Unspoken by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson [Henderson, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, FIC042060, Christian Fiction, FIC027020, Suspense, adult, Kidnapping victims—Fiction, Thriller, FIC042040
ISBN: 9780764211843
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Bryce cleared the table, feeling like the conversation was spinning off into circles. He could understand why Charlotte had settled on no as the right answer, because the more they talked, the more complicated the problem of the money became. He’d change the subject to give them a break, but this first evening of conversation was too critical. If this evening ended with the impression saying no was the only safe choice, he was going to have an uphill battle trying to reverse it for the rest of the days until the deadline.

He brought over ice cream with strawberries since the pie still wasn’t done. “Charlotte, if we’re married, what do you want? In the simplest terms you can, let’s start over with that question. I’ll tell you the same. Give me a picture of what you want.”

She pushed around the strawberries with her spoon. “You’ll think it’s silly.”

He smiled. To get something she thought was silly also made it something true at a deep level. He’d been struggling all evening to get that out of her. “Try me.”

“I want you to keep cash in my pocket, pay my credit card bill, and remember my birthday with a nice meal out somewhere. The money is your problem. We can talk about it, but I don’t want to be pulled into the decisions, the plans, the weight of it.”

He felt them turn the first corner toward an understanding. “A good and reasonable picture,” he said softly.

“What’s yours?”

“I want your shoes dropped in the hallway and your sketchbook on the coffee table and the clutter of you trying to cook in the kitchen. I want you to live with me and become comfortable with me. I want us to live in Chicago if it’s possible, this house for now. If the press becomes a problem, we’ll move, but stay in the area because of my family.”

“I like your home, love the backyard, but Chicago is a risk.”

“We’ll deal with the risk. I want you to accept John’s decisions on security. If he wants someone with you when you’re here, when you’re traveling—you can fuss about it all you want, but you stay within his lines.”

She lifted her spoon and pointed it at him. “His security, his thoughts on it, you don’t meddle and make it tighter because you’re more worried than he is about something. And it goes both ways. He wants someone on you, you live with it.”

Bryce nodded. “He’s going to have someone stuck on us both if the news about the money ever becomes public.”

“He will, and not give either one of us a choice. I’ve already lived with that. You’re going to find it an experience.”

“I’ll adapt.”

She thought while she ate her ice cream. “I’d want to give Shadow Lake and the family land to John, enough money to manage it so the land can stay undeveloped. I’d remodel Fred’s place and give it to Ellie. It will give her a home near John, and it would be good for her to have a place out of the city.

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