A Family for Daniel by Anna DeStefano

Author:Anna DeStefano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

JOSH WATCHED AMY HEAD for the kitchen, her shoulders back, her head held high. She was an amazing paradox—as brave as she was scared. And something told him she was worlds tougher than he was.

This latest flare-up with Daniel had knocked him for a loop, but Amy had come out swinging. And damn if that didn’t make him want her even more.

The memory flashed of the taste of her lips, the perfect feel of her body. The strength of her spirit, which had been sucking him in for days. Her determination to make things work for her and Becky. Her protectiveness of Daniel.

A greedy part of Josh wanted a piece of all that fire for himself. His hands were still shaking from the need to touch her again, to kiss her until she stopped denying how good they would be together. It was selfish, but he couldn’t help wondering, as he followed her to the kitchen, what this family he was trying to make with Daniel would be like if Amy and Becky were a part of it, too.

He found the kids quietly gobbling oversize pieces of chocolate cake and watching cartoons on the tiny TV perched on the kitchen counter. They were sitting together while totally ignoring each other, but at least they weren’t fighting. Amy was pouring herself a glass of water at the sink.

It was a taunting domestic scene straight out of his book of not going to happen.

The phone rang, and he turned to the built-in desk in the corner to pick up the cordless handset.

“Hello,” he said, catching Amy’s concerned glance.

“Josh, it’s Barbara. I just got your message. What’s happened?”

“We have things under control for now,” he said as quietly as possible. Daniel tensed, regardless, even though the boy didn’t look away from the TV. “Why don’t we talk about it on Monday?”

“You told Daniel about his father being in Sweetbrook?”

“Yes,” Josh replied, as Amy joined him. He braced his arm on the bookcase above the desk. “And as we expected, there were some…concerns.”

“I’m glad Daniel knows, because I received a call earlier from his father.” Worry leaked through the social worker’s composure. “He says you threatened him in your office today. He’s talking about filing an assault charge.”

“He instigated the confrontation, Barbara.” Josh ground his teeth as he resorted to his nephew’s patented he-started-it argument. “Jenkins doesn’t want his son. He’s after my family’s money. He came right out and said so.”

Amy pulled at his sleeve. “Tell her I heard the whole thing,” she whispered.

He covered her hand, which now clung to his arm, and to his relief she didn’t pull away. At least she no longer shied away from his touch.

“I have a witness,” he said into the phone. “She’ll tell you Jenkins started the whole thing, and that he wasn’t harmed.”

“He says you threatened him.”

“I made my intentions clear.”

Which was totally not his style, but it had done the trick.

Get angry enough, and you can do just about anything.

“You have to keep it together around the man, Josh,” Barbara warned.

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