The One Who Changed Everything (The Cherry Sisters) by Darcy Lilian

Author:Darcy, Lilian [Darcy, Lilian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

There was a familiar car parked beside the Cherry family residence when Daisy drove down the resort driveway in the dark.

“We got here today rather than tomorrow,” her mom announced, stating the obvious.

“Why didn’t you call and let me know?”

“We didn’t want you to stress.”

“Why would I have stressed?”

“Well, we didn’t know if we’d manage to make the drive all in one day and we didn’t want you to worry about the state of the site.”

“Why would I have done that?” Daisy knew she sounded tetchy, but she couldn’t help herself.

She was tired and angry and racked with conflicting emotions. She’d wanted to slump on the couch with the TV running mindlessly in front of her while she tried to sort through what had happened with Tucker tonight, and now here were her parents, and the last thing she needed was for either of them to guess that something was wrong.

“You might have felt you had to tidy it up for us. Because it looks a mess,” her mom said.

“But I’m not worried about that. Of course it’s going to look a mess at this stage in the work. Are you worried? Did you want me to tidy it?”

“We thought you might worry that we’d be worried.” Denise came to a stop, hearing herself. She switched her slightly plaintive, anxious tone for one that was brisk and sensible. “You’re right, I’m being ridiculous. Anyhow, we didn’t call, and we’re here, and we were slightly concerned that you weren’t.”

“You only just arrived?”

“Five minutes ago.”

There was a beat of silence in the air as Daisy’s parents attempted to recall that she was over thirty years old and that they didn’t need to ask her where she’d been just because it was after eleven at night and she’d only just gotten home. They battled with themselves for several long seconds, won victory over their curiosity and maintained a heroic silence.

Daisy took pity on them. In any case, she needed to give them the news on Kyle. “The reason I wasn’t here... We had an accident on site today, one of the Reid Landscaping crew. He had an epileptic seizure and fell into the pool and hit his head.”

“Is he all right?”

“Much better than he was. He’s regained consciousness and his family is with him.” She skipped over the details of Annette and Rebecca and their hostility. “I’ve been at the hospital. Tucker was there, too, and it got late and we grabbed some pizza.”

“Long day,” her dad suggested.

“That’s right. Sorry if I’m sounding like a witch.”

“You’re not, honey.”

That was generous on their part. She was, and she didn’t hold out much hope of improvement. Or not until she’d had some sleep, at least. She made a quick excuse and headed up to bed, then lay there with sleep a hundred miles away.

Tucker was married.

He’d kissed her and she’d felt as if she was in heaven, and he’d said those words I’m married and it had taken her straight to a kind of hell.

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