Up Pops the Devil by Angela Benson

Author:Angela Benson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins

CHAPTER 13

Tanya studied the smile tugging at the corners of Preacher’s lips as he watched Jake and Mack run ahead of them up the walkway to Faith Community Church. “So you’re not upset anymore, huh?”

He glanced in her direction. “Upset?”

She bumped his hip with hers. “Yeah, upset. You haven’t spoken more than ten words to me since we left the house. I figured you were upset because it took me so long to get ready.”

“Not hardly, Tanya.”

She shrugged. “Well, I knew you had no reason to be upset, since I only wanted to look my best for you. This is the first time I’m meeting your church friends and I wanted to make a good impression.”

Preacher laughed, shaking his head at her. “You’re a trip, Tanya. Since when have you started dressing for me?”

Tanya gave a pretend pout. “I’ve always tried to look nice for you. You used to appreciate it. You used to compliment me on the way I dressed. You haven’t given me one compliment since you’ve been back.”

Preacher stopped walking and turned fully to her. She waited as his gaze traveled from the top of her head, where she’d pulled her hair back off her face in a severe style that she reserved for her few conservative outings, to the multicolored sundress that fit looser than her usual garb, on to her bare legs, to her feet clad in a pair of flat, silver sandals. She had to admit that the shoes were a welcome relief from her normal three-inch heels. Since she knew she looked good, though not as good as she could have looked—she didn’t want to scare the church folks—she wanted his appreciation and approval.

“You know you look good, Tanya,” he told her as he leaned in to buss her cheek. “You always do.”

She smiled at him. “I guess that’ll do for a compliment. So if it wasn’t my tardiness, what had you all in a twist?”

“A lot on my mind,” he said, as they reached the boys at the top of the steps to the church. He pulled open the door so the boys and Tanya could enter. After following them in, he said, “I’m sorry for making you worry.”

Tanya frowned. “I wouldn’t say I was worried, but I did wonder where your mind was. You haven’t exactly been ‘Christian Preacher’ this morning. I was hoping that maybe my guy was coming back to me.”

The twitch in Preacher’s jaw told her he didn’t like the conclusion she had drawn. “I’m still Christian Preacher, as you put it,” he told her, “just got some stuff on my mind. I was thinking about going over to the funeral home after we leave here.”

“I thought we were going to look at cars—,” she began, but she was cut off as the boys began running ahead of them, calling to a “Miss Natalie.” A young woman about her age stooped down and greeted her sons with a hug.

Tanya turned to ask Preacher who the woman was but he had speeded ahead of her.

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