True Honor by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson [Dee Henderson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781414310640
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Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2005-10-31T13:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

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MAY 24

Friday, 6:30 a.m.

Timber Lake, South Dakota

Sam understood why Darcy had come back to this part of the world when she retired. Open land, wide vistas, a place to breathe. He drank his coffee while watching the sun come up.

His brothers had done an excellent job in preparing for the summer. He felt the soreness of moving hay. It was a good hurt, though, from hard productive work. His brothers planned to have the third barn under construction finished by midmonth to allow this fall’s hay crop to be stored nearer the cattle. The screen door behind him opened, and he turned to glance over his shoulder.

His mom joined him. “Blueberry muffins. They’re hot.”

He set down his coffee and accepted a muffin from the towel-covered basket, tossing it between his hands as it was still steaming. “Thanks.”

The rest of the muffins and coffee carafe she would take to his father down at the barn in a morning ritual that went back to his childhood. The routines of home were comforting, familiar, something he could depend on to be here when he came back from his travels. “Mom, you mind if I borrow your video camera today?”

“Feel free. I think it’s still in the living room.” She looked at him, curious. “Heading somewhere?”

“I was thinking of taking a drive and heading a couple hours north.” Darcy could use a taste of home. She hadn’t had a chance to really relax and breathe in months. He couldn’t change her situation, but he could help her out.

“Going to see Darcy’s home?”

Sam nodded. “Meet her sister if possible. It shouldn’t be that hard to find the local sheriff.”

“That would be a good idea. Darcy makes you smile, Sam. And you’ve been mentioning her in letters for months. I can think of worse distractions for one of my sons to have. I’d love to have a daughter-in-law.”

Sam laughed. “So you’ve been saying for a decade. She’s got more layers than any other lady I’ve ever met.”

“You don’t need someone simple, Sam. You would be bored. Go take your drive and make some tapes for Darcy. She’ll appreciate it.”

Sam hugged his mom. “Okay if I invite her for Thanksgiving this fall?”

“I would love it.”

He didn’t know if Darcy would think a soldier in her life was a good thing, but he was beginning to think a retired spy in his would be.

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There was a lot of time to think on a long solitary drive. This land was home, and while he drove, Sam understood just why Darcy chose this place to live the next season of her life. She would be comfortable here, with her house, her family, a chance to have deep roots again surrounded by people who had known her growing up. For her the struggle over the years had been overseas. It was now centered on the work she did on the East Coast. This was the heartland of America, as far from the touch of terror as she could go.

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