What Happens at Christmas by Evonne Wareham

Author:Evonne Wareham [Wareham, Evonne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, christmas
Publisher: Choc Lit Ltd
Published: 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

The road was clear and the low winter sun shone fitfully. Drew hiked along the grass verge, avoiding patches close to the hedge, where the snow was still banked up. He had the hood of the old waterproof pulled down to cover his face. It was very quiet. Not even a passing car. He dug his hands into the pockets of the coat, and kept walking.

He could just keep walking. Walk until he hit a main road and traffic, where he could hitch a ride. As he’d intended before the snow intervened. But that was when his one idea was to get away as fast as possible. To put as much distance as he could between him and his rescuers, in case the threat was still out there. It might still be out there. That was a consideration. But now he had another objective. Things had shifted, over those two snow-bound days.

You kissed Lori France.

He ground his teeth. His mind had to be focused on the job in hand, not on regrets and hopes inside his head.

He didn’t need the involvement of passing strangers, offering lifts, for what he was about to do.

A few days ago Lori was a stranger.

His plan now, such as it was, hinged on the phone call he was about to make. He was going straight to the help he knew would be offered. This call, from a public box, was the first part of the plan.

No connection to Lori or the barn.

The need to protect Lori and Misty had begun on Christmas Eve, when he hadn’t known if he was bringing danger into their lives. And it hadn’t stopped. He didn’t quite know where this urgent need to keep them away from the mess he was in was coming from …

Or maybe you do? Because you couldn’t help them …

He pushed the chilling whisper aside and concentrated on where he was putting his feet whilst keeping an eye on his surroundings. Once he got away from here there was no reason for any physical threat to Lori. She would simply be a woman who had helped him. That passing stranger. Of no interest to anyone who wished him harm. But that simple act would put her in the spotlight from the press and probably from the police too. At best there would be questions and interviews … and if investigations dragged on, maybe for months …

So no one was going to know. He’d managed to get free this morning, and made his way to this phone box to call on a friend for help. That was his story.

You tell lies for a living.

A shudder ran through him. The secret of an effective lie was to keep as close to the truth as possible, which was why he was using this call box. It was a deception he’d rather not be practising, and a risk, but he was going to do it, even if he didn’t really know why. He pushed the whisper away, before it could draw breath in his head.

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