Yesterday's Scandal by Gina Wilkins

Author:Gina Wilkins [Gina Wilkins]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Love Story, Mystery, Romance, Scandal
ISBN: 9780373834396
Google: 9OeIBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 037383439X
Barnesnoble: 037383439X
Goodreads: 1442164
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1999-12-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

SHARON LEFT her shop as soon as Tressie returned from her lunch break Friday afternoon. “I’ll be back later,” she said on her way out.

“Enjoy your lunch,” Tressie called after her. “I hope you’ll be sharing it with someone…interesting.”

Since Tressie had been teasing her mercilessly all week about Mac, Sharon let the barb sail by unchallenged. For one thing, she did plan to see Mac while she was gone. She wanted to ask him exactly what he’d meant by that strange phone call last night.

Knowing it would only set Brad off again, she hadn’t mentioned the call to him, but she’d questioned him closely about what he’d done before she’d arrived at the ballpark to watch his game. He’d shrugged carelessly and told her he and the rest of the guys had eaten dinner at the soda shop and then headed for the park to change into their uniforms and warm up. Nothing special, he assured her. Just ask any of his friends.

It bothered her that he hadn’t quite been able to meet her eyes during the conversation.

Mac’s truck was parked outside the Garrett house, along with a few others. She was glad she’d caught him before he left. Now if she could catch him in private for a few minutes to ask him…

She saw the scrape on his truck almost as soon as she got out of her car. Walking slowly toward it, she winced as she studied the long slash of metal, bared where the black paint had been scraped away. While she knew it was possible the damage had been caused by accident, deep inside she knew what had happened. Someone had done this on purpose. A malicious act of vandalism—or an ugly message.

“If you’re here to see me, you almost missed out,” she heard Mac say from behind her. “I was just about to leave for lunch.”

She turned to look at him, motioning toward the truck behind her. “When did this happen?”

“Yesterday evening—while I was having dinner at Cora’s Café.”

“You discovered it just before you called me?”

“Not long before.”

“You thought Brad did this.”

“The possibility crossed my mind,” he said, and there was something in his expression she couldn’t quite interpret.

“Mac, you can’t possibly believe—”

Talking and laughing loudly, two workers Sharon knew emerged from the front door of the house and headed toward the outbuilding where the supplies were kept. On their way past, they called out greetings to her, which she returned with forced patience before looking at Mac again. “You really don’t think…”

“Have you eaten?” he asked.

She frowned. “No.”

“I haven’t, either, and I’m starved. Let’s talk about this over lunch, okay?”

“Well, I…”

He opened the driver’s-side door to his pickup. “Let me help you in.”

Since the vehicle was rather high off the ground, she silently accepted his hand for assistance, climbing into the truck and sliding across the bench seat to the passenger’s side. She was glad she’d worn a functional gray pantsuit today rather than the long, straight black skirt she’d almost put on that morning.

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