after years of running, she’d finally felt at home, finally felt as if she was safe.

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