Wrong Face in the Mirror: A Time Travel Romance (Medicine Stick Series) by Bartholomew Barbara

Author:Bartholomew, Barbara [Bartholomew, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The evening was bittersweet, taking him back to the few precious days when they were first married if he let himself forget that his Hart was out of her mind and only accepted that she was married to him because people told her so.

They had hearty hot soup, defrosted from the freezer where he kept specially prepared emergency meals, thick slices of buttered bread from a Wichita bakery, salad from a bag and peach cobbler with ice cream for dessert. Alistair was no more than a middle-grade cook, but he knew where to find the best food in the county.

Hart only nibbled at her cobbler while he had a second helping and finally pushed his bowl aside. “Feels like winter outside,” she said with a shiver.

“Yeah,” he agreed, “Usually the first blue norther moves in on rodeo weekend early in the month so this is a little overdue since it’s nearly October.”

Instinctively both of them avoided the subject of the intrusion into the antique shop or the disconcerting remarks she’d made earlier about ‘her’ sister. He knew very well that Hart had no sisters. Her half-brother was her only sibling. But she had not retracted the statement and had been extra quiet so far as though a whole lot was processing through her brain.

He went into the living room to light the wood in the fireplace and she followed him, settling into a big recliner. “I like your house,” she said. “It feels welcoming.”

He avoided saying that for a little while it had been her home as well. “My parents built it and gave it to me when they decided to move to Florida.”

She looked up in surprise. “Somehow I thought they were deceased.”

“Mom and Dad? Not hardly. But Mom didn’t grow up around here, she and Dad met at college. And she finally said she’d had enough of Oklahoma winds and wanted to live near her sisters. Dad gave in very reluctantly, but I think Lakeland’s warm winters are good for his arthritis and he’s taken up playing golf. They come back for long visits though, say it’s their duty to disturb my peace now and then.”

“Lakeland?”

“Over between Orlando and Tampa. Nice place.”

“Does she . . .I mean, do I know them?”

He shook his head. “They were planning to come back to meet you, but then things kind of went sour.”

“You didn’t let them know about the false accusations and you’re being put in jail?”

He shook his head. “No need to upset them. I figured it would work out.” A huge understatement, of course, but in that period he’d been more worried about the whereabouts and safety of his wife than keeping his parents informed. Their peace hadn’t needed disturbing, especially when neither one was entirely well.

“Do you want a divorce, Alistair?” she asked, surprising him. “I mean, you must want to get on with your life.”

“Let’s worry about that, honey, when we get this mess straightened out.” Surprisingly the thought was a painful one, his fierce anger toward her erased and changed into something protective.

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