A Better Man by Candis Terry

Author:Candis Terry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Jordan parked the SUV at his grandfather’s cabin. Instead of going inside, he walked behind the brick structure to the creek, which flowed at full capacity from the spring snowmelt and rains. Moonlight filtered through the trees and dotted the dirt pathway with dancing light. He reached up and undid his tie as he walked and listened to the water tumble over rocks and sand to clear his head. Before he knew it he found himself strolling up and down the rows of Chardonnay and Riesling grapevines.

When he’d been a kid he enjoyed this place because of the adventures he and his brothers had. But when his grandparents passed away and his family relocated here he’d felt no real connection. If he had to be honest, a part of that came from him not wanting to move from the East Coast, where hockey rated higher on the sports ladder than pro football. As a teenager he’d never been around long enough to get to know Sunshine Valley well. Maybe if he’d gotten his hands dirty in the soil that grew the grapes that made the wine, he would have found that bond. Hard to say.

Except for hockey he’d never really made a deep connection with anything other than his family before.

The events of the past few weeks had changed everything.

With his family he was trying to make up for lost time. With his sister he was trying to step up and be the good big brother he should have been all these years. With Lucy he’d started out trying to make up for the way he’d blown her off on their graduation night, but his feelings for her were transforming into something bigger than he’d ever imagined.

The dark situation Lucy had been in for so long haunted him to the core. Not only because of how horrible it must have been for her, but also because he couldn’t ignore the part he might have played in her marrying such a mean son of a bitch. Maybe if he’d actually taken her out on graduation night like he should have, she would have believed she had more value than to ever get involved with someone like that.

The possibility weighed heavy in his chest. But it had nothing to do with the way he saw her now or the way she made him feel.

His sister had some serious issues he needed to figure the hell out. Fast. He worried about her. She seemed so miserable. So breakable. And because he didn’t know her well enough, he worried she might do something to harm herself.

A shiver ran down his back at the horrible thought.

And then there was the fact that someone had been stealing from his parents. Who would have done such a thing? And why? His parents had been warm, generous people. If someone had been in need, all they’d had to do was ask for help.

He wished they were here now. He could use a little parental advice. A little nudge in the back and a pat on the head that told him he was doing the right thing.

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