The Secret Husband by Lorhainne Eckhart

Author:Lorhainne Eckhart [Eckhart, Lorhainne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989698136
Publisher: Lorhainne Eckhart, Inc.

She watched as Marcus carried a sleeping Eva to the car and tucked her in the back seat. Alison followed and slid in beside her, and Charlotte brought up the rear. Ryan and Jenny were now long gone, Suzanne had been called in to the fire station, and she had no idea where Owen had disappeared. Karen stood at her mom’s living room window, hearing her mom doing dishes or something in the kitchen.

“So are you going to tell me what’s going on, or are you going to stand there all night and stare out the window?” Luke said.

The game was on TV, and the noise was welcome. She noted the three empty beers on the sofa table.

“Jack said some things tonight that kind of freaked me out a bit…” she said, taking in the way Luke was peeling off the label on one of the bottles.

He dragged his gaze from the kitchen back over to her. The way the blue of his eyes deepened, he seemed to already know. “Marcus filled me in some when you were talking to Mom after getting back. You know, Karen, you can either make it difficult or not. But my advice is to get your divorce, quick and quiet. C’est la vie, baby. This isn’t the kind of trouble you want in your backyard or the kind of people you want in your life. You’re not equipped to handle them.”

She pulled at her mom’s sweater, which she’d helped herself to, feeling the chill even though the house was warm. She’d have to grab a pair of sweats, too, something she’d done more than a time or two when staying over. “If it’s true, if he did all this to protect me…”

“So what, Karen? It was how many years ago, and if this is who he is, then I don’t want you mixed up in this with him. If it’s true, he did the right thing, so you do the right thing and walk away. There’s no happy ending here. He did you a favor. Let’s just hope, if it’s true, that he hasn’t suddenly also put you back on their radar.”

She had to take a second as she lifted her gaze to their mom, who had just walked in and evidently had a few things to say to her. The room settled into quiet.

“So you’re okay with me crashing here tonight, Mom?” Karen said. She didn’t know why she felt the need to ask.

“Of course Mom’s okay,” Luke said. “Take my room. I’ll sleep out here.”

Her mom just shook her head. “You know it’s not a question,” she said. “Of course you’ll stay. Look, I know there are likely things going on that you don’t want to discuss. At the same time, Karen, you’re still married to a man we don’t know. We talked while you were gone with Marcus. Hearing how off the rails you went…I can understand why you’d do that. Just take some time and figure things out. It could be worse.

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